illegal

There are many things in Texas that feel illegal to do, but is actually perfectly fine.

Phrogging, a term for secretly living in someone else’s home without their knowledge, is a rare but unsettling phenomenon in Texas.

When a baby is on the way it's time to pick a name. But be careful in choosing because some names are illegal in the state of Texas.

Drugs are not the only thing being smuggled over the Texas border. The illegal pet trade is also booming as baby Mexican Spider Monkeys are taken from their natural habitat and smuggled into the Lone Star State.

Don't get caught snapping selfies here!

You simply just can't go everywhere you want in Texas. There are some places that are just off-limits to the public.

As the temperatures start to get cooler I’m pretty sure that we're all guilty of one thing that we probably don’t know could land us in hot water – literally.

Collecting rainwater can save you some money, but in some places it's frowned upon

We've all done that short drive away from the beach or the neighborhood pool that made us too lazy to put our shoes on...the question is - should we have taken the time to put on some dang shoes?!

There are laws and ordinances for your backyard and in public.

I've been on run writing stories about "Is it legal?" and just for fun took a chance on Google's autofill. Autofill, for those under a rock, fills with the item(s) most searched on Google. That is to say, as silly as my topic here is, real people typed it into the Google search engine over and over...

What do you do with your used cooking grease? Some people are very economical and use only enough oil for what they're doing, and/or store the rest for next time. But what if you've had, say a fish fry and there's just more used oil than you can store...