Email Author John Nova Lomax

2012 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Houston 101: The Assassination of O.P. Dewalt, Black Leader and Lincoln Theatre Manager

  published Apr 24, 2012

  On this date in 1931, Olen P. Dewalt was gunned down in the Lincoln Theatre, the city's first black-run movie palace. Dewalt, a leader in the Independence Heights community and a charter member of the... More >>

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  Justin McDonald and Zachary Bridges: Bad Fake Cops, Including Guyliner & Faux-Hawk

  published Apr 24, 2012

  There has been a rash of fake cops in the Lufkin area of late, with two men finding lodgings in the Angelina County Jail after run-ins with their authentic counterparts. Per KTRE, Justin McDonald was... More >>

• Calli Dretke: Cops Say Drunk Driver Slams into Blood-Alcohol Testing Van, Bringing Serious Charges for Area Hospital Spokesperson

  published Apr 23, 2012

  In a DWI incident that recalled last year's "Why was the helicopter flying so lowr" debacle, a 25-year-old Montgomery woman has been jailed after police said she drunkenly rear-ended a police Blood Al... More >>

• Shriya Patel: Promised Husband Massage in Oil, But Doused Him in Gasoline and Torched Him Instead, Police Say

  published Apr 20, 2012

  A 25-year-old woman is behind bars after she allegedly set her husband on fire last night in a north Austin apartment complex. Shriya Patel, a native of India, joined her husband of one year in Austi... More >>

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  Six Stupid Reasons to Move to Austin, a Mediocre Town

  published Apr 20, 2012

  Some mewling mouth-breather named Ed Reed on a blog called Thought Catalog has fallen in love with Austin and listed off six reasons why more Yankees and Californians should move there and join him. A... More >>

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  Houston: More Hipster-Friendly than Salt Lake City and Dallas, at Least

  published Apr 19, 2012

  Earlier this month Travel and Leisure asked their readers to rank 35 American cities on the quantity and quality of their live music scenes, coffeehouses, microbrews and independent boutiques. They a... More >>

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  Darlene Mayes: Shocking New Details in Oklahoma Ganja Granny Case

  published Apr 19, 2012

  If you want to make it as a writer in Hollywood, you have to hone your ideas into "elevator pitches," short descriptive bursts that can intrigue the big cigars between floors in office buildings. The... More >>

• Heather Ricks Terry and Mary Dorsey, Alleged Thieving Dental Workers: Thar's Gold in Them Thar Grills

  published Apr 18, 2012

  A pair of Lufkin dental office workers have been arrested and charged with stealing gold meant for grills and fillings from their place of work. Authorities there say that Heather Ricks Terry, 30, an... More >>

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  Cynthia Stewart: Sexts to Teen Send Former Elementary School Counselor to Prison

  published Apr 11, 2012

  The verdict is in, and those of you who predicted a slap on the wrist for Cynthia "Cindy" Stewart will have to eat crow. The former elementary school guidance counselor from the San Antonio area has b... More >>

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  Melissa Borrett, Woman Behind Lubbock's Nude Maid Service, Is Kinda Awesome

  published Apr 10, 2012

  It's been all over the news these last couple of days: Lubbock's once-staunch moral fiber has slipped even further with the arrival of Lubbock Fantasy Maid Service, a business concern whose name prett... More >>

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  New Photo Contest: Re-create Your Favorite Local Work of Art

  published Apr 10, 2012

  A few weeks ago, while hiking near White Oak Bayou, my daughter Harriet picked a bouquet of this year's astoundingly abundant wildflowers. I snapped the photo above and posted it to Facebook. A day ... More >>

• Trina Husky: Trinity Trailer Park Fracas Lands Mugshot Hall of Famer in Jail

  published Apr 09, 2012

  The artists in the Trinity County Jail and another of the little Lake Livingston-area town's miscreants have done it again: working together, they have created yet another solid entry in the Mugshot H... More >>

