Galena Park

Rome Burns. School Cancelled.

Need Something to do This Weekend?

Mike Gundy, Jenni Carlson, Bobby Reid and Chicken. Which One Is Not Like the Others?

Hey Truants -- They're Coming After You

Hurricane Ike School Closings

Taking Care of the Boys

High school QB Kyle Heine broke his neck on the field. How well was he treated?

Jimmy's Justice

Years after her son's capital murder verdict, Rachel Moore found evidence that he fired in self-defense. But they're still trying to find a way out of prison.

The Tithes That Bind?

Fort Bend ISD snaps up the former school superintendent's church for a mere $4.25 million

The Early-Voting Rush Isn't Everywhere

Fort Bend ISD snaps up the former school superintendent's church for a mere $4.25 million

Bad Day For Child-Pornography Fans (Good Day For The Rest Of Us)

A teacher and a volunteer at a children's theater were among the four child-porn indictments announced today by the US Attorney's office.Among the highlights from the lowlifes:Fernando Gonzalez, a teacher at North Shore High in the Galena Park school district, gets no marks for subtlety or brains: " ... More >>

Rabbit Was a Boxer

The education & travels of the natural-born fighter, fierce homeless poet, charming talker, convicted felon, begetter of children & receiver of messages from Heaven

Where The Stimulus Jobs Will Be, By Congressional District

Photo by dcJohnThe winners and losers of Barack Obama's stimulus plan can be figured out -- to a degree -- by a new study by the White House's Council of Economic Advisors.It breaks down by congressional district how many jobs will be created or saved by the act; the big loophole there, of course, c ... More >>

Carbonated Cash

Drink up, kids. Keep those soda dollars coming.

Heartburn Can Be Murder

A body may soon be unburied in the bizarre Basso case

Tell Them the Dog Did It!

Brace yourself --the FBI says the Tracker is a fraud

I'll Bury the Mike!

Galena Park rapper Baby Jay

Parish Predators

Despite the bishop’s remarks to the contrary, the Galveston-Houston Roman Catholic Archdiocese had child molesters and let them go. But don’t blame just the Church.

Needling the Haystack

A 1,683-mile drive taught us that educators don't always entertain an open-door policy when it comes to public records

Fit or Fat, Houston?

A 1,683-mile drive taught us that educators don't always entertain an open-door policy when it comes to public records

2005 Resolutions Guide Listings

A 1,683-mile drive taught us that educators don't always entertain an open-door policy when it comes to public records

What Price Glory?

In an era when booster dollars give high school football teams a high-tech edge, scratching out a winning season gets tougher and tougher

Pop Quiz

Think you know local music? Take the Bayou City Music Mindbender and find out.

All Aboard

Since 9/11, tanker sailors are having a tough time making it to dry land in Houston

Increased Clout

Interest in the fight game grows in the Bayou City

Young Guns

Some are ready to die. Others aren't -- they just want a chance at a better life. But even the most careful of local teens who enlist in 2003 may find their plans for a desk job interrupted by war.

Will May Ever End?

Sweeps month brings startling news: strippers!

Dead Man Talking

Ben Guillory helped the DEA bust some east Houston dope dealers. But he says the agency's cavalier approach has left him a marked man in his old neighborhood.

Phenomena

Ben Guillory helped the DEA bust some east Houston dope dealers. But he says the agency's cavalier approach has left him a marked man in his old neighborhood.

Bayou Body Count: Nudity, Crack Pipes & A Double-Murder-Suicide

The big news this week in Bayou Body Count is the three dead family members League City police are investigating as a possible murder-murder-suicide. Lewis Cantrell Jr. and his wife Gayle Cantrell were found shot to death in their living room on the 2900 block of Chinaberry Park Lane. Lewis Cantrell ... More >>

Gay Panic in Cowtown: Houston Pride

This city's gay community pushed back hard.

