A usually busy Memorial City Mall turned into chaos on Sunday (Aug 11) as shoppers were sent running for safety after police say someone in a mask jumped on a table in the food court and threatened to kill himself. It happened as shoppers were taking advantage of tax-free weekend around 3:15 p.m. Police say […]
A former Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy has been acquitted in the killing of an unarmed man in 2018. Cameron Brewer was charged last April with aggravated assault by a public servant in the deadly shooting of Danny Ray Thomas last March in the Greenspoint area. Deputies said Thomas was reportedly acting “erratically” and “foaming at the mouth” on […]
Galveston police are apologizing after a dramatic photo went viral on Monday with two horse-mounted officers leading a handcuffed Black man by what appears to be a rope. A man, 43-year-old Donald Neely was arrested on a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge, was being led by two officers who were on horseback and that they had “clipped” […]
Toni Morrison, the American novelist, and poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and wrote eleven novels including The Bluest Eye has died at the age of 88. A friend confirmed the news to the Associated Press. The cause of death was not immediately known. Morrison, known for her sweeping prose, poetically-charged […]
Former President Barack Obama released a personal statement on Monday condemning “language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders” that “normalizes racist sentiments.” Although the statement did not directly name Donald Trump, the statement comes on the heels of two mass shootings in the country on Saturday, one of which carried out by […]
20 people are dead and at least 26 have been hospitalized following a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Mayor Dee Margo told CNN that there were confirmed multiple fatalities in the shooting and that three suspects were in custody. Multiple outlets are reporting that the shooting took place inside of a […]
Philly crooner Pink Sweat$ goes Behind The Majic with KG Smooth inside the Houston BMW Studios to break down why he made the switch from being a primary songwriter to an artist, how life has been since “Honesty” was released, some of his musical influences were gospel acts, his Volume One project and more! On […]
A grand jury has indicted Derion Vence with tampering with a corpse in Maleah Davis‘ death, the Harris County District Attorney’s office announced on Thursday. “Our work continues to seek justice for Maleah,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. Vence, who was charged with the crime on May 11, was the last person to see Maleah […]
A contractor was arrested on Thursday after he was accused of stealing more than $300,000 from unaware victims who hired him. Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen says 43-year-old Keith Anton Johnson was charged with theft and that two of his victims were beginning their recovery from Hurricane Harvey when they were targeted. At […]
During his testimony on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, former special prosecutor Robert Mueller affirmed that a president can be charged with crimes once he leaves the highest office in the land. In front of the House Judiciary Committee, Mueller said guidelines within the Justice Department prevented him from considering obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump while he […]
The ladies, families and more were out for the city’s hottest after-work party as Live After 5 returned for 2019 with a bang! New location, same great party! Switching to Avenidas in Downtown Houston, Live After 5 showcased talents from New Cupid to Adrian Bagher, Jeter Jones and Nooney and the Zydeco Floaters with games […]
One year after three-year-old Raymond “R.J.” Pryer Jr. passed away, the driver involved in his death has been charged. 62-year-old Maurice Mitchell was arrested by HPD and was charged by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office for injury to a child by recklessly causing serious bodily injury or death, which s a second-degree felony. Pryer died on […]