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Historic Heights Church Will Take Months To Recover From 2-Alarm Fire

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on September 23, 2019 · Rev. Emily Chapman says they don’t have an estimate of the losses so far. Worship services will be held at nearby schools for the next few weeks.

Tags emily chapman heights houston houston fire department St. Mark’s United Methodist Church

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Masked Gunman Dies After Gunfire Exchange In Dallas, A Crucial Vote Toward Cemetery For “Sugar Land 95”, Heights Residents Appeal To Drivers To Slow Down, And More

HPM Digital Team

Posted on June 17, 2019 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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Transportation

After Deadly Crashes, Heights Residents Appeal To Drivers To Slow Down

Gail Delaughter

Posted on June 17, 2019 · They've teamed up with a national organization to ask people to drive under the speed limit.

Tags heights Keep Kids Alive school zones speed limits traffic safety

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Bicyclist Dies After Being Struck By HISD Bus

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on March 7, 2019 · The fatal accident occurred around 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of East 8th Street and Heights Boulevard.

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Remains In Wall Of Houston Home Identified As Missing Woman

Associated Press

Posted on January 24, 2018 · Remains found in the wall of Heights home identified as home owner Mary Cerruti

Tags bones heights Mary Cerruti missing person remains skeleton

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Bars And Restaurants In The Heights Can Sell Alcohol More Easily

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on November 8, 2017 · The Heights is no longer a dry zone

Tags alcohol dry zone heights passed prop f vote

Houston Matters

City In A City: Course Explores How Houston Enclaves Forged Their Own Identities

Maggie Martin

Posted on October 4, 2017 · A new course explores how areas and developments within Greater Houston have forged their own unique identities -- and even governments -- over the years.

Tags Bellaire City In A City Community Identity and Houston’s Sprawl Harrisburg heights Jim Parsons Maggie Martin preservation houston river oaks

Hurricane Harvey

Downhouse Opens Providing Escape From The Disaster Of Harvey

Michael Hagerty

Posted on August 28, 2017 · Harvey continues to menace Houston, but a local restaurant is opening its doors to provide a release from weather stress.

Tags Downhouse flooding harvey heights houston hurricane tropical storm

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Proposition For Alcohol Sales In The Houston Heights Is On November’s Ballot

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on August 10, 2017 · The Heights has been a dry neighborhood ever since the Prohibition Era. Now, a local group of restaurateurs are working on getting people out to the polls to change that.

Tags alcohol sales Ballot dry zone heights vote

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The Heights Restaurants Want To Sell Alcohol

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on June 9, 2017 · Restaurant owners in a local neighborhood are tired of being bound by a law made before the prohibition era.

Tags alcohol heights petition

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Houston Coffee Shop Provides Culinary Training For Human Trafficking Survivors

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on May 29, 2017 · A coffee shop in the Heights is training trafficking victims for restaurant jobs.

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News

Houstonians Will Vote On Keeping A Portion Of The Heights A Dry Zone

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on August 10, 2016 · If the voters decide to do away with the 1912 rule, grocery and convenience stores will be allowed to sell beer and wine.

Tags heights houston Houston Heights Beverage Coalition November ballot

Local

In the Heights A Century-Old Ban Stands In The Way Of Business

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on August 1, 2016 · Alcohol sales have been heavily restricted in the Heights since 1912, but one group is trying to change that.

Tags development heights Houston Heights Kroger liquor laws

Local

Stretch Of Yale Street Closer To Becoming ‘Green Corridor’

Florian Martin

Posted on June 8, 2016 · A never-before used Houston city ordinance would ensure trees along the street cannot be cut down.

Tags green corridor heights houston city council Yale Street

Transportation

Mobility Plan Outlines Improvements For Heights And Northside Neighborhoods

Gail Delaughter

Posted on January 9, 2015 · Houston Planning and Development Department finalizes a wide-ranging transportation study for areas north of downtown.

Tags city of houston heights mobility news transportation

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