Only In Texas [Extra Extra]
- All about the Waco trial of country singer Billy Joe Shaver...For up-to-the-moment coverage, Statesman Courts Reporter Steven Kreytak is live-Tweeting Shaver’s trial.
- Is there a Cactus Cafe/KUT partnership in the works?
- Oh no! Variety Fair 5 & 10, better known as “the dime store in Houston’s Rice Village” will be closing in June!
- Complaints have been filed with the Justice Department that the SXSW Film and Interactive divisions were not fully accessible to people using wheelchairs.
- A sign you oughta shave: when the cops call you “The Billy Goat Bandit” because of the “stringy goatee” you were sporting while allegedly robbing banks! If you know the whereabouts of Deandrian LaTroy Dently, you should totally turn him in for the Crime Stoppers reward.
- Achoo! Oak pollen heaviest in 25 years, and it can travel up to 100 miles.
- A mother left 4 children home alone to go out dancing, left the house holding a box of chicken wings.
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