- A city maintenance worker mistook a fake fire hydrant for the real thing and painted it accordingly. DOH!
- Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee wants to increase the amount of convict labor crews to help clean up public spaces. However, "Inmates are not compelled to work."
- FBI agents are seeking tips to help them nab the "Billy Goat Bandit" who has robbed five area banks
- A Clute police officer is in serious condition following a traffic accident that may have been caused by him playing around with his cruiser
- The game is over. Authorities stopped Arcade - the escaped con who was on the loose in Harris County
- Harris County Housing Authority Executive Director Guy Rankin is getting an earful from Judge Ed Emmett about his $60,000 performance bonus
- Aid money for Ike damage is still flowing into the area. This time it's $6 million to repair County Road 257, which is an evacuation route in Galveston and Brazoria counties
- Kay Bailey Hutchison is officially a gubernatorial candidate and will square off against Governor Perry in the Republican primary
- Icy road conditions may have led to a chain reaction of events that caused a man's death
- Former Aggie President, SecDef Robert Gates told Afghan press that the U.S. is "in this thing to win" referring to our eight year old conflict in Afghanistan
- Rascal Flatts join the growing list of entertainers slated to perform at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
- Today's weather: No, it's not The Mist. It's dense fog. There's an advisory in effect until 10 AM, but then you knew that since you drove to work already. Temps will reach the high 60s today with a low dipping into the 40s.
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