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League City

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    For Mother's Day: Five Very, Very Bad Candidates for Mom of the Year

    For at least some part of our lives, all of us have had a mother. Some are great, some are terrible, but most are in-between. But even if your mother was closer to Courtney Love than to Clair Huxtable, you should count yourself lucky you are not the offspring of any of the women in this round-up of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

    He8, She8: The first of two new (to us!) blogs this week, He8, She8 is similar in concept to 2 Dine For, in which a couple eats together and then reports independently on their own experiences at a restaurant. He8, She8's latest review is of Feast, where they both gave the nose-to-tail palace a soli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Print Industry Troubles, As Analyzed by Chronicle Street Vendors

    The newspaper industry hasn't been in the best of shape for a while now, and layoffs and buyouts and declining subscriptions are common. Besides the employees directly affected, hard times have also hit the people who will sell you the Houston Chronicle while you're waiting at intersections across ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Stephen Colbert Has State Rep Larry Taylor's Back

    The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video ArchiveState Rep Larry Taylor of League City may have thought his whole "Jew them down" crisis had passed over. But last night, it went national. The Colbert Report tackled the subject. Stephen Colbert sugg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Openings & Closings: See Ya, Tequila

    Brewpub is go!​The city has lost one of its two restaurants with a tequila-themed nomenclature: Ruby Tequila's in Midtown, which closed swiftly and quietly late last week. The chain's website was quick to reflect the closure, removing the Midtown location from its site without a trace. A manag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Timothy Porter: Teacher, Volleyball Coach, Alleged Steroid & Cocaine Dealer

    Timothy Porter: Jack of all trades.​High school coaches can be inspiring figures, like Coach Taylor in Friday Night Lights. Except we can't quite picture Taylor dealing coke and steroids, possibly to his own students and players. That's what Friendswood police accuse Timothy Porter of doing, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Micah Ashley Alford: Stripper Mom of the Year Candidate

    KPRCMicah Ashley Alford: She just wants to dance​We have a new candidate for the prestigious Peole Who Should Not Reproduce award: Micah Ashley Alford,, a 26-year-old League City who just wants to rub guy's crotchies with her butt, without being bothered by all those damn babies she keeps pump ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Houston Teen Payton Rae Scores 2.5 Million YouTube Views

    "My haters are my motivators" ​As young female stars like Miley Cyrus exit their teen years and welcome young adulthood with open limbs, their boots are left behind for other starry-eyed aspiring musicians to fill. One of them might even be from Space City: A 15-year-old YouTube sensation nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    A Day at the Concealed Handgun Class: Sunday Morning Coming Down

    Photos by Craig HlavatyA Sunday morning on the firing line​"Don't point your gun at anything you are not willing to destroy or kill," reads the sign in the middle of the room. It's 8 a.m on Sunday morning and I am reading this, while drinking a cup of coffee, still bleary from being dragged ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    This Is the World's Greatest Swindler (Walmart Div.)

    Crime StoppersThis is one talented guy, Crime Stoppers says​This livin'-large guy to the right is The World's Greatest Swindler, as far as guys who hustle Walmart cashiers go, if Crime Stoppers is to be believed. The dude goes around to various stores, finds a young cashier, buys a magazine w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Gun Store In A Former Circuit City: League City's Latest Tourist Attraction

    Photos by Marco TorresArms Room: A formey Circuit City store​See our slideshow from the Arms Room's grand opening. Kathleen James and her family have been running the Arms Room out in League City for four years. Two months ago the family team moved the operation into the old Circuit City location ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Jonas Brothers Finally Hit The Big Time: League City

    Jonas Brothers are playing softball​O.M.G. The Jonas Brothers, the biggest trio of musical talent since the Jimi Hendrix Experience or Tony Orlando and Dawn (there were only two Dawns, right?) are finally hitting the big time -- League City. Depending on your point of view, it's either a good or ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    Chances Are...

