News Roundup

  • A proposed $100,000 contract renewal for city funding of a day-labor site has stirred up some controversy
  • A South Houston High School teacher has resigned after being charged with inappropriate relations with a student — the teacher admitted having had sex with the student after school officials told him he couldn't take her to the prom
  • During a high-speed police chase this morning, the suspect took the time out to make two phone calls: one to his mom and one to 911
  • A Sugar Land couple was attacked in their garage, then robbed, upon returning home late Monday night
  • At most grade levels, HISD students' TAKS test scores improved this year; Spanish-speaking students showed strong improvement, officials said
  • At Houston TranStar's 10th birthday party yesterday, praise and more praise from officials who once thought the traffic monitoring facility was worthless
  • In Montgomery County, the population is booming and the parks are getting way too crowded

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