Results tagged “lakehouston”

Biggio and Infernal Bridegroom Productions announce they're leaving us on the same day? Say it ain't so, Tamarie. Unfortunately for us, it is: IBP announced in a press release that was also posted on their website yesterday that they have "ceased operations this month due to insurmountable financial difficulties." Is it too late to get the mayor's fundraising people on this? IBP produced 68 plays since their founding in 1993, and we're sure each...

Good morning, Houston. We were going to begin the day talking about how American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar finally got voted off the show last night, but then we ran across this item: Wednesday was the 30th birthday of KTRK's Live at Five afternoon newscast. Big deal, you say? Why yes, it is — because, thanks to Channel 13, you can watch the very first episode of the show, from April 18, 1977. Dave...

This is the second in a series of posts about upcoming City Council races. Check out this week's earlier post about District I, and keep reading Houstonist for more campaign coverage. District E, currently represented by Addie Wiseman, connects the heavily Republican suburbs of Kingwood and Clear Lake by a narrow strip of land, and this year's City Council race reflects this odd districting. Candidate Annette Dwyer hails from Clear Lake and has served on...

Let it never be said that Houstonist didn't warn you about wild creatures. First we told you about bed bugs, then feral cats, then bats, bats, bats, bats and the dreaded Asian cockroach. And now, as food for weekend thought, we bring you alligators. Seems an 8-foot gator is causing some concern for people on and around Lake Houston. The reptile has been spotted near Kingwood, and one resident, Bob Rehak, snapped some shots of...

Thousands of Katrina evacuees have had their power cut off — and the reason, they claim, is that no one ever told them they have to pay electric bills A 21-year-old Pennsylvania college student was taken into custody today after part of a stick of dynamite was found in his luggage aboard a Continental flight at Bush Intercontinental Three cops and two suspected drug dealers were injured Thursday afternoon when gunfire broke out during a...

So here's an odd thing: HFD had to rescue five people stranded on Lake Houston last night after a boat they were test driving caught fire. The fire was reported at about 8:30 p.m., and two evacuation boats had to be sent out to pick up the three adults and two children on the flaming 17- or 18-foot vessel: "They had taken it out for a test-drive, and the engine caught fire. Then, the boat...

The cash-strapped Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering a plan to transfer control of the 4,919.5-acre Lake Houston State Park to the city of Houston.