    Popular lesbian bar Chances is done.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Openings and Closings: 2009 Edition

    ​The year gone by marked some very exciting restaurant openings (such as Haven, Branchwater Tavern, Yelapa Playa Mexicana and Stella Sola) and some equally important closings (such as Cafe Annie, Bedford, Las Alamedas and Felix Mexican Restaurant). To close out the yea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2009

    The Annual Christmas Boat Lane Parade on Clear Lake

    This yearly flotilla lights up the Gulf Coast

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Inept Pregnant Woman Spoils Motorcylist's Getaway From The Cops

    ​You know what you just hate when you're on a motorcycle trying to get away from a DPS trooper because you're wanted on a burglary charge?Pregnant women who slam their cars into drug stores.The sad tale of 18-year-old Daniel Nuno of League City proves the point. Nuno was on his motorcycle in F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Aftermath: Maxwell Loves All the Single Ladies, Who Definitely Love Him Back, at Toyota Center

    Photos by Groovehouse​ Maxwell sure knows his audience. And not just all the single ladies - many of whom were up and dancing to Beyonce's ubiquitous hit the prince of neo-soul used as his intro music Tuesday at Toyota Center - but the men who love them, or at least want to get with them. "Fellas, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    League City Man Offers His Own Special Twist On The Child-Porno Thing

    ​Michael Sadowski, a 51-year-old League City resident, was charged with possession of child pornography today and held without bond, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.Sadowski set up a correspondence with the owner of a kiddie porn website who, darn the luck, turned out to be a federal agent.Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Bayou Beat: Catch Rocks Off on Inside the Scene Online, "Troubador Tuesdays" at House of Blues, Greg Ashley Returns, etc.

    If you missed Channel 39's Inside the Scene documentary about this year's Houston Press Music Awards, you can now watch it online here. Rocks Off, who absent-mindedly forgot to set his DVR (mostly because we don't have one), hears he came off as remarkably well-spoken and erudite, so thanks to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Before We Go: News on Girl In a Coma, Willie D, Live Nation, Nameless Sound, Golden Cities and More

    Before heading to Fitzgerald's tonight, Girl In a Coma had to make a little pit stop: a courtroom in downtown Houston, where the band's Jenn Alva and Nina Diaz had a preliminary hearing for the felony assault on a peace officer charges stemming from the late-night brawl at Chances back in March. How ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    The Mean Streets Of Houston's Suburbs

    Want to feel safe these days? Get youself out of those crime-ridden suburbs and move to Houston.That seems to be the message in the latest annual wrap-up of Texas crime stats put out by the DPS.Overall, the major-crime rate in Texas dropped three percent, and officials were crowing."The reduction in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Ike-Response Hearings Begin; FEMA Doesn't Bother To Show Up

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

    Drunk Drivers: Here's The Person Who's Giving You Hope

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Sunny San Leon Picks Up the Pieces After Hurricane Ike

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    The Apple of Her Eye: Pimp C’s Sixth Grade Social Studies Teacher Remembers Chad Butler

    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 >>

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Margie's Ordeal

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    Bad Advice

    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 >>

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    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 >>

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    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 >>

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Gris Gris, with Brian Glaze and Invincible Czars

    Friday, April 28, at Rudyard's, 2020 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Never Go to a Party in Friendswood

    Where does your town rank in the Houston-area good-taste stakes?

  • Resolutions

    January 19, 2006

    Reality Nightlife

    Get off the couch!

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2005

    Getting the Drift

    Paddling down Buffalo Bayou brings Katrina close to home

  • Music

    August 4, 2005

    The Voodoo Chile's Slight Return

    Greg Ashley resurrects the Mirrors for a summer tour; also: beware of Zipperneck

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Letters

    Greg Ashley resurrects the Mirrors for a summer tour; also: beware of Zipperneck

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    Letters

    Greg Ashley resurrects the Mirrors for a summer tour; also: beware of Zipperneck

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2004

    Getting Kinky

    The Friedman-of-all-trades whips out a new book

  • Music

    March 25, 2004

    Greg Ashley

    Medicine Fuck Dream (Birdman)

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    Fed Up

    League City neighbors go to war against rogue coyotes

  • Music

    November 20, 2003

    Greg Ashley

    Friday, November 21

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Letters

    Friday, November 21

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    Hounded by the Pound

    Plus: Tribute to Oliver, Wrapping It Up, Bigotry 101

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    Letters

    Consuming Hate, Best and the Rest, Percentile Envy

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    Letters

    Silent Echo, Going Postal, Freedom Fighter

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Letters

    Green Diet, School Shame, Capital Con

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Letters

    Buster's Batch, Arrogance, Police the Doctors

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    Letters

    Heaven's Gates, Teaching Tolerance, Todd's Odd

  • Dining

    December 3, 1998

    Schmatz Move

    A restaurant aims to conquerHouston with Austrian open-faced sandwiches

  • News

    July 14, 1994

    Running on Empty

    Area gas stations are told to clean up or shut down

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