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East Texas

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Cattle Prices Doubling, While Experts Predict the Beef Industry May Need 5 Years to Recover

    The bustling East Texas cattle auction that the Washington Post recently featured in an article about cattle prices couldn't have been more different from the near-empty auction that I attended last fall, during the worst of the 2011 drought. "Since we've gotten rain and everything, the price has r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Terence Johnson Throws American Flag into Traffic, But Is That Illegal?

    There can be a thin line between ballsy and dumb. Terence Dwayne Johnson, 20, of the tiny East Texas hamlet of Bedias, apparently decided to test where that line might be. According to cops who talked to KLTV, security footage at a Lovelady hardware store shows him grabbing an American flag out of ... More >>

  • Music

    May 3, 2012

    True Believers and Other Local Releases

    There can be a thin line between ballsy and dumb. Terence Dwayne Johnson, 20, of the tiny East Texas hamlet of Bedias, apparently decided to test where that line might be. According to cops who talked to KLTV, security footage at a Lovelady hardware store shows him grabbing an American flag out of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Colorado Sues Some Mag Crews; Maybe Texas Should Take a Gander?

    Colorado's Attorney General is suing the owners of a door-to-door magazine sales service, accusing them of deceiving consumers in Colorado and across the country. Filed April 23 in Denver County District Court, the suit against Jennifer Proffitt-Payne and Cody Payneists a bevvy of corporate names ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Oyster Po' Boy with Remoulade: Only One Wine Will Do

    At our house, we're already cranking up the A/C and bracing for the Texas summer. But with the arrival of the heat also comes my favorite time of our yearly gastronomic cycle, when fried and grilled foods are guiltlessly consumed in mass quantities. Summertime holidays -- from Memorial Day to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Steven Wayne Morris: East Texas Cop Gets 8 Years for Repeatedly Sexing Teen in Back of Her Car

    A police officer who had repeated sexual encounters with a 15-year-old girl in the back seat of her car has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Steven Wayne Morris, 28, was an officer for the East Texas town of Bullard when he began texting a student at Bullard High School. Within a year, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Comment of the Day: UCLA Represent!

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Semi-Good News? Hemi The Dog Might Have Been Run Over, Not Skinned Alive

    You might remember our story on Hemi, the East Texas rescue dog who cops said was found skinned alive and then went off to die. We think this might qualify as "good" news -- police now believe he might have been run over by a car, and not skinned alive by some sadistic psychopath. It still sucks i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Wayne Christian: State Rep Hilariously Backtracks from That "In-State Tuition for Illegals" Vote

    East Texas state rep Wayne Christian, like most other legislators, voted for a bill in 2003 that allowed children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition for colleges. As the hardcore rightwinger notes, the vote was not even a bit controversial at the time, coming as it did as part of a more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Comment of the Day: The Nicolas Cage Theory of DWI

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Jewish Christmas: Chinese Take-Out, Woody Allen, and Champagne

    Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Champagne isn't just for celebrating. It's also one of the world's greatest food-friendly wines.​Like many Jewish-Americans, I grew up going to the movies and eating classic Americanized Chinese food on Christmas Day. Today, now that I'm all growed up and married to a M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    The Meth Singularity: Oklahoma Woman Tries to Cook Batch Inside Walmart

    Booking photoAlisha Halfmoon: Streamlining an already lean and mean process​In last month's feature on meth in East Texas, veteran Angelina County speed freak James "Bull" Durham was positively exultant about the drug's ease of manufacture these days. Gone are the days whereby expert "chefs" n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Cover Story: How James "Bull" Durham Became A Poster Boy for East Texas Meth

    ​See our slideshow of James Durham's descent into meth hell. James "Bull" Durham, Lufkin's meth poster boy, popped his first shot of that devil's potion at the age of eleven -- he says it helped him get through his day-long shifts as an off-the-books catfish skinner. Even so, he says his lif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Five Reasons Autumn In Texas Will Suck This Year

    The trees will be dying, not changing colors​In a typical year, autumn is a great time to live in Texas. The temperatures moderate, there's plenty to do, it's all good. Not this year. Events have conspired to insure that this fall in Texas will suck, compared to most years. Five reasons why ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    James Robert Monday's Manic Monday: East Texan Busted For Hauling Off Air-Water Machine from Store Parking Lot

