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Get ready for the new school year with giveaways, community events
Organizations citywide are rallying to provide backpacks, school supplies, immunizations, and food to families in need for the 2024-2025 school year. The first day of school for HISD is Monday, Aug. 12. Mayor’s Back 2 School Fest. Date: Aug. 3, 2024. Time: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. Location:...
Weeks after Hurricane Beryl, Black Houston neighborhoods are still recovering
Weeks after Hurricane Beryl whipped through Gulf Coast communities, residents are still recovering from unprecedented power outages and damage. More than 2.5 million homes, schools, and businesses lost power during the Category 1 hurricane, which passed directly over the Houston area on July 8. Hundreds of thousands remained without electricity for more than a week as they struggled to find fresh food and contact loved ones.
Greenspoint Mall closing after 48 years: Houstonians react
HOUSTON - Houstonians are saying goodbye to a community icon on Wednesday: Greenspoint Mall. After 48 years, Greenspoint Mall will officially close its doors to retailers, according to the Greater Houston Partnership. The mall first opened in 1976 and has become a well-known shopping center in north Houston. Since the...
Sunnyside neighbors worried about home's wood frame leaning over after Beryl: 'It's an eyesore'
More than three weeks after Hurricane Beryl hit Southeast Texas, the damage left behind by the storm still causes safety concerns for people living in Houston's Sunnyside neighborhood.The frame of a two-story house that's being constructed near the corner of Hondo and Corinth streets has been leaning over, and neighbors are worried it could collapse and hurt someone.Philip Joseph, who lives diagonally across from the property, told ABC13 that on the day of the hurricane, he heard crackling sounds coming from the construction site. He anticipated that the structure would collapse but was surprised when it didn't.Since then, he said...
Officer removed from HPD Executive Team in aftermath of investigation into suspended cases
HOUSTON – On Wednesday, Acting Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite confirmed to KPRC 2 Investigates that Officer Chandra Hatcher is no longer an Executive Assistant Chief (EAC) with the department. “She is a member of the Houston Police Department, an active member of the Houston Police Department right now,”...
Dallas Avionics Hires Industry Veteran Shannon Vanderhoof
Dallas Avionics announced this week from APSA’s annual APSCON convention in Houston, Texas, the addition of Shannon Vanderhoof to their team as their newest Technical Sales Representative. “I have worked with Dallas Avionics indirectly for 20 years as an avionics professional,” said Vanderhoof. I am excited to join their...
Three Rescued from Wreckage on Highway 59 in Southwest Houston Following Early Morning Crash
In the early hours of this morning, a severe crash left three individuals entrapped in their vehicle on the southbound lanes of Highway 59 at Newcastle, in southwest Houston. Houston authorities, including the Houston Police Department (HPD) and Houston Fire Department (HFD), received a distress call around 2:35 a.m. that triggered an urgent response, according to reports from FOX 26 Houston.
The oldest living person in the U.S. just turned 115: 'Speak your mind and don’t hold your tongue,' she says
Last week, Houston resident Elizabeth Francis, the oldest living person in the U.S., turned 115 years old. Francis officially became the oldest living American after Edie Ceccarelli died at the age of 116 in February. Francis was awarded a plaque earlier this year by LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks and compiles information about the world's oldest people.
‘One-man crime wave’ sentenced to 75 years for 2020 jewelry heist
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A Houston man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison at hard labor after using a gun to rob Nederland Jewelers in Lake Charles, according to the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office. Spokesperson Bethany Bryant says Judge Michael Canaday passed down the sentence...
Deer Park officer-involved shooting: One dead at East Boulevard, East P Street intersection
HOUSTON - Police shot and killed a man at a Deer Park intersection on Wednesday morning. It happened at East Boulevard and East P Street around 8 a.m. FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV!. According...
Astros failing to own Yankees and complete Yandy Diaz trade was shocking
The 2024 MLB trade deadline has passed. Yandy Diaz is still a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. So is Pete Fairbanks. Despite Tampa's near-complete sell-off, the two players Yankees fans coveted most didn't go anywhere. It's unsurprising that Brian Cashman didn't find it fitting to pay a tremendous cost...
The New York Jets Will Trade Garrett Wilson to the Houston Texans
While it could be nothing, it’s becoming a bit alarming with Aaron Rodgers and Garrett Wilson being seen arguing at practice on back-to-back days. With the New York Jets entering a pivotal season where they need to make the playoffs, they need to avoid conflict. To do so, and to help the team, trading Garrett Wilson could be in the future. That team for Garrett Wilson will be the Houston Texans.
HBCU basketball coaching legend passes away
The Texas Southern University family, and HBCU basketball, lost a legend as former head men’s basketball coach and professor Robert Moreland passed away on Monday. The all-time winningest head coach in TSU history with 406 wins, Moreland served as TSU’s head men’s basketball coach from 1975-2001 in addition to a one-year stint during the 2007-08 […] The post HBCU basketball coaching legend passes away appeared first on HBCU Gameday.
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