Paint poured over two-ton tiger outside Conroe HS

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  CONROE, tX (KTRK) -- Students are helping authorities find out who vandalized a bronze tiger statue honoring a longtime teacher. The tiger stands outside of Conroe High School.

Yesterday, custodians found the two-ton tiger was covered in bright blue paint.

After the vandalism was announced, administrators say several students came forward with information about the possible culprit. The principal says the act was not done as a senior class prank.

The tiger memorializes Grady Spikes, who taught at Conroe High School before winning election as Precinct 2 justice of the peace.

You can read more about this story in The Courier of Montgomery County, one of our Houston Community Newspaper partners.

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Life-size toy tiger on hotel roof turns heads in NE Houston

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Firefighters sometimes receive calls out to get cats out of trees. But what happens when they get calls about a tiger on a roof?

The Houston Fire Department received several calls Wednesday about a tiger on the roof of an abandoned hotel near Will Clayton and the Eastex Freeway. It turned out to be a large, stuffed toy.

Fire crews removed the tiger, saying it posed a hazard because drivers kept stopping to look at it.

One firefighter played like he was being attacked by the tiger.

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