Results tagged “secondward”

Good morning, Houston. We've heard a lot recently about how Galveston's waterfront is suddenly sprouting high-dollar apartments, condos and hotels — but when will developers begin building high-rises overlooking the lovely Houston Ship Channel? Maybe sooner than you'd think: In Alabama and South Texas, the newest bunch of development is occurring along the Intracoastal Waterway, the 1,300-mile manmade shipping channel few had previously considered pretty. But could the development interfere with shipping, the Intracoastal... more ›

Police are investigating two shootings downtown early this morning, one a drive-by on the south end of downtown and another a mysterious incident near a construction project in the Second Ward. The drive-by happened at about 2:30 a.m. outside a bar at Milam and Pease. A group was walking out of the bar when a black Hummer drove up and someone in the vehicle opened fire on the victim, a young woman. Officials said the... more ›

Nine people, including a mother and two of her sons, have been arrested in connection with 22 robberies of bar customers in the Heights and Second Ward, KPRC reports today. The group staged a number of holdups in bars between June and October: They would enter a bar with guns or knives, tell everyone to hit the floor and then steal patrons' wallets, cash and jewelry, money from the cash register and, in some cases,... more ›

Catching up with City Council activity this week: On Wednesday, councilmembers voted to approve $100,000 in funding for a day-labor site in the Second Ward, a proposal that sparked a debate in council over the last two weeks. Some councilmembers opposed using the money, part of a Community Development Block Grant, to fund the day-labor site because they said some of the people using the site might be illegal immigrants and it would be illegal... more ›

City Council on Wednesday delayed a vote again on renewing federal funding to a Second Ward day-labor site after some citizens claimed funding the facility was a violation of federal law. The debate started last week when some councilmembers expressed concern over the best use of the $100,000 from the Community Development Block Grant — particularly the honey-maned Shelley Sekula Gibbs, who has supported day-labor sites in the past but did a 180 on the... more ›

There's nothing quite like a good City Council rumble to close out the week, and we had one Wednesday courtesy of the national immigration debate — more specifically, a local plan to renew city funding to a day-labor site. The flap started after some councilmembers delayed a vote on the federally funded $100,000 contract that would allow Neighborhood Centers to continue running the site in the Second Ward where day laborers wait for jobs. The... more ›