Morning Roundup: Where's Willie? edition

Good morning, Houston. We don't know about you, but we at Houstonist have long been fans of Willie Nelson. And so, apparently, has local rapper/promoter/jeweler Paul Wall: Wall tells MTV News that he booked time at Nelson's studio to record his new album, Get Money, Stay True because he thought he would run into the Red-Headed Stranger while he was there — but alas, there was no Willie for Wall. "I didn't get a chance to meet Willie," Wall said. "I'd love to meet him one time." We're sure Nelson is pretty broken up, too, when he thinks about what he'd look like sporting a grill.

>> Tracking sex offenders: Despite the state's sex offender registry, which is supposed to record where convicted sex offenders live, actually finding them isn't always easy — which is why the state Legislature is considering a bill that would require offenders to wear GPS bracelets. One example of an offender who isn't where he is supposed to be: Justin Gilmore, who KTRK found living underneath a bridge and begging for spare change a county away from his registered address. "I'm just visiting a friend of mine," Gilmore told Channel 13. (What?) According to victims' advocate Andy Kahan, many offenders register at false addresses or aren't registered at all: "Realistically, you are looking at a national public safety health crisis," Kahan said.

>> It's a great place to live, but: Late last week, residents of the Peach Creek subdivision in Fort Bend County were left stranded when the only vehicle bridge into their neighborhood collapsed. County workers came out and laid sheet metal as a temporary fix, but it collapsed, too — which meant people in the subdivision could only get in and out on foot. Officials blamed the collapse on heavy rains and wear and tear; one man, Arthur Gibson, was apparently on the bridge when it cracked: "I got the electric windows down and pulled myself out [and] got over the edge of the bridge," he said. "The truck is gone, of course. I'm just glad it wasn't somebody else in a smaller vehicle that would have gone into the big hole."

>> Unfair treatment?: Some Katrina evacuees whose loved ones end up in jail here claim they're being denied bond because Houston bail bondsmen refuse to work with them. "We're not treated equally at all," evacuee Pan Chriss, whose son has been in jail on a weapons offense since November, said. "I know we are treated differently because we're from Louisiana." And that's not totally off the mark, bondsman Randy Kubosh said: He can't offer 10 percent bonds because evacuees tend to be flight risks. "We've lost a whole lot of money," Kubosh said. "I have to ask for the full amount of the bond, which I don't want to do, but have to do just to cover myself."

>> This week's weather: Well, apart from some slightly increasing rain chances, we should have pretty consistent weather the next few days: Look for highs around 75 every afternoon, with overnight lows in the mid-60s. Today and tomorrow should be mostly cloudy; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, expect a rain chance between 20 and 30 percent. The weekend looks mostly cloudy and warm, with sun and cooler temperatures returning next week.

For now, get all the warmth you need from the rest of this morning's headlines ...