Morning Roundup: Everybody get crunk in the drop edition

Good morning, Houston. Are you feeling particularly crunk today? Maybe you should be: Crunk is among the words added to Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary this year. Also among the 100 new words are DVR, IED, gray literature and smackdown. But we think we'll get the most use out of crunk, which M-W defines as a style of Southern rap music but which has a variety of definitions in the Urban Dictionary. Which brings us to our next question: Just how crunk are you?

>> Seeking answers to freeway shooting: The Brinkmann Roofing Co. has rented a billboard on the East Loop offering $10,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case of Carlos Berdeguez, who was shot to death in his truck on that stretch of freeway the morning of June 7. "We're hoping that whoever did it has some friends who are going to turn him in," Michele Brinkmann, a spokeswoman for the company, said. "The person who did this is still out there, and we don't want another family to have to go through this." Witnesses saw Berdeguez's truck weave and stop against a barrier on the side of the freeway, but they said they didn't see what had happened to him. The Brinkmann reward is being offered in addition to a $10,000 reward from Crime Stoppers.

>> Wiggins: Let's try that again, shall we?: Former Texas Southern University finance chief Quintin Wiggins, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in May for misusing public funds, is asking for a new trial, KHOU reports. Wiggins was convicted of diverting $286,000 in TSU money into secret accounts that former President Priscilla Slade used for personal expenses; when he was sentenced, his attorney, L. Mickelé Daniels, said he thought Wiggins had become the fall guy for all TSU's problems. According to Channel 11, Wiggins has now fired Daniels and brought in a new legal team — which makes us wonder if Daniels is now feeling like a bit of a scapegoat himself.

>> City may target overweight trucks: A proposed city ordinance would require special permits for overly large and heavy big rigs on Houston freeways, a move police say is meant to help keep roads in good shape. "[Overweight trucks[ destroy the city infrastructure," HPD assistant chief Vikki King said. "They create the potholes that we experience in the streets. They tear up our curbs." Permits would be required for trucks more than 102 inches wide, more than 65 feet long and more than 14 feet high, or trucks that exceed weight restrictions. Violating the ordinance would result in a fine beginning at $145 a day. "It is a fact that we need to make sure that we have a way to co-exist together, and I think that this ordinance does that to a large extent," City Councilman Adrian Garcia said.

>> Today's weather: Expect more heat, but no rain: We're in for a partly cloudy day with an afternoon high of 94, which could bring a heat index of as much as 106. Tonight, expect a low around 78.

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