Posted The News is Stranger than Fiction [Extra Extra] to Austinist
Flickr/That Other Paper Car collector dies
in a car accident. Be careful whom you shoot when they are coming into your condo! Skip class=find true love. Some elementary school students near Dallas to become mere pawns. If you can’t use stolen checks to buy beer
just steal the beer! Christmas to occur as scheduled, as the Zilker tree is already up! Wow
Cap Metro's board just voted to approve a fare hike for the MetroRail...
Posted We're Still Recovering From Halloween [Extra Extra] to Austinist
aaronisnotcool/Flickr You might not remember the details from Halloween on 6th Street, but it really happened! Be careful what you put on Facebook. That’s especially true if you do super-tacky things! Look at the planning for this incredible wedding that was scheduled for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead.) Daily Texan slideshow showing the Day of the Dead in Austin. Matador Records releasing Casual Victim Pile, a compilation of lesser-known Austin bands....
Posted Teen Runaways, Pipeline Leaks, and Dive Bars [Extra Extra] to Austinist
me and the sysop/Flickr Dallas Police Dept. tackles teen prostitution by looking for teen runaways. The result: "guilty pleas from over 90 percent of the pimps arrested." Yikes! Paul Saucido, host of ME TV’s show “Sonido Boombox” has been arrested on charges of sexual assault. Yikes! San Antonio teacher charged with sexual assault, after he allegedly created a “secret society” and used the Bible to convince underage girls to have sex with him. The...
Posted Texas Is A Big Place, Lots of Things Happen Here [Extra Extra] to Austinist
me and the sysop/Flickr Is this a workers’ comp injury? Dude badly cut himself while allegedly breaking into “Big Bang Custom Paint and Body” in Killeen. He was arrested after he got out of the hospital! This reads more like an action-movie plot than a headline: “Vehicle crashes into home, hits baby. Baby expected to be OK.” Dallas-area church really wanted 18 cohabiting couples to get hitched
so they footed the bill for a big...
Posted Texas Is a Very Strange Place! [Extra Extra] to Austinist
me and the sysop/Flickr Teacher who was killed in his classroom in Tyler had previous concerns about the student who stabbed him. Oops! The State of Texas invested with Madoff! Emaciated toddler found in Houston. Child Protective Services had previously investigated his mother, but no charges were filed in the earlier investigation. This recession is hitting everyone. Many students in Highland Park ISD are now going to (gasp) public school! Perpetrators of a pignapping...