Subject: Needville

• Long-Haired Native American Boy Blocked From School

  July 17, 2008

• Will The Native American Kid With Long Hair Start School Monday?

  August 21, 2008

• You're Facing The ACLU Now, Needville

  October 2, 2008

• Federal Judge Says Needville Shouldn't Have Kept Long-Haired Native American Boy Out of School

  A federal judge ruled this week that the Needville Independent School District was wrong to keep a five-year-old Native American boy out of kindergarten because of his long hair. "You stand up for something that you believe is wrong, and you let people know and it gets fixed," says Adriel Arocha's father Kenney, whose Apache heritage is the reason for Adriel's long hair. "It's good to know the system works." The ruling comes from a lawsuit filed by the ACLU in October. "Some families don't

  January 22, 2009

• Collage Cuisine

  October 10, 1996

• A Native American Family Fights Against Hair Length Rules

  July 10, 2008

• Nudist, Tex-Mex, X and Y

  July 17, 2008

• Homeless in Suburbia

  Michael Lyddon slept on this bench at night because he had nowhere else to go. According to elected officials in Fort Bend, though, he doesn't exist

  February 22, 2007

• Hog Wild

  Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  August 24, 2006

• Gator Aid

  Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas. So now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot you one.

  May 25, 2006

• Richmond's Burning

  Ten people have been shot on the Richmond Strip since May. And this is where we want to send thousands of Super Bowl fans?

  July 17, 2003

• Letters

  May 29, 2003

• Letters

  Ministry Magic, Rice Wars, Cross to Bear

  December 21, 2000

• The Dream Home: A Cautionary Tale

  The Youngs thought they did everything right. Apparently not.

  May 18, 2000

• If You Live In The Boonies Of Fort Bend County, Beware The Rabid Skunks

  If you live in Needville or  "the unincorporated portion of Beasley," the Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Department is warning you to stay away from skunks.We've never quite lived in a place where people had to be warned to stay away from skunks, but then again we've never even been to the incorporated part of Beasley, much less the unincorporated part.But two rabid skunks have been discovered in the greater Beasley-Needville Metropolitan Area, and health officials are warning

  June 12, 2009