Email Author John Nova Lomax

2010 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Beef Vs. Chicken Battle Turns Violent In Valley Cafe

  published Jan 28, 2010

  When he sat down at his table at downtown Brownsville's El Rancho Alegre Cafe last Saturday night, all Esequiel Silva wanted was a plate of chicken milanesa enchiladas. Little did he know how just how... More >>

• The Moonshine's A Harsh Mistress, East Texas (Of Course) Man Learns

  published Jan 27, 2010

  Uncle Slaton's got his Texan prideBack in the thickets with his Asian brideHe's got an Airstream trailer and a Holstein cowStill makes whiskey 'cause he still knows how -- James McMurtry, "Chocktaw Bi... More >>

• PETA Be Buggin' About Blinged-Out Border Beetle

  published Jan 22, 2010

  Contraband along the Texas-Mexico border flows both ways. Drugs tend to come north. Desperados on the lam tend to flow south. But every now and then there's a novelty like this woman and her strange p... More >>

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  Real Life Scene From The Wire In Rural Santa Fe

  published Jan 20, 2010

  rRemember that scene in season two of The Wire where Bubbles and his junko partner Johnny Weeks get caught pillaging a Baltimore ambo for needles and morphinerApparently these two Santa Fe wom... More >>

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  More Tats, More Social Deviance, Texas Tech Reports

  published Jan 20, 2010

  rTexas Tech's school of sociology will soon publish a study claiming a link between the number of tattoos a college student has and their level of social deviance, which is defined in the study as... More >>

• Promo Materials Emerge For I Love You Phillip Morris, Former Press Staffer Steve McVicker's Movie

  published Jan 19, 2010

  In advance of its March 26 release date, there are now trailers and posters galore for I Love You Phillip Morris, the Jim Carrey/Ewan Macgregor film based on the Houston Press articles and ensuing boo... More >>

• Coyotes And Bobcats Invade Area Yuppie Enclaves

  published Jan 18, 2010

  Back in 2004, we covered the battle of man vs. coyote in League City. Now it appears the wily canines have moved the battlefront closer to town.WestUInstantNews picks up the, um, tail: Coyotes and b... More >>

• How To Help Wall Street Bankers In Haiti's Time Of Need

  published Jan 15, 2010

  rWe Americans are a generous people. In the days after the devastating Haitian earthquake, we whipped out our credit cards and donated millions to relieve that stricken, jinxed nation.But until Th... More >>

• I'll Take People Who Don't Grasp The Concept For $500, Alex: East Texas Alleged Sex Felon Now Facing Arson Charge

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Sometimes in life you are fresh out of options before you even know it. That's what 19-year-old East Texan Randy Keith Hester found out recently when his cunning plan to help pay his attorney went dre... More >>

• Stoner Follies: Bryan Man's Mislaid Bong Leads To Two Felony Charges

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Bryan's Gary Emil Maale, 20, faces two counts of felony drug possession after a cop patrolling Maale's apartment complex noticed a bong left in full view on his front porch. Evidently that piqued the ... More >>

• Houston 101: The End Of Gaslight Video Spells The Final Demise Of The West U. Tenderloin

  published Jan 13, 2010

  With the recent verdict against Eugene Etheridge and the permanent closure of his infamous Gaslight Video on Bellaire Boulevard in the West University area, an era has drawn to a close. No longer can ... More >>

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  Loon Star State: Gunsmoke On The Border, Pigeons Dropping In Nacogdoches, And More

  published Jan 13, 2010

  rLoon Star State: Texas Small-Town Crime Round UpThe crime dates only from 1986, but the motive could be from 1886...Authorities in Rio Grande City recently arrested 53-year-old Juan Francisco Mar... More >>

• Exotic Texas Gulf Coast Crime Round-Up: Zip-Tied Kids, Flipping Out In Victoria, And Santa Punishes A Pedophile

  published Jan 08, 2010

  rA few awful items and weird crime tidbits from the Texas Gulf Coast... A Brownsville jury convicted 27-year-old Juan Luis Sanchez on ten counts of possession of child pornography. Sanchez's ... More >>

• Lord, Throw Me In A Green Plastic Tub And Drag Me To The Curbside

  published Jan 07, 2010

  It's official -- Houston is a green city, and the rest of Texas is now catching on. So while the EPA may or may not have "castrated" the Clean Air Act in Houston, at Pastor Ezell Simmons's Eighth St... More >>

• Stuck On You: Farmville Fanatic Arrested In String Of Bizarre Summertime Adhesive Attacks

  published Jan 06, 2010

  One of the more bizarre Houston-area crimes of the past year has apparently been solved.Back in July, Pasadena police were seeking a man described as an "older teenager" who they believed attacked ran... More >>