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An HISD bus driver is being hailed as a hero after she kept a gunman from boarding a bus carrying the Madison High School girls' basketball teams on Wednesday — by chunking her radio microphone at him. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do, right?

So yesterday, we told you about the K9 cop that bit a girl at Madison High, and today, we have the unfortunate story of a 4-month-old boy who was attacked by his dad's police dog. If we learn that police dogs are conspiring to rise up and kill us all, remember: You heard about it on Houstonist first.

A Metro police officer is in trouble this week for something we rarely hear about: His K9 partner bit a random student on the campus of Madison High School on Thursday. It happened when Officer John Wiggins, who works part-time in security at Madison, left campus, got Vigo, the dog, and brought him back to the school — something he hadn't done before. It was after classes had let out for the day, so Wiggins...

Houstonist remembers high school dances as half-empty bastions of freshman awkwardness featuring acne and glittery eyeshadow. Apparently, things have changed since Houstonist left the hallowed halls of secondary education--at least at Madison High, where HPD's vice unit is investigating allegations of improper conduct at a school sponsored event. KHOU reported on Monday that students on the tape were having sex, but don’t get your hopes up: They declined to buy a copy of the DVD.

More than two dozen local middle and high school students were arrested today while protesting changes in U.S. immigration law. It happened on South Post Oak near Gasmer when police tried to round up about 80 students from Madison High School and Dowling Middle School. Some of the students ran into traffic, through construction sites and into an apartment complex, KPRC reported, and police ended up arresting 26 of them for breaking truancy laws. "We...

In the natural world, longhorns and buffalo are distant cousins. In college football, they're very, very, very distant. Since the Big 12 Championship game is all that stands between the Texas Longhorns and a change for all the marbles, in the end, they will be even farther. The 'Horns line up against a Colorado Buffaloes team representing the Big 12 North Division for a second straight year. Unfortunately for the Buffs, who's on the opposing...