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1999 Stories by George Flynn

• Chucked Up

  published December 9, 1999

  Retiring District Attorney Johnny Holmes Jr. recalls underling Chuck Rosenthal asking the casual question: Could he make it to an upcoming... More >>

• Getting Out the Vote

  published October 14, 1999

  In August, state District Judge Jim Wallace was still smarting from his lousy rating a month earlier in the Houston Bar Association judicial poll.... More >>

• Law and Disorder

  published September 2, 1999

  For a moment, Judge E. Janice Law seems baffled during the morning docket call. She has just read out a defendant's name, but he hasn't... More >>

• Coming to No Good End

  published May 13, 1999

  On this early Sunday morning in 1991, Sweeny's archangel of death wore no traditional black suit. Undertaker Jay Herman Johnson was still... More >>

• The Channel 13 Exclusive

  published May 6, 1999

  The candidate could already savor the rich prospects awaiting him in the runoff election only six days away. Ascending to the chief executive's... More >>

• WorldFest: Wild, Mild and Wicked

  published April 8, 1999

  Get ready, film fans. The indie invasion of Houston is under way. The curtains go up Friday, April 9, on Three Seasons, but it will begin... More >>

• We Read Thom Marshall So You Won't Have To

  published February 4, 1999

  Don't worry if you didn't read Thom Marshall's latest columns in the Chronicle. Here's what you missed: January 13: The Metropolitan... More >>

• ... And Another from '96

  published January 7, 1999

  Three years ago, national attention -- and the ire of family advocacy groups -- focused on a Houston family court in the custody fight over two... More >>