Animal-protection officers who captured two emus found running loose in Austin’s Zilker Park said they were “just as confused as everybody else” about how the flightless birds ended up there.
A Houston man was charged with orchestrating a scheme to steal more than $1 million worth of vehicles after he persuaded individuals on Instagram to reserve rental cars for him that he then had picked up and driven to Mexico.
A 58-year-old Bedford woman was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for paying $10,000 in Bitcoin to a man she hired on the dark web to kill her boyfriend’s lover.
The Harlingen school district awarded a range of prizes to students who had perfect attendance records, including a brand-new car to a high school junior who doesn’t yet have her driver’s license.
A man from Victoria posted a video of himself on TikTok catching what he identified as a bull shark in the Guadalupe River.
With a pallet of 301,000 avocados, a Dallas grocery store broke the Guinness World Record for largest fruit display.
In Amarillo, a U.S. Postal Service driver saved a woman from a pit bull attack by wrenching her from the dog’s grip and using his shirt to stop the bleeding.
A kilt-clad man from Spring was arrested after allegedly picking up items in an antiques shop, shoving them into his rectum, and then putting them back on the shelves.
This article originally appeared in the July 2024 issue of Texas Monthly with the headline “Meanwhile, in Texas.” Subscribe today.
