Posted on · Elected board members for the Houston-area school district suspended the first two layers of the book review process, which involve input from teachers, librarians and school administrators.
Posted on · The City of Houston is terminating its contract with Inframark, which manages five wastewater treatment plants and five drinking water supply facilities in the Kingwood area, effective this Friday.
Posted on · Houston is heading outdoors for the first weekend of spring with events celebrating art, music and culture.
Posted on · Edwards chaired city council committees that dealt with affordable housing, flooding and the HIV/AIDS epidemic and was described by colleagues as compassionate, selfless and community-minded.
Posted on · A report released Tuesday by the Environmental Integrity Project found that five industrial facilities in Harris County accounted for 45 of the 119 "excessive" emissions events reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality between September 2016 and August 2022. None was deemed to be a "chronic" polluter by the state agency.
Posted on · The Houston-based doughnut shop temporarily renamed its bear claw at the suggestion of a Twitter user.
Posted on · Tomeu Vadell, one of the so-called "Citgo 6," is asking for more than $100 million in a personal injury lawsuit filed in a Harris County court.
Posted on · All rides on METRORail, which provides access to Downtown Houston as well as to NRG Park, will be free from March 31-April 3.
Posted on · Paid attendance for 20 rodeo performances and corresponding concerts was more than 1.35 million, the most the Houston rodeo has seen since 2017.
Posted on · Much of Texas and the southeastern United States also have high likelihoods of experiencing hotter-than-usual springs, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Posted on · A 24-hour "Astros Gold Rush" sale begins at midnight Wednesday at the Union Station Team Store inside Minute Maid Park.
Posted on · The free entertainment venue in Hermann Park, which starts its 2023 season this Friday, has launched a $12.5 million capital campaign for renovations and improvements.
Posted on · The greatest threat for storms will be north of the city, according to the local National Weather Service office, which says an approaching front will bring cooler temperatures this weekend.
Posted on · Construction bids have been submitted for the first phase of a project that will extend and expand Texas Spur 5/State Highway 35 from I-45 to Loop 610 South. TxDOT says the work is needed to ease traffic congestion and improve mobility and access for hurricane evacuation routes.
Posted on · The defense team for Dimitrios Pagourtzis, charged with capital murder in the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School, claims Judge Jeth Jones is "shopping" for medical experts so its client can be determined mentally competent to stand trial.