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Hurricane Allison

  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Turkeys of the Year 2011

    We combed through an abundance of riches this year to bring you the best of the worst

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Five Reasons Another Tropical Storm Allison Won't Happen in Your Lifetime

    Now THAT is some serious flood water.​When Tropical Storm Allison hit in 2001 and dropped almost three feet of rain on central Houston, there were all sorts of terms like the "100-year storm" or the "500-year storm" thrown around. These kinds of weather events do more than just destroy propert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    If Who's On First, What's On Second: A Post-Ike Diary Documenting One Family's Attempt To Get Past First Base With The Houston Housing Authority

    ​Ike's anniversary is coming up, an event which will be well-covered locally. We're doing out part with the September 10 issue; until then we'll be posting some Ike-related items to whet the appetite.In the 1950s the famous comedy team of Abbott and Costello developed what is probably their most ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    Death Threats and TAKS Tests

    Some TAKS tests are murder

  • News

    January 12, 2006

    Lemonade Stand

    It ain't easy protesting in a van

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Game Four: A Bitter Sweep Ending

    The Astros’ attempt to win without scoring somehow fails

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Digging It

    Tunnels are a rare bird in Houston. But will they fly for I-45?

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Myernick: Movin' On Up

    Houston Ballet practically raised this soaring young soloist

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    The Stud Next Door

    It's pay-to-play if you wanna be a porno star

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    On Shaky Grounds

    HISD got more than it bargained for when it decided to develop the Fourth Ward

  • News

    November 11, 2004

    Black and White

    Good ol’ boys prosper at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Many African-Americans don’t.

  • Dining

    September 23, 2004

    Meatball Politics

    Forget the Atkins and Souch Beach diets and hit the Sacred Heart Society's Thursday spaghetti lunch

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Letters

    Forget the Atkins and Souch Beach diets and hit the Sacred Heart Society's Thursday spaghetti lunch

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Party Like It's 1899

    Super Bowl week turned out to be a slow one for HPD's vice squad

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    Visitors' Guide

    Get Bowled over by the best of the real Bayou City

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Caring for Clairice

    A naked woman's traffic death rekindles concerns about Shed

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    The Six-Year Itch

    City Hall reality series: Who survives on Bill White's island?

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Dead End

    Downtown redevelopment and economic doldrums are taking Houston’s homeless into even harder times

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Letters

    Downtown redevelopment and economic doldrums are taking Houston’s homeless into even harder times

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    All Duct Up

    From leftist camps and corporate security to semi-panic and port patrols, Houstonians tackle terrorism threats. Sort of.

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Year of the Yao Woo

    The crazy times in 2002 — Kmart raids, Olympian losses, stadium mania and more —- now make sense. Houston was just mining Ming.

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Building a Case

    Did prosecutors use -- or abuse -- a little-known remodeling law?

  • Dining

    August 1, 2002

    The Chef Who Almost Wasn't

    Zumm Escudier has put the Angelika Cafe back on track, but her path has been long and winding

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    Big John and Little Joe

    Space City's tallest and shortest musicians rule the 2002 Houston Press Music Awards

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Buyers' Remorse

    The Cohns say their builder ripped them off with a poorly built home that became infested with mold. They've joined other Texas homeowners who want a lemon law passed just for houses.

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Image Scrimmage

    Lanier bolted the booster group after an ill friend negotiated a buyout

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Small Wonder

    The Hyde Park Miniature Museum has been dredged out of mothballs, but will it find a permanent home before time runs out?

  • Dining

    April 11, 2002

    Fox Bids Adieu

    Chef Tom Williams must give up his restaurant to save his health

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    The Great Divide

    Principal Lawrence Allen is a role model to some, an inept bumbler to others. Jones High School is split: Magnet-program parents versus the local community. It's up to Superintendent Kaye Stripling to make it right. Lucky her.

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    Fire Ball

    Lonnie makes a clean sweep

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Opera à la Enron?

    For HGO, another local tragedy might be looming offstage

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    Getting Wasted

    Local officials say they are only after compliance and cleanups. Critics claim otherwise.

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2002

    Winging It

    This improv troop is sticking it out

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Lay of the Land

    Houston headed toward hard times: sports flops, floods and transit duds. If only city fathers could find a proven leader, an energy executive with a KEN-do attitude.

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Smackdown at City Hall

    Candidates clash in a castaway district, exes attack, and Bell wringers rumble for a final round with Brown. Voters, pick your fight.

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    Follow the Money

    Some familiar faces get subpoenaed in the investigation of an alleged kickback scheme

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Best Weathercaster

    Wayne Dolcefino

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    A Night in the Tub

    An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Winging It

    For business or pleasure, here comes the Great Butterfly Chase

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Three-peat Heat

    Start your engines: The latest pollution pennant race is on

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Up a Creek

    Diverting streams into the Brazos and Posh Amenity lakes has been great for fancy Fort Bend developments. But it's killing Oyster Creek, the lifeblood for legendary Texas cattle ranchers.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    In This Together

    KTRK and the Chronicle contribute to an HISD campaign

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Wading for Godot

    Allison arrived in a flood of thoughts -- mattress rafts, murky thigh-deep water and the sudden flotsam of family life rushing out the back door

  • Dining

    June 14, 2001

    Run Out on a Rail

    Metro's light-rail construction has some businesses already pulling out of the station

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