Report: The best places in the Houston area to raise a family
Starting a family and looking to get out of the city and settle down in a more kid-friendly neighborhood? Here are the best places to do that in Houston.
Reports: Patton Village officer killed in crash
Reports: 2 adults killed, 2 children injured in major crash
Two adults were killed and two children were injured in a crash on FM 529 in western Harris County, according to news reports.
1 dead in W Houston shooting
A person was shot and killed on Sunday morning after several men forced their way into a west Houston apartment.
Her ‘name’ almost snags refugee’s journey to Houston
Every time her stepmom and dad had a baby, it would require a new background check, restarting the process all over again. Omar’s journey to Houston reflects the challenges faced by the 10.5 million people worldwide living in refugee camps and waiting to be resettled, according to data from YMCA International Services. The YMCA in Houston helped Omar’s family resettle into the U.S. through their International Services program, but only about 1 percent of refugees worldwide are even selected by the United Nations to resettle in a new country. About 30 percent of refugees assigned to Texas end up living in Harris County, according to state health services department. At Houston Community College’s central campus, people gathered Saturday to hear stories from those like Omar who had survived their time as a refugee. The gathering was to celebrate World Refugee Day, a holiday started by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 2001 and officially marked worldwide on Monday Seated in HCC’s cafeteria, Omar was a long way from the refugee camp in Kakuma, but she said the memories don’t fade. Omar was only six years old when her dad, brother, and sister decided to flee from Somalia to Kenya, wanting to escape from the civil war there. Omar’s dad was a prominent dentist and many people knew him in the area. The World Food program provided food to the camp and every 15 days, groups of people would stand in long lines to receive supplies like rice, oil, and salt. The program sets up mobile cinema presentations sometimes showing cartoons, uplifting movies, or public service announcements on social issues. […] the day came, when Omar and her seven family members found out they could leave.
Family of 5 spared from house fire
A family of five safely escaped a fire at their north Houston home early Sunday that claimed their pet dog.
Man killed in apparent drive-by shooting
Houston police are investigating the death of a man who appeared to have been shot in a drive-by shooting early Sunday.
College project uncovers hidden burial sites in one of Houston’s oldest cemeteries
A multi-college archaelogical collaboration has since concluded, but we’ve all come out wiser about the hidden things resting beneath Mueschke Cemetery.
Reports: Woman dies in crash on Katy Freeway feeder road
Delving into the world of “Doctor Who” at Comicpalooza
The Artist Alley represents terra firma at Comicpalooza, and not just because it’s on the ground floor of the George R. Brown Convention Center. […] I found myself in “Doctor Who and Philosophy,” where a few dozen enthusiasts of the durable British time-travel TV show delved deep into thematic content of their favorite program. Here, conversations went into dark waters, particularly regarding the Daleks – merciless alien creatures in the show that have provided a foil for the show’s unnamed Doctor for decades. The discussion was provocative, though it offered more questions than answers, which may in part explain the enduring appeal of “Doctor Who,” which avoids simple physical conflict for bigger, broader, more allegorical thematic content. The conversation moved fast, through questions of good vs. evil, obviously, but also moral perfection, evolution and interspecies activity. There Michael Moore had an interesting stand where he sold pieces of “Doctor Who” art cut into 1/8-inch pieces of Baltic birch plywood, along with Irish and Celtic visuals, and some magic wands that his son John hand turned. The “Who” pieces were striking, silhouettes of the 10th, 11th and 12th Doctors, as well as his TARDIS, a time machine in the guise of a Police Call Box. While they’re not the only want sellers at a con, they leave the bottom of the wants hollowed out for kids to add core elements – like unicorn hair and phoenix feather – which are then sealed inside with wax.
Officials mum, for now, on Trump rally apprehension
Representatives of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department and the county’s district attorney’s office will confer concerning what action should be taken against a man who possibly was carrying a firearm near Donald Trump’s Friday night rally in The Woodlands, a sheriff’s spokesman said Saturday.
Signs, shirts and buttons, oh my!
Man shot dead in Houston in possible “drug deal gone bad”
Late-night gunfire on Friday left a man dead in far southwest Houston.
Pedestrian injured after collision with concrete truck
A pedestrian was airlifted for treatment early Saturday morning after he was hit by a concrete mixing truck in southwest Harris County.
Hit-and-run incident injures man in southwest Houston
A hit-and-run collision late Friday left a pedestrian seriously injured in far southwest Houston.
