Good morning, Houston. Are you sick of hearing about the iPhone? So are we. Some people are wondering if the iPhone will be able to live up to all the hype its been getting, and we can't imagine that any phone could unless it also serves as, say, a teleporting device. Let's just get to the news:
>> Missing Polka King: Friends and fans grew concerned when Bobby Jones, billed as Wharton County's "Polka King," didn't show up for his radio show in El Campo on Saturday. No one has heard from Jones yet, but foul play isn't suspected. Friends said that when they last saw him, he seemed "sad and pensive" and indicated to his band's drummer that some weekend shows might have to be canceled for an undisclosed reason. Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, the Polka King left his house in his car - but without his prized accordion. According to the Chron, Jones was self-taught and his enthusiasm gained him a large following from Waco to Victoria - a sort of Texan "polka belt."
>> City council often fashionably late: Since Mayor White took office in 2004, not one City Council meeting has begun at its scheduled 9 a.m. start time. Citizens and journalists who attend the meetings often are made to wait half an hour while council members "arrive late or stay in a closed-door room behind the chamber chatting, laughing or eating breakfast." Some council members argued that this is normal, but others believe it is their responsibility to be punctual. Some members use this time to get work done or negotiate among themselves, but there is still frustration among the public over the late starts.
>> Today's weather: Remember what the sun looks like? Yeah, neither do we. And it will be mostly cloudy again today with a 30% chance of thunderstorms. Temperatures will still be pretty summer-y with a high of 93 and a low of 75.
And now for something completely news-y...
- CVS is still unwilling to comply with civic groups that want to alter the design of a new store going up at Elgin and Main.
- Plans to put residential, cultural, and business developments where the old Imperial Sugar plant is in Sugarland are now underway after the council approved the deal.
- Craig Biggio gets one hit closer to 3,000 as the Astros are blown away in an 11-5 loss in Milwaukee, but will be strategically benched tonight so that he can have his milestone hit at home.
- Police are searching for a serial bank robber in south Houston that hit several banks this week.
- All four southbound lanes of 610 at Woodway have been reopened after being closed this morning due to several cars being damaged by debris spilled by a truck.
- KPFT, Houston's Pacifica station, silenced their webstream to participate in internet radio's Day of Silence yesterday to protest impending royalty increases.
- The UT Medical School in Houston, which was a leader in making organ transplants commonplace, is celebrating three decades of kidney transplants.
- Three locations will offer free HIV testing today in honor of National HIV Testing Day. See the link for a full list.
- The killer who promised a joke as his last statement was executed yesterday.
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