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What Texas is talking about today No Images? [Click here]( [Texas Optimism Project: Chelsea Francis]( [Texas Monthly]( December 12, 2018 QUOTE OF THE DAY "Who was the drug dealer . . . El Cheapo?" —A Facebook user [commenting on a photo]( of the Tenaha Police Department posted by KTRE-TV. The four officers are standing behind a table strewn with things they took during a drug bust—including some cash that appears to mostly be $1 bills. The photo went viral. THE LATEST [This Etsy Store is Just Paintings of Texas Fast Food Chains in Romantic Landscapes]( DAN SOLOMON It’s Whataburger as we always imagined it. [Read more.]( MEANWHILE, IN TEXAS... [Seeing Sextuple?]( [via [Inside Edition](] Splendora High School, just outside of Houston, has not one, not two, not three—OK, we'll get to the point—it has six sets of twins on its basketball teams. Three identical and three fraternal sets of twins are split between the girls and boys teams. We're not saying anything untoward is happening, but that's got to be an on-court advantage, right? We’ll feature our favorite piece of weird news here each Wednesday. Tomorrow, and every Thursday, tune in for our weekly news quiz! [Texas Optimism Project: Chelsea Francis]( OUR TOP STORIES [Plea Deal Allows Former Baylor Frat Leader Accused of Rape to Avoid Jail Time]( Jacob Walter Anderson, charged with raping and choking a fellow student, will pay a $400 fine as part of the deal. [Read More]( [More Money for a Tent City Housing Migrant Children? ‘Over My Dead Body,’ Congresswoman Says]( Key Congressional Democrats vow to fight $190 million Trump administration request to run Tornillo. [Read More]( [Corpus Christi’s Chicas Rock Might Bring Us the Next Selena]( Cecy Treviño started her girls’ music school to provide a safe space for self-expression. But the bands are getting booked all over town. [Read More]( THE STATE OF TEXAS Huntsville Watch A Texas death row inmate [died by lethal injection]( on Tuesday, making him the 24th inmate to be executed in the U.S. this year (he was the 13th and last of the year in Texas). Alvin Braziel Jr. was sentenced to death for the 1993 killing of 27-year-old Douglas White. White and his wife, Lora, were walking along a jogging trail in Mesquite when Braziel jumped out from behind a bush and demanded money from the couple. He shot and killed Douglas, then sexually assaulted Lora. The Whites had only been married ten days at the time of the murder. The case went unsolved until 2001, when Braziel was imprisoned for sexual assault and DNA matched evidence from Lora's case. Anything For Selenas Netflix is [partnering with the family of the legendary Selena Quintanilla]( for Selena: The Series. Details are sparse: we don't know a premiere date, an episode count, or the length of the episodes, but we do know that we are very excited for the scripted coming-of-age story. "Selena will always have a lasting place in music history and we feel great responsibility to do justice to her memory. With this series, viewers will finally get the full history of Selena, our family, and the impact she has had on all of our lives," Selena's sister, Suzette Quintanilla, said Tuesday in a statement. Confederate Conflict Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush [called for the removal](of a plaque at the Capitol honoring the Confederacy. "The time has come for the Confederate plaque to come down," he wrote on Twitter. "These types of displays belong in museums, not our state capitol." The plaque states that the Civil War was "not a rebellion" and that slavery was not an "underlying cause." Earlier this year, amid calls from lawmakers for the plaque to come down, Governor Greg Abbott said that it was the legislature's responsibility to remove it. TRAVEL & OUTDOORS [Where to Celebrate the Holidays Across Texas]( JULIA JONES From small-town Christmas light shows and a Polar Express train ride to festive wine tastings, there are many ways to enjoy the season. [Read more.]( [Stay Roped in with Rodeo Report]( [Stay Roped in with Rodeo Report]( Get an inside look into the high-intensity world that combines talented athletes with horses and livestock, steep competition, old-school traditions, and family fun. Rodeo Report’s coverage from the PRCA circuit includes competitor updates, performance analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories of triumphs, challenges, injuries, and rerides.Read More]( [Texas Optimism Project: Chelsea Francis]( MORE FROM TEXAS MONTHLY [Small Town Smokers: BBQ Shop]( TEXAS MONTHLY [End of an Era: Fitzgerald’s in Houston Closing at Year’s End]( JOHN NOVA LOMAX [Arlington’s Plan for Globe Life Park Includes the XFL and More]( DAN SOLOMON [Give the gift of Texas Monthly.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Texas Monthly PO Box 1569 Austin, TX 78767 Texas Monthly has sent you this alert because you signed up to receive it either online at texasmonthly.com, at the website of one of our business partners, or when you filled out a reader response card. You may opt-out from Texas Monthly newsletters at any time. Please see our Privacy Policy. If you would like to manage which Texas Monthly Editorial newsletters you are receiving, click Preferences, below. 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