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  Vanessa Clark: Second SIDS Death in a Year Leads to Child Endangerment Conviction

  published Apr 05, 2012

  A Lufkin woman has been convicted of felony child endangerment after an infant died in her bed for the second time in a span of two calendar years. Yesterday afternoon an Angelina County jury handed ... More >>

• Tee Pee Motel: Kitschy Wharton Landmark Scene of March Drug Bust

  published Apr 05, 2012

  A quirky roadside motel from America's golden age of highway travel was the scene of a good-sized cocaine bust late last month. According to the Wharton Journal-Spectator, Wharton County Sheriff's d... More >>

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  Tawanya Rabb: Strong Early Contestant for Year's Dumbest (Alleged) Criminal

  published Apr 04, 2012

  Our state seems to be home to many of the nation's dumbest and lamest counterfeiters, but Corpus Christi's Tawanya Rabb might just beat them all. The 26-year-old had a traffic warrant, so Monday afte... More >>

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  Poetic First Ward For Sale Signs: What's the Storyr

  published Apr 03, 2012

  A couple of weeks ago while on staycation, I took a daylong bike ride from the northwest corner of the Inner Loop to the southeast, from just west of the Heights to and through the godforsaken little ... More >>

• Omar Daniel Gonzalez-Torres: Craigslist Prank Backfires, Leads to April Fool's Day in Jail

  published Apr 03, 2012

  According to what he told police, Omar Daniel Gonzalez-Torres was upset at the way a woman was treating his girlfriend, so he chose the route of high-tech vengeance. Posing as his girlfriend's alleged... More >>

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  Shanice Lambert: Another Panhandle Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct

  published Apr 02, 2012

  What in tarnation is going on in the schoolhouses on Texas's High Plainsr The latest in the Shame Parade is Shanice Lambert, who looks much more glamorous on her Facebook page than in her Armstrong C... More >>

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  Babyboy Small, Vernon Wade Baloney: Funny (Alleged) Criminal Names, Spring 2012 Edition

  published Mar 30, 2012

  The recent travails of Crystal Angel Sugars reminded us that it was time to cobble together another of our semi-regular lists of the strangest, funniest and most downright awesome names we come across... More >>

• Cover Story: In Search of Spring Break on Galveston Island

  published Mar 28, 2012

  Earlier this year, Coed magazine cobbled together a listicle of America's ten trashiest Spring Break locales. Among the criteria: the number of liquor stores, tattoo parlors and Hooter's in a given... More >>

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  Evie Herrin and Amelia Crew: Police Say Mom and Daughter Robbed Four Banks in Two States

  published Mar 28, 2012

  Move over Bonnie and Clyde and Frank and Jesse James, you've got (alleged) multistate bank-robbing company: Evie and Amelia. Yesterday Police in Gulfport, Mississippi, busted 57-year-old Evie Mearlen... More >>

• In Search of Spring Break: Then and Now

  published March 29, 2012

  My own most memorable and fateful Spring Break took place in South Padre Island and Matamoros in 1989. At that time I was a freshman and well... More >>

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  In Search of Spring Break

  published March 29, 2012

  After arriving in Galveston amid tornado watches under swirling end-of-days skies, and enduring downpour after downpour throughout a long Sunday... More >>

• Kylar Johnson: Pit Bulls Bring a Horrific End to a 4-Year-Old's Life

  published Mar 26, 2012

  An extensive search for a missing four-year-old Victoria boy ended in horrific fashion with the discovery of the boy's body earlier today. A family friend has told the Victoria Advocate that the boy w... More >>

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  Daniel Kramer's Post-Ike Snapshot Wins FotoFest Award

  published Mar 23, 2012

  Hearty congratulations are in order for former Houston Press staff photographer Daniel Kramer. His haunting snapshot "Bolivar After Ike" won the People's Choice award at last night's FotoFest opening ... More >>