While conducting a traffic stop in Fayette County, sheriff’s deputies searching a car discovered several Buc-ee’s beaver plushies stuffed with ecstasy and marijuana in the backseat.
A San Antonio man was accused of “arson causing reckless damage” after allegedly placing pressure-activated fireworks beneath toilet seats inside the restrooms of two car washes.
The girlfriend of a North Texas Christian-radio host was sentenced to life in prison for her part in his scheme to bilk his elderly listeners out of their retirement savings.
Officials at Charles Middle School, in El Paso, announced a ban on head-to-toe black outfits, explaining in a letter to parents that the look “has become more associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and healthy kids ready to learn.”
An attorney in Nacogdoches offered $800 in reward money for the safe return of a statue of a goose stolen from a neighbor’s front porch.
Subsequent to a break-in at a New Braunfels barbecue restaurant, security footage showed two men leaving the area, one of them pushing a shopping cart loaded with more than $1,000 worth of brisket.
A Houston woman who runs a surrogacy company allegedly stole millions of dollars from her clients to fund her music career and vegan clothing business.
Envelopes containing copies of a nude photo of Monahans’s mayor and his wife, which were obtained from a private Facebook page for regional swingers, were mailed anonymously to some of the town’s residents.
This article originally appeared in the October 2024 issue of Texas Monthly. Subscribe today.
