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Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison spoke at the grand opening celebration of a new all-girls school Wednesday morning. The Young Women’s Preparatory Academy is located at 1906 Cleburne in southeast Houston. The school is a first for the Houston Independent School District. Story Courtesy of khou.com staff

Our very own KMJQ midday host, Kandi Eastman, will be featured Thursday morning during Debra Duncan’s show “Great Day Houston” on KHOU. She is a part of the Texas Cadillac Dealers Association charity challenge to raise awareness for six vital charities. Kandi’s charity that she will be supporting is the YMCA and she’ll be joined […]

Tracy Burleson, pastor of the First New Mount Calvary Baptist Church, is accused of masterminding the murder of his wife a year ago.  His son and the mistress they’re accused of sharing are also charged in the death of Paulette Burleson. This tale is definitely a twisted one of murder and a mistress that pits […]

City workers stumbled upon human skeletal remains Tuesday night in northeast Houston.  The remains were found in the woods along Herman Brown Park. Police said the bones were probably scattered by animals and that identifying the person could take time.  The medical examiner will try to determine a cause of death. Reported & Storied by khou.com […]

From DefenderNetwork.com: The NAACP Houston has a new president in the person of Reverend Reginald Lillie, associate minister at Greater True Faith Missionary Baptist Church. Lillie replaces D.Z. Cofield, pastor of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, who, along with the NAACP Houston board members, was suspended in June from acting on behalf of the NAACP’s […]

Click2Houston.com is reporting the tragic death of Percy Harmon, who was found bound, gagged and later confirmed dead in his home. Read more of this story HERE.

Story By DefenderNetwork.com Officials in County Commissioner El Franco Lee’s Precinct One are working overtime to lower the number of teenage pregnancies and help more people gain access to health care in Harris County. Through collaboration with the Baylor College of Medicine, they have designed the Northeast Adolescent Program (NEAP) to assist in providing adolescents […]

Bass Pro Outdoor World, a nationwide chain with two locations in the Houston area, rejected thousands of qualified blacks and Hispanic job applicants and retaliated against employees who believed its practices were discriminatory, the federal government alleges in a suit filed today in Houston. The suit stems from a 6-year-old complaint to the Equal Employment […]

PEARLAND, Texas – The prospect of an NBA season is fading daily, but Pearland police say Portland Trailblazers center Marcus Camby kept busy Thursday by smoking marijuana. Read More

VIA MYFOXHOUSTON.com – LifeFlight transported a person injured in a school bus accident in Missouri City Wednesday afternoon. The accident was reported around 2:30 p.m. on the corner of Highway 6 and Sienna Plantation, according to the Fort Bend Independent School District. Read more

Activist Dick Gregory Protests Execution: MyFoxHOUSTON.com HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A heralded civil rights activist and comedian is committing to a hunger strike in protest to the scheduled execution of a man in Huntsville who was convicted in the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd. Read More

Channel 2 KPRC has obtained video footage that shows a man teaching a boy how to kick down back doors of homes in Southeast Houston. Neighborhoods such as Brunswick Lakes, Autumn Glen and Morningside Place near Cullen and Beltway 8 have been targeted and many homes hit. Watch the video and the report from Channel […]