Ford Taurus

Truth in Advertising

Notes from the Road: Opie Hendrix

The Great Smokeout

Massive HPD sting nails desperate teenage cigarette thieves

Archer's Way

Don't like the IRS? Neither does Bill Archer. And now the mild-mannered Houston congressman is pushing a radical plan to shut it down.

See No Evil

Under director Jimmie Schindewolf, the city's public works department has averted its eyes from shoddy work, mismanagement -- and corruption.

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Under director Jimmie Schindewolf, the city's public works department has averted its eyes from shoddy work, mismanagement -- and corruption.

Night & Day

August 27 - September 2, 1998

Deadly Pitfalls

A 1991 Texas law fails to protect travelers from dangerous open pits along the state's roadways

The Devil You Say

Was Jeffery Prible the cold-blooded murderer of an entire family? Or the gullible target of an opportunistic jailhouse informant?

Ford Honcho Tells Houstonians The Domestic-Car Market Ain't Dead Yet

Mark Fields, the flashy young head of Ford's Americas division, ran through the many woes of the auto industry before a group of mostly white-haired local car dealers who gathered for a luncheon yesterday at the Galleria Westin Hotel. There were the massive stock dips and job losses, the government ... More >>

Special Navidad Edition

Mark Fields, the flashy young head of Ford's Americas division, ran through the many woes of the auto industry before a group of mostly white-haired local car dealers who gathered for a luncheon yesterday at the Galleria Westin Hotel. There were the massive stock dips and job losses, the government ... More >>

Unidentified Male, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 38

Traffic​Houston roads are never the safest places and there have been several recent traffic fatalities as proof. Tuesday night, around 10:50 p.m., the unidentified male victim, 20, ran a red light in his Ford Taurus in the 6700 block of the West Sam Houston Parkway North service road. A blac ... More >>

Tremaine Paul, 18, Bayou Body Count No. 43

Violence at a girls' football game​A fight at an informal girls' football game at Worthing High turned into a deadly shooting last evening, Houston police say. Tremaine Paul, 18, was shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the hospital; at least five other people were injured. HPD says ... More >>

Mowed Down By Angry Driver: Dwight Richards, 56, Bayou Body Count No. 56

Turned her lights off and aimed for the pedestrian, police say.​Police are looking for a "heavy set" black woman "wearing a purple top [and] black shorts" who they say used her car to mow down and kill a bar patron after a fight at closing time Saturday morning. Dwight Richards, 56, was kill ... More >>