{"id":315399,"date":"2026-05-30T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315399\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:10:07","slug":"meanwhile-in-texas-a-lone-zebra-takes-the-high-road-in-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315399\/","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, in Texas: A Lone Zebra Takes the High Road in West Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chief deputy sheriff of Presidio County reported on social media that U.S. Border Patrol agents had spotted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstalert7.com\/2026\/04\/14\/border-patrol-reports-zebra-strolling-along-presidio-county-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">zebra walking alone<\/a> on FM 170.<\/p>\n<p>A Wichita Falls woman was sentenced to six years in prison for sending inmates materials that included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/article\/texas-woman-bibles-drugs-prison-22197645.php?utm_content=hed&amp;sid=6944514f677e76f1a4048bdc&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=roundup&amp;utm_campaign=chrn%20%7C%20first%20draft&amp;stn=nf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">leather-bound Bibles<\/a> that contained pages soaked in synthetic cannabinoids.<\/p>\n<p>Two City of Austin IT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/local\/article\/austin-it-executives-fired-dallas-outside-jobs-22197618.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">senior staffers were fired<\/a> for allegedly working simultaneously for the City of Dallas in similar roles.<\/p>\n<p>A man threw a bucket purportedly containing <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/i-got-more-man-films-himself-throwing-bucket-of-human-bones-over-fence-at-fbi-office-to-summon-agents-after-stealing-remains-from-mausoleum-cops-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">human bones<\/a> over the fence of the FBI Dallas field office to \u201csummon\u201d authorities and then posted a video of the incident to YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AustinWildlifeRescue\/posts\/hot-dam-we-got-a-baby-beaver-meet-our-new-branch-manager-in-the-making-this-litt\/1344400744401958\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">baby beaver<\/a> that had apparently been washed from its den by heavy\u202frains was found on an Austin sidewalk and taken in by a rescue group, which wrote on Facebook that after \u201ca few tiny beaver tantrums,\u201d staff members were able to begin nursing it back to health.<\/p>\n<p>A Montgomery County man who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/04\/29\/man-arrested-after-faking-school-emergency-dodge-speeding-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pulled over for speeding<\/a> in a school zone tried to avoid a citation by allegedly falsely telling officers that a Conroe High School student had a gun.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers at Inks Lake State Park, near Burnet, discovered a cluster of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/article\/white-bluebonnets-inks-lake-texas-22190387.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">white bluebonnets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An employee of the Cherokee County jail was arrested and booked into the same jail after authorities said they discovered that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kltv.com\/2026\/04\/14\/cherokee-county-jailer-accused-falsifying-timesheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">falsifying his time sheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A San Antonio cat that had wandered around the city\u2019s East Side with a plastic jar stuck on its head for days was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/article\/cat-stuck-san-antonio-update-saved-22159614.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">freed by a woman<\/a> who reportedly said the cat then \u201cran off like he stole something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared in the June 2026 issue of\u00a0Texas Monthly\u00a0with the headline \u201cMeanwhile, in Texas.\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/subscribe\/end-article\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Read Next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The chief deputy sheriff of Presidio County reported on social media that U.S. Border Patrol agents had 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