Stirred and Shaken: Lone Star Saloon's Green Demon

Photo by Troy Fields​It was dangerously close to Tuesday morning, it was raining and I was combing the gutter outside Lone Star Saloon (1900 Travis, 713-757-1616) for a receipt I shouldn't have thrown away. Bartender Kari was helping me look because a) she's gracious, b) it was the merchant co ... More >>

LONE STAR SALOON'S GREEN DEMON

Photo by Troy Fields​It was dangerously close to Tuesday morning, it was raining and I was combing the gutter outside Lone Star Saloon (1900 Travis, 713-757-1616) for a receipt I shouldn't have thrown away. Bartender Kari was helping me look because a) she's gracious, b) it was the merchant co ... More >>

A Quiet Hell

Thanks to lax enforcement by TCEQ, plants along the Houston Ship Channel launch tons of toxic gases into our air, and face little penalty even when they exceed pollution limits over and over again.

Coast and Stunta Wreck the Mike at Jet, After Zilla Gets Us Drunk At Toc and We Stupidly Stand Up Carolyn Rodriguez

Screw Washington Avenue clubs and their selective admittance. We'd rather hit up downtown and get felt up for guns or knives and listen to some hard-core hip-hop. 11:15 p.m., Saturday: We met up with V-Zilla at Toc-Bar because his studio, or as he puts it, "the dungeon," is nestled underneath the c ... More >>

Victims' Wrongs: Injured parties in Harris County say plea bargains go on behind their backs

Some injured parties in Harris County say plea bargains go on behind their backs and without their approval.

If The Wife Is On To You, Of Course You're Going To Do Your Child-Porn Viewing In Your Classroom

​Wives. Amirite, fellas, or amirite?You try to settle down with your child-porn collection at home, and all of a sudden the ol' ball-and-chain is on your case. Sure, she (somehow) doesn't call the cops or divorce your sick ass right there, but still, you know she's going to be watching like a hawk ... More >>

It's the Wife's Fault

Can't enjoy child porn at home? Try school.

High School Football: If Hollywood Were In Control, These Five Things Would Happen

Sacred grounds​This evening marks the start of another high school football season. Entire cities and towns will be shuttering their doors and congregating at the central holy ground: the football stadium. Well, that may not be the case in Houston, but certainly in Dillon and West Canaan. (Oh, tho ... More >>

What's Closed: Your One-Stop List, Updated Throughout the Day

​The announcements of closings due to the anticipated winter storm are beginning to roll in, the most significant so far being HISD closing all its schools and offices tomorrow. We'll be keeping a list of what's closed and updating it throughout the day, so check back frequently for news. Our ... More >>

Out of Hand

Michael Glyn Brown was recently acquitted of assaulting his wife. But that's only the latest allegation against the violent, drug-abusing doctor, long a fixture of Houston TV commercials and society.

Ten Tunnels Of Texas: Some Pretty, Some Odd, Some Bat-Infested

Love tunnels not included​A while back we presented a dozen of the most beautiful bridges in Texas, a state most people don't normally associate with bridges. They associate it even less with tunnels. Texas isn't exactly a mountainous state, and wherever there's a big outcropping there's gene ... More >>

Police Officer Corrie Long: Her Nude Pictures Lead To EEOC Complaint

Photo via KTRK​As shocking as it might be to believe, a woman sending nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend led to some complications. For the Galena Park police force, it's led to an embarrassing discrimination suit, somehow. GPPD office Corrie Long was going out with fellow cop Terry Pen ... More >>

Veronica Salmeron: HPD Cop Breaks Up with HPD Cop, Gets Tased

Get the lawn chairs!!!​Bad Cop Break-Ups, Part II: Earlier today we told you about a bad break-up between Galena Park cops. This one concerns HPD. It doesn't involve nude pictures, but it does involve a cop getting tased. KPRC reports that Houston cop Veronica Salmeron, 25, has been charged ... More >>