    James Robert Monday: Manic indeed​In the latest of our series of "Only in East Texas" crimes, an AARP-aged man by the name of Monday was busted on the day of the same name for -- get this -- stealing a convenience store's coin-operated air and water dispenser. Not the quarters in it, mind yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Revival Market: More Than Just Basics

    I want to sip on this stuff out of a brandy snifter.​It's hard to decide what I like more about Revival Market right now: The fact that I can do normal, weekly shopping at the store, picking up fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy along the way, or the fact that I can indulge in some unexpected ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Twitter Dumbness: Trent Cantrell, Former Lufkin City Planner, Resigns After Sour Tweets About Town

    Even if you really, really hate the town whose government is signing your paychecks, you might want to keep those thoughts to yourself. If you absolutely must Tweet your opinions on the matter, only let your friends see 'em. Former Lufkin city planner Trent Cantrell didn't take those precautions, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Pearl & Johnny B's BBQ: A Little Bit of Crockett in Houston

    Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​"We've been open since February 5," said Pearlie Thompson with a smile as she rang me up last Saturday afternoon. "But it's been kind of quiet." Thompson runs Pearl & Johnny B's BBQ, a little gem out of my fondest slow-smoked dreams, that's just off the main food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Lavelle Hopkins: Arrested After Stick-Up of East Texas Library

    You know that old saying: You rob banks because that's where the money is. Evidently Lavelle Hopkins of Hughes Springs never availed himself of that wisdom. How else can you explain the crime he is accused of committing yesterday morning? Simply put, police in the East Texas town of Daingerfield sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Last Night: Miranda Lambert At RodeoHouston

    Photo courtesy of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo​Miranda Lambert Reliant Stadium March 16, 2011 Shucks, ma. Our lil' ol' East Texas gal done all growed up. Sugar and spice and definitely everything nice, unless you piss her off, Miranda Lambert is a different kind of crossover act. A r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Randy Carl Russell: Pentecostal Preacher, Terroristic Threat

    Randy Russell: It's not known which chapter and verse he was preaching from​An East Texas Pentecostal preacher is reportedly free on bond after allegedly threatening to kill his daughter's boyfriend and his family. Last Wednesday, Randy Carl Russell, the 52-year-old pastor of the Weches Unite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Jason Bourque and Daniel McAllister: East Texas Church Arsonists Sentenced to Life

    Courtesy Smith County SO Daniel George McAllister and Jason Robert Bourque​The crimes that East Texans Jason Robert Bourque and Daniel George McAllister were convicted of last month were disgusting indeed. The two young men, sometimes working together and other times apart, admitted to torchin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Lesbian Teen Sues Kilgore School District For Outing, Harassing Her

    Another gay student is allegedly bullied, this time at the hands of an East Texas softball coach. ​If two high school coaches lead a girl into an empty locker room and lock the door behind them, something bad can happen, and at Kilgore High School, according to a new lawsuit filed by the Texas Civ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Seven Best Texas Sex Stories Of 2010

    Feel free to mess with Texans, apparently​'Twas the night before Chritmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring...except for an ex-surgeon with a suitcase full of dildos.That's just one of the Christmas tales parents can tell their young'ns as the year winds down. We now present ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Google Street View Lawsuit: Texas Gets In On The Action

    According to a federal lawsuit, Google stole private information in Texas when it was collecting data for Street View. ​An East Texas attorney has filed a class action lawsuit against Google, claiming the company illegally stole data from Wi-Fi networks while collecting data for Google Maps Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Jacob Thompson: Cops Drop Illegal Doctoring Charge Against East Texas Tattoo Artist

    Photos courtesy Angelina County JailThompson and Zylstra: Wow...just...wow​Last month, we brought you the tale of James "Jacob" Thompson, the 23-year-old East Texas tattoo artist accused of accepting a $20 fee for both illegally tattooing and surgically removing a birth control implant from th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Sculptor James Surls Puts A Magnificent Seven On The Rice Campus

    Photo by Hallie Jordan​James Surls, the sculptor who had seven of his art pieces installed at Rice University last month, enlightened a crowd there recently about his art philosophy and the ideas behind his plant-like sculptures.   The seven pieces in the exhibit, which arrived Feb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    The "Circus Superstar" With The Foul-Smelling Menagerie, Part 1

