panhandle

Department of Homeland Security quietly bought an 825,000-square-foot warehouse in the state’s conservative western panhandle.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026

Brenen Thompson is from Spearman, Texas, at the top of the panhandle, where the gusts are constant and the only tourist attraction is a collection of old windmills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

A similar warning was issued for parts of the Florida panhandle.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

Smith of Franklin County, Fla., in the state’s panhandle, initially criticized ICE officers for not communicating with local law enforcement but said he has since opened a dialogue with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

But as soon as they realized you weren’t trying to hustle them or panhandle money, they warmed right up.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Another man said his friend, who regularly panhandles on a busy street, has been missing since the takeover began.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

Weather forecasters were also watching the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles for the possibility of more severe thunderstorms.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

The Weather Service has declared “extremely critical” fire weather in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and over large portions of western Kansas.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

For the fourth consecutive day, tornadoes strafed the middle of the country Thursday, this time concentrated in sparsely populated panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas.

From Fox News ● May 24, 2019

Distribution.—Western and southern Colorado, southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, east to the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma and to southwestern Kansas.

From Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions by J. Knox Jones

No one camped on the sidewalks or panhandled at the park.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2022

“She’d panhandled on the street but she gave most of her money away.”

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

She rehabilitated a homeless man who panhandled outside the shop, and he became a model salesman.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018

He has panhandled in the same spot for almost 20 years and has a good rapport with the locals, who call him “the whale man.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017

The underground staff scoured the countryside for paper and other supplies and panhandled on the streets of Manila for money.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“When neighborhoods are plagued by issues such as aggressive panhandling, unruly street vending, public urination, abandoned vehicles, it gives the impression of an unsafe community,” Ms. Tisch said in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

While camping, aggressive panhandling, and other actions are currently illegal in D.C.,

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

Since June 2024, almost 220 local measures have passed that restrict or ban acts like sleeping, sitting or panhandling in public in cities that include Phoenix; Gainesville, Florida, and Reno, Nevada.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025

Silva proudly displays his sketchbooks and says he’s a tattoo artist, but these days he spends most of his time panhandling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

“Umm...right, so the house went into foreclosure in 2009. That’s a year before he was spotted panhandling in the city.”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone