Weekend News Bits

From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits...

• HISD has canceled all area Saturday school events except for a basketball playoff game at 1pm between Westbury and Lamar High School.

• METRO has announced that a train operator is at fault in the most recent accident involving Metro Rail and a cyclist. The accident occurred last week and left the cyclist hospitalized.

• Part of US-59 near West Bellfort was shut down for fear of falling concrete from a wreck involving a truck that hit a retaining wall. The accident occurred around 7 a.m. on Friday.

• A 29-year old man who was shot and killed earlier this week at the St. Francis Motel on Old Spanish Trail has been identified as Mark Stenberg, a rapper from Oregon.

• A 35-year old state law banning the promotion or sale of sex toys has been overturned in federal court. But don't rush out and stock up just yet, the court's decision will not be effective until early March.

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