    ​While Caroline Wedding has only been running the Marion County Humane Society for about three years, she has already been on plenty of animal-cruelty raids, and has helped find better homes for hundreds of dogs, cats and exotic birds. Still, she thinks it's unlikely she will ever come across some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Lost Tuneage: "The Singing Fisherman," Honky-Tonk Man Johnny Horton

    Other than Buck Owens, no artist had a bigger effect on Dwight Yoakam than "The Singing Fisherman," Johnny Horton. This East Texas rockabilly cool cat grabbed Rocks Off's attention every time his name was mentioned or a song of his came on the radio. We suspect it was the same for Yoakam, who chann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Grass-fed Beef: Healthier Hamburgers

    Photos by Robb Walsh​Grass-fed sirloin hamburger steak is downright delicious. No doubt grass-fed beef raised without antibiotics and hormones is better for you too. Grass-fed sirloins lack the marbling that makes for tender steaks. But grind it up, and you get all the bold herbaceous flavor w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    The Former Chron Employees' List, So Far (Updated April 3)

    So far we've been limiting our list of laid-off Chron people to names readers might recognize; we've heard from some current and ex-Chronsters that they'd like a master list, since no centralized information is coming anywhere else.With that in mind, here's what we've heard so far. Other names are s ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    Celebrating Houston's MasterMinds

    We pass on a bit of luck to the recipients of our first creativity awards

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    And The MasterMind Winners Are.....

    Last fall the Houston Press asked readers to send in nominations of people who were breaking new ground in the arts around here.The lucky winners have been named and will be getting a $2,000 check at a dinner Saturday and -- perhaps more importantly -- they are profiled in the Press today. (Well, ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Chess Pie: A Southern Tradition

    Chess pie is one of those forgotten vestiges of old Southern culture, like RC Colas and Moon Pies, that hasn't yet been snapped up by nouveau foodies and made trendy again, as has been done with greens, grits and pork fat. It's all for the best, really.  Chess pie isn't supposed to be tre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    Home and Garden Show Postponed

    Chess pie is one of those forgotten vestiges of old Southern culture, like RC Colas and Moon Pies, that hasn't yet been snapped up by nouveau foodies and made trendy again, as has been done with greens, grits and pork fat. It's all for the best, really.  Chess pie isn't supposed to be tre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Banking Disaster -- Texas Style

    Chess pie is one of those forgotten vestiges of old Southern culture, like RC Colas and Moon Pies, that hasn't yet been snapped up by nouveau foodies and made trendy again, as has been done with greens, grits and pork fat. It's all for the best, really.  Chess pie isn't supposed to be tre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 10, 2008

    Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy

    Robert Leleux details ‘life with mother’

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    A Monster in East Texas! Or Something Like That...

    Robert Leleux details ‘life with mother’

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Place to Pretend You're in the Hill Country

    Robert Leleux details ‘life with mother’

  • Dining

    March 25, 2004

    Sunnyside Sup

    Reid's is an awesome barbecue time capsule

  • Music

    June 27, 2002

    Popsy

    Thursday, June 27 and Sunday, June 30

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Fish Tales

    Rayburn's bass diminish as debates continue over pollution discharges

  • Calendar

    May 25, 2000

    The Curbside Critique

    (Houston Sculpture 2000)

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Reeling

    Bass kills and lesions on fish worry Sam Rayburn anglers. So does the state's plan to lower the lake's pollution standards.

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Border Bound

    Is Elton Bomer the bully who's needed to help colonias -- or just another political grandstander?

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    The Great Sucking Sound

    Bart Sipriano's well dried up four days after Ozarka started pumpin massive amount of water nearby. Under the state's archaic "rule of capture," the East Texan has no right to complain.

  • News

    April 27, 1995

    Life after Death?

    Bart Sipriano's well dried up four days after Ozarka started pumpin massive amount of water nearby. Under the state's archaic "rule of capture," the East Texan has no right to complain.

  • Music

    September 29, 1994

    Swamp Thang

    Bart Sipriano's well dried up four days after Ozarka started pumpin massive amount of water nearby. Under the state's archaic "rule of capture," the East Texan has no right to complain.

  • Dining

    July 28, 1994

    The Church of the Immaculate Barbecue

    Heaven has its smoking pits too -- at New Zion Baptist Church in Huntsville

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