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The desperate men and women streamed by the thousands to 50 Waugh, overwhelming the job fair organizers and prompting police to temporarily block off a street to control the overflow. “Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!” a few of them chanted, as they pined to get inside and speak to 40 prospective employers. With the economy struggling, times […]
Via MyFoxHouston: by ALEXANDER SUPGUL – Web Producer SPRING, Texas – A homeowner and a suspect are found dead by investigators following a home invasion attempt in northwest Harris County, FOX 26 News has learned. Deputies say the incident appears to be drug-related. Deputies say that the home invasion attempt took place after 2 a.m. […]
In a race that went down to the wire and may be headed to a recount, Borris Miles reclaimed a seat Tuesday that he had previously taken from Al Edwards, a longtime fixture in the state House of Representatives. With all precincts reporting unofficial results, Miles defeated incumbent Al Edwards by 11 votes in the […]
AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic former Houston Mayor Bill White clinched their parties’ nominations for governor Tuesday, setting up a fight over whether the problems in Washington or Austin are more relevant to Texans’ everyday lives. White told supporters in Houston he expects Perry to try to “perpetuate” himself with politics […]
(EW.com) — I’m always up for a new Kevin Smith film, because whatever lark he’s tossing off, you can usually count on enjoying the sound of his Preston Sturges-meets-Ron Jeremy dialogue, a form of wordplay so scrappy and alive that it could never have come out of some Hollywood hack’s corporate screenwriting […]
HOUSTON — Midtown has become a hot spot for young professionals and families living to enjoy restaurants, shops, high-dollar apartments and condos and bars, but it’s also become a hot spot for crime, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. WATCH IT: Residents Fed Up With Crime Recent Houston Police Department reports show that 94 crimes have […]
A. This legendary athlete made history on April 15, 1947 when he took his place on the field with the Dodgers. He was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. His mother, single-handedly raised him and her four other children. They were the only black family on their block, and the […]
// // by Nakia Cooper / khou.com MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas—A couple was critically burned Thursday after an early morning fire swept through their home near Willis. It happened in the 2900 block of Seminole near Willis. The North Montgomery County Fire Department arrived around 3 a.m. to find the home fully engulfed in flames. Neighbors helped […]
KPRC Local 2 reports that Xin Zhang, 34 has been arrested and charged with injury to a child after trying to drown her 4 month old daughter in a bucket. Local officials said the husband found their daughter in a bucket when he arrived at their home on Creekstone Lake Drive. The baby was taken […]
Mayor Annise Parker has shelved a campaign promise to use a controversial federal program to screen for illegal immigrants in local jails, saying the city has not yet decided to fund the initiative amid a tight budget year. Instead, she said, the city is focused on a less costly program that automatically checks the immigration […]
HOUSTON—Police were investigating after a man crashed his car into a Hilton parking garage at Avenue De Las Americas and Polk late Tuesday night. According to investigators, a man was driving a Nissan south on Avenue De Las Americas when his two passengers told him he’d turned the wrong way. Police said the man became […]
Now comes a fitting bookend to a winter seemingly without end. Houston already had its earliest snowfall ever this winter, with an inch falling on Dec. 4. Today there’s a good chance the city will experience the next-to-latest snowfall in its history, with forecasters saying much of the area could see as much of an […]
