Good morning, Houston. You might not remember it, but many local beaches used to be much wider than they are now — and soon, they'll be that wide again, thanks to a multimillion-dollar restoration project that's going to be announced today. The project will widen three miles of eroded beaches west of the Seawall in Galveston, Sylvan Beach in La Porte and other beaches in Surfside; the goal is to combat the erosion that's......

Star-Spangled Salute with the Houston Symphony Why not get this week's festivities started early? And if ever we will suggest you driving OTB, it would be on a day where you can recover from the drive the day after. Tonight, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion hosts "Star-Spangled Salute" with the Houston Symphony. This patriotic concert features "God Bless America," "Casey at the Bat" narrated by legendary Houston Astros player and former coach Larry Dierker, "Orange......

The weeks starts out right when a sucker punch on the field lands Chicagoist in the middle of a Sox/Cubs throwdown and the fists continue to fly in the comments. Despite suburban resident Ms. Pinney's best little try no books will be banned anytime soon and the El is really really gross. Houstonist is there to start compiling the punditry when when the guilty, guilty Enron verdict comes down. This guy seems to be able......

This will make you laugh: FEMA is asking 625 people in Texas to pay back $1.26 million in Hurricane Rita aid that the government accidentally gave them. So the government is all, "Sorry, we overpaid you. Can we have it back now?" and East Texans are like, "Uh, sure, let me give you some extra money while I'm at it." Ha! That's rich! And yet it's serious. It seems FEMA really did overpay $1.26 million......