Good morning, Houston. Suppose you're trying to keep up with piles and piles of government reports. How can you tell when there are too many? Simple: You ask for a report, of course. That's what the Texas State Library and Archives Commission did — and in a 668-page report, the commission has declared that the state is over-reported. The commission looked at more than 170 state agencies and universities and found more than 1,600...
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Seems like everyone has a video on YouTube these days — even gang members in the Fifth Ward. KHOU found the video made by self-professed gang members, who talk about crime, life on the streets and grills (which cost $1,500 cash, apparently). As you might expect, city leaders aren't too happy about the video: "They can't be the voice of the Fifth Ward," City Councilman Jarvis Johnson, whose district includes the neighborhood, said. "I'm...
Barbara Jordan – U.S. congresswoman, first African-American woman to serve as a Texas state senator, and professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs – was a ceaseless voice for civil liberties and morality in politics. She is also one of Houston's own, born in the Fifth Ward. Today at Brazos Bookstore, Max Sherman talks about his new collection of Jordan's speeches, which also includes a DVD of her speeches Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet...
If you are reading this thinking, "Yeah, who the hell is he and why do I care?", you seriously need to brush up on Houston's music legends! He is none other than Archie Bell of Archie Bell & the Drells who had a huge hit with "Tighten Up", not to mention all of the other great soul music he has released in his lifetime! Archie was first discovered by Skipper Lee Frazer, of KCOH...
A man was arrested today after a six-hour standoff at a southwest Houston convenience store The average price of a gallon of gas in Houston dropped to $2.02 this week, marking the 11th straight week of price drops Ronald Williams, a 19-year-old cadet at A&M, claims he's been the victim of racial harassment from fellow cadets Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California called on the Justice Department to appeal the decision to overturn ex-Enron Chairman Ken...
So we figured people in Acres Homes, and maybe in other neighborhoods, would be nervous about the potential serial killer(s) who has murdered six women. But KHOU reports on a segment of the population we didn't really think about: prostitutes. Seems they're afraid, too — so much so that some are considering career changes. Fifth Ward is miles away from Acres Home.But it was close enough for Tiffani Drakes, 24, to still be afraid. “He...
Perhaps Houstonist was naive in thinking animal shelters were safe places, or maybe (more likely) we'd just never thought about it, but in either case we almost cried in our Cap'n Crunch this morning when we read about the euthanasia rate in Houston's major shelters. A city task force has been looking at the number of animals who are killed rather than being put up for adoption: More than 80,000 animals that entered the area's...
Sometimes it feels like the only films shot in Texas are shot in Austin. While it may be true that anyone who spends more than three days in that fair city ends up in the background of at least one movie, Houston is not without its share of films that show off our distinctive skyline. Houstonist has prepared a list of films that you can netflix and carry with you on extended trips to avoid...
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