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Good morning, Houston. Remember Mayor Bill's agreement with Clear Channel that would result in the removal of nearly 900 billboards across the city? Well, it's not necessarily a done deal after all: On Wednesday, six City Council members voted to delay the plan, saying they still had questions about its ramifications. The problem, they said, was that the deal would allow Clear Channel to move remaining billboards: "We're allowing new billboard locations to pop up, and they will pop up in disadvantaged neighborhoods," Councilwoman Anne Clutterbuck said. Most billboards in the city are scheduled to come down in 2013, deal or no deal; White said his proposal is the best hope for cleaning things up before then. Council will consider the plan again next week.
If you happen to be wondering where Dynamo star-forward, Brian Ching, was for Thursday night's Dynamo win over the Colorado Rapids, he was supporting the US Men's National Team in a win over Trinadad and Tabago. Not only did the National Team chalk one up with a W, Ching scored his fifth international goal in the 29th minute off a long pass from Justin Mapp. Eddie Johnson doubled the lead in the 54th, scoring his...
The Dynamo have traded forward Alejandro Moreno to the Columbus Crew for mid-field forward Joseph Ngwenya. While Moreno has been struggling this season, he was huge asset to the Dynamo during last season’s championship run, with several key assists during the playoffs. Ngwenya, originally from Zimbabwe, was impressive last season for Columbus with 5 goals and threee assists and is known for his “versatility and speed”. This move comes after a dreary start to the...
What's that? Surely you're not tired of hearing about where Houston ranks on this last and that list. And this list. And that list. Buck up and listen to this one. Falling just behind Washington DC, Atlanta, and Raleigh-Durham, Houston ranks fourth on Black Enterprise's list of the top cities for African-Americans. The cities were chosen from more than 2,000 user surveys on the magazine's website and the rankings are based on median household income, percentage of households earning more than $100,000, percentage of businesses owned, percentage of college graduates, unemployment rates, home loan rejections and homeownership rates. Sounds like pretty thorough criteria, and we're not surprised that Houston ranks high, considering the strength of our African-American community.
We were really happy yesterday when we heard that Isiah Ramirez, the 2-month-old kid whose drugged-out mom lost him somewhere between Houston and San Antonio, had been found in California. But it didn't take long for our feelings of relief to turn into feelings of "Wha?" And apparently, we're not the only ones wondering exactly what happened this weekend that led Isiah on his bizarre cross-country trip.
Talk about parents who shouldn't be parents: Houston FBI agents and San Antonio police are working to find a 2-month-old boy whose mother apparently misplaced him while she was on drugs. We only wish we were kidding.
So, some good news: According to a scorecard released today by the Department of Homeland Security, Houston is the best-prepared city in Texas to deal with a major disaster, scoring higher than San Antonio and Dallas — but the bad news is that that's not really anything to write home about, Harris County Judge Robert Eckels said. The DHS surveyed 75 U.S. cities, metro areas and territories for their emergency preparedness, including advanced, integrated communication...
Houstonist noted some interesting chocolate incidents in the news recently, including the story of a worker who became trapped in a vat of chocolate (can that really be a bad thing?) and that of an employee at a chocolatier to the rich and famous who saw the Virgin Mary in chocolate drippings. Sure, they were great stories, but for us, they invoked memories of our favorite chocolate cake — iced while it's hot to increase...
The day's storms, now to our east, will probably return tonight and could dump between 5 and 10 inches of rain on some already-soaked areas of the city And here's the wrapup of today's flooding; some areas had nearly 11 inches of rain, the Chron reports A shelter-in-place order in Deer Park was lifted early this afternoon after emergency workers contained a leak at the Shell Chemical Plant In Pearland, firefighters spent most of the...
Houston's getting some help from small towns in its hurricane evacuation plan by linking regional traffic cameras to the TranStar traffic management system. Feeds from the little towns will factor into the regional evacuation plan in case we have to leave town again — allowing evacuees to see where traffic backups are and letting officials keep an eye on contraflow lanes, recommended detours and other plans.
Things are hard in River Oaks these days: first there was the rat problem, and then early this morning, a police chase ended in one of the residents' front yards. The chase stared around 2:30 a.m. near West Dallas and Columbus when the suspect ran a red light and nearly hit a deputy sheriff's car head-on. When police gave chase, the suspect led them through Montrose and River Oaks for about 15 minutes, finally ending...
Two Houston malls are getting fresh for-sale signs. Almeda Mall and Northwest Mall, both owned by Glimcher Realty Trust, are part of a group of five malls owned by the Columbus-based mall developer that are being sold.
An Amtrak train bound for Houston and a truck loaded with gravel crashed near Columbus this morning, injuring the truck driver, a train engineer and several passengers The price of crude oil closed the week at $70.19 after $2 decreases Wednesday and Thursday; the final number reflected a 25 cent increase over Thursday's price A pedestrian was injured this morning in Midtown when he got off a MetroRail train and jaywalked in front of a...
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