Man’s body discovered in SE Houston ditch
A man’s body was reportedly discovered in a southwest Houston ditch early Saturday morning.
Watch Live: Donald Trump comes to Houston for his presidential rally in The Woodlands
Donald Trump is in the Bayou City and Houston’s streets are flooded with supporters and protesters.
Trump plays Stones’ song at Woodlands rally, despite being told no by band
Donald Trump played the Rolling Stone’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” before taking the stage in the Woodlands Friday. The Rolling Stones have told Trump that he’s not allowed to play his songs.
Donald Trump arrives at River Oaks fundraiser
Donald Trump has arrived at a mansion in Houston’s affluent River Oaks neighborhood for a fundraiser, the first of two events for the presumptive Republican nominee in the Houston area.
Less than three hours after Trump’s jet landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport, his motorcade whisked him down Houston streets and past the grand homes of River Oaks for the fundraiser at the home of local lawyer Tony Buzbee.
About 100 protesters and 15 Trump supporters had gathered outside in the sweltering Houston heat in anticipation of the candidate’s arrival.
Reports: Man with gun arrested at site of Trump rally
Media outlets are reporting a man at Friday’s Donald Trump rally was arrested.
Man poses as FEMA agent to allegedly steal money from flood victims
Already on the lookout for disaster scams linked to flooding over the last two months, Houston police have arrested an imposter FEMA agent accused of bilking at least three victims out of thousands of dollars.
Derron L. Skinner, 25, of Chicago was charged with one count of forgery on Tuesday.
Houston Police Department Lt. Chris Lohse said Skinner was targeting people in the Near Northside area adjacent to downtown while wearing Federal Emergency Management Agency attire.
15 years after Andrea Yates case, attitudes towards postpartum are changing
George Parnham still talks to Andrea Yates at least once a week over the phone. He considers her a daughter. He tries to visit her at the mental hospital in Kerrville, where she is currently held, every couple months.
Parnham represented Yates 15 years ago during both trials, after she was arrested for drowning her five children in a bathtub in June 2001.
Two Houston-area prisons closed by flooding re-open
Two maximum-security state prisons southwest of Houston that were closed by flooding more than two weeks ago were reopened on Friday, and officials said a third likely would be back in service within days.
Security to be tight at Trump’s fundraiser, rally
Security to be tight at Trump’s fundraiser, rally.
Sting nets 85 alleged online child porn predators
Online child pornography investigations by a Houston-area task force has nabbed 85 alleged predators in a four-county area in recent months, officials announced Friday.
District attorneys and law enforcement authorities representing Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery and Galveston counties revealed the arrests during a morning news conference at Houston Police Department headquarters.
SWAT surrounds apartments where women may have been held hostage
A man is believed to be holding two women against their will inside an apartment in west Houston, authorities said on Thursday night.
HCC board of trustees approve public reprimand of member
Trustee Dave Wilson was issued a public reprimand Thursday by a majority of his colleagues on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees, an action that effectively condemned several of his actions that board members said “are harmful to the institution.” Tamez said in the past two years Wilson incurred almost $273,000 in legal fees to the college , including when he filed a complaint with the Harris County District Attorney in the Conn’s dispute, according to Tamez. Wilson, who also is known for being an anti-gay activist, defeated the incumbent in his district, and some said his campaign was intended to deceive voters in the largely black district into believing he was black. Board members have also accused him of talking publicly about confidential discussions the panel has in closed session, and he was additionally involved in a spat over who would pay $50,000 in legal fees from a dispute over his election. “Bottom line is that instead of wasting time on today’s reprimand the HCC Board could of spent productive time trying to solve the underlying public policy issue that affects these students in my opinion,” Bettencourt stated.
Vintage video: NASA testing Apollo command module in Houston in the ’60s
We recently discovered in the Getty video archives some footage from NASA’s early days in Clear Lake, featuring engineers testing out what would become the Apollo lunar command module.
Oil executive admits to bribing Venezuelan officials for energy contracts
A petroleum executive pleaded guilty in Houston Thursday to bribery and tax violations in a scheme to land contracts with Venezuela’s state-owned energy company.
Roberto Enrique Rincon Fernandez, 55, of The Woodlands, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller to conspiracy to violate and for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and to making false statements on his 2010 federal income tax return, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson in Houston.
Sentencing is set for Sept. 30.
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