- Kimberly Trenor, convicted of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, is on suicide watch in the Galveston County Jail
- In Rosenberg, some people who went to Denny's for a free Grand Slam yesterday seem really surprised that their cars were towed when they parked in front of other businesses, despite a bunch of signs telling them that it would happen
- Washington Post: Preliminary reports link Roger Clemens' DNA to blood in syringes that Clemens' ex-trainer says he used on the baseball player
- Nearly five months after Hurricane Ike, the search for bodies on Bolivar Peninsula officially ended over the weekend
- And speaking of Ike, it, along with hurricanes Dolly and Gustav, cost the state $1.7 billion — and lawmakers are now having to try to work around that
- A local woman was kidnapped from a shopping center parking lot Monday night, police say; her car has been found, but she hasn't
- A Pearland family has called in a famed pet detective to help find their missing dachshund
- Carlos Correa, a Houston attorney who has been suspended from the Texas Bar, is accused of cashing more than $100,000 worth of his dead father's Social Security checks
- City Council is considering a ban on planting tall trees under power lines, a step that could cut pruning costs and lead to less outages in a storm
- Today's weather: Sunny! with a high around 60, followed by some clouds tonight with a low near 40.

Missed Connections: Gefilte Fish...and "Chain Connections"


I can hear it now, "If you vant to talk vit ze dachsund, you talk to me!"
Seriously, there really are pet detectives?