Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'northshepherd'
January 27, 2008
From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits... • Say goodbye to the trees on Kirby. Out of approximately 175 trees along Kirby only eight will be relocated, the rest will meet their demise in the wood chipper. • In other tree news, 500 volunteers planted close to 3000 trees along North Shepherd. • A 21 year old man is dead and a veteran Precinct 6 officer is fighting for his......
Continue Reading "Weekend News Bits"February 27, 2007
Good morning, Houston. If you have an outstanding municipal warrant, it's time to start watching out: More than 150 law enforcement agencies, including HPD, are gearing up to arrest you next week. It's part of the Great Texas Warrant Roundup, which runs for a week beginning Friday; if you don't take care of your warrant, KHOU warns, you risk "being arrested and embarrassed in front of family, friends or even co-workers." No, not co-workers!......
Continue Reading "Morning Roundup: Long arm of the law edition"January 30, 2007
A quick update on the story of the antique sign stolen from a Garden Oaks-area auto garage: The Chronicle reports today that the sign was returned to its home yesterday, intact but a little the worse for wear. The sign, which had been posted on the front of the Adolf Hoepfl & Son Garage on North Shepherd for about 50 years, was ripped off Jan. 19 by a crowbar-wielding thief. It found its way to......
Continue Reading "Stolen sign returned to Houston garage"October 3, 2006
You may remember when Metro OK'd a $20 million surveillance system covering all its park and ride facilities and one transit center, an attempt to fight crime at the locations. But, you may ask yourself, how much crime actually happens at park and rides? Well, thanks to KTRK's Crime Tracker, we have an idea. According to Metro, 119 crimes have occurred at park and rides so far this year; though most of the crimes weren't......
Continue Reading "Tracking crime stats at park and rides"