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The Current‘s most-read stories of 2022 were a varied affair, ranging from cops behaving badly to poop-infested Texas beaches to a meltdown inside a Whatburger to the tragic Robb Elementary School shooting.
If you need reminder of what the last year held, flip through this roundup of the wildest, funniest, most alarming, most tragic and most head-scratching headlines and relive it all over again.
20. Average income needed to buy a home in San Antonio hits $59,000, but market shows signs of cooling Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Nan Palmero19. Drive-thru haunted forest event returns to San Antonio’s Castle Hills neighborhood Oct. 22 Credit: Courtesy Photo / Boy Scouts of America Alamo Area Council18. Anti-vax podcaster Douglas Kuzma dies of COVID-19 caught at Texas conspiracy theory gathering Credit: YouTube / Douglas Kuzma17. Texas woman arrested on charges that she hit, threatened group of people for having Indian accents Credit: Twitter / @davenewworld_216. Shooter at Uvalde elementary school under arrest, injured being treated in San Antonio Credit: Google Street View15. During Tool’s show at San Antonio’s AT&T Center, its songs took on new meaning Credit: Jaime Monzon14. San Antonio ISD offering $200 a day to substitute teachers, holding job fairs this week Credit: San Antonio ISD | Facebook13. Creepy Craigslist ad from San Antonio landlord looking to rent to female tenant goes viral on Reddit Credit: Ben Olivo12. San Antonio’s ‘shit sandwich cop’ working as a police officer again, this time in Floresville Credit: San Antonio Police Department11. San Antonio River Walk brawl started by customer pissed off about his bill captured on video Credit: Twitter / @UTSABootleg10. Victims and survivors of Uvalde shooting to file $27 billion lawsuit Credit: Courtesy Photo / Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center9. A 420-square-foot shed on San Antonio’s East Side has hit the market for $250,000 Credit: Zillow8. Bad Takes: The 7 dumbest things Jordan Peterson said on Joe Rogan’s podcast Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore7. San Antonio’s USAA Bank hit with $140 million fine, its third federal penalty since 2019 Credit: Twitter / USAA6. TikTok of alleged San Antonio sorority member verbally assaulting Whataburger staff goes viral Credit: Screen Capture, TikTok / _mauiwowie_5. Video shared by defense lawyer shows Texas DPS trooper allegedly taking hit of confiscated pot Credit: YouTube capture / David Sloane4. Billionaire Elon Musk caught deep-throating spiropapa in South Texas town of Brownsville Credit: Facebook / Syed Fuad Adnan3. Most Texas beaches are so infested with poop they could make you sick, study shows Credit: Courtesy Photo / Environment Texas2. Three San Antonio residents make Forbes’ annual billionaires list Credit: Photo via Facebook / H-E-B1. San Antonio police officer fired after shooting teen in McDonald’s parking lot Credit: YouTube / San Antonio Police Department