Crime Doesn't Take a Snow-Day [Extra Extra]
- That sex-offender who escaped near Houston is still on the loose! Since he fled while being transported between two prisons, his flight has triggered questions for the TDCJ. There are now monetary awards of up to $15,000 for tips leading to his capture.
- Turns out all big-city crime labs aren’t like CSI. Houston’s fingerprint comparison unit is likely in for a major overhaul, re-staffing.
- This woman came to ACL, and claims she went home with the wrong kind of souvenir!
- The Houston Press heckles the eight most painfully ugly buildings in H-town.
- Austinites gather on World AIDS Day.
- Texas oyster tragedy: following the coastal changes wrought by Ike, Texas oyster beds and oyster fisherman are having a hard time.
- Waco brings us a slightly different twist on the teacher/student sex-scandal motif.
- Here's the end of willpower and skinny jeans: in Dallas, you can get cupcakes --with natural ingredients-- delivered to your door!
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