Prairie View A&M University

Walking to Los Angeles

Artist of the Week: Miss Mykie

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Out of the Park

Second Ward slugger Aaron Treviño scores a scholarship and prepares to leave the barrio behind

The Terminator of TSU

Last year, Joann Horton was hired to head Texas Southern University. Now the question is: will she save it, or destroy it?

Visible Man

Carlton Thompson has a sportswriter's dream job. But he keeps getting asked for some I.D.

Lenwood Johnson's Last Stand

APV is more than his home. It's his life. No wonder he can't let it go without one final struggle.

Swinish Behavior

Texas A&M's attempt to push an animal research center on a black neighborhood has raised a sour smell in College Station

Other Voices

Houston Ebony Opera readies for its first season without its founder

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Houston Ebony Opera readies for its first season without its founder

What's Wrong With Wheatley?

It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

The Insider

It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

Big Talker

From the Geto Boys to his new nationally syndicated radio show, Willie D has kept his mouth moving. But where his rap was once down and dirty, not it's--gasp!--respectable. Has the gangsta of love sold out, or just grown up?

Reverse Discrimination -- Against White Republicans -- At Prairie View A&M, Suit Claims

Grimes County District Clerk Gay Wells is playing the race card -- the white race card -- in a lawsuit against Prairie View A&M, saying she was fired for running for public office in 2006.Minorities at the school had run as Democrats and not been fired, she says; she's white, ran successfully as ... More >>

Cooking with Shange

Grimes County District Clerk Gay Wells is playing the race card -- the white race card -- in a lawsuit against Prairie View A&M, saying she was fired for running for public office in 2006.Minorities at the school had run as Democrats and not been fired, she says; she's white, ran successfully as ... More >>

Trivial Pursuit

Should taxpayer dollars help prosecute a reporter with a big mouth and inoperable cancer?

An Evening with Dick Gregory

Web exclusive!

Say It Again! at GrumBar

Spoken Word Fridays offer "something intelligent" on Main Street.

River Oaks Racketeering at Capone's

Wednesday night, minus Robert De Niro

Gone to Hell: Mental Illness and Harris County Jail

Even though Alexander Hatcher is bipolar and schizophrenic, he wasn't given his meds for his first three months in jail. He got in fights with the guards. Now he's sentenced to prison for a long, long time.

The TSU Toronadoes

The twisted history of "Tighten Up"

23rd Annual Labor Day Classic

T.S.U. vs. Prairie View, in a fight to the death (almost)

Enjoy Some Chocolate

T.S.U. vs. Prairie View, in a fight to the death (almost)

Catfight

TSU and Prairie View A&M claw it out at the Labor Day Classic

Best Regional Cemetery

TSU and Prairie View A&M claw it out at the Labor Day Classic

Jazz Show

David McGee's works riff on one another, like a certain musical genre

I'm Not Dreaming of a White Christmas

No snow and no Bing for Racket

Screwed!

Robert Casey told on Constable Perry Wooten. Wooten fired him. Now Casey and two other people are suing to get their jobs back.

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.

In the Doghouse

An animal typically has three days before he leaves the city pound, dead or alive. What happens during that time continues to cause concern.

Maystead Christopher Allen

A "Learning How to Survive (at) CEP" sidebar

Long, Loud And Raw Houston School Board Meeting Leaves Few Happy

It wasn't quite like this at last night's HISD board meeting, but it was close​In a lengthy and tumultuous school board meeting Thursday night, trustees voted 8-1 to fire Principal Mable Caleb and five other administrators and teachers from the Key/Kashmere mess, approved another 170 employe ... More >>

SFA vs. Sam Houston: The Battle Of The Piney Woods Comes To Houston

SFA-SHSU -- Big crowd expected​There's Texas-OU in the Red River Shootout (eff that "Rivalry" crap). Florida-Georgia in the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. And Oregon-Oregon State in the Civil War.And then there's the Battle of the Piney Woods, where two meth-fueled, teeth-lacking inbred t ... More >>

Homecoming

Gang Starr's DJ Premier still mourns partner Guru.

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 >>

Openings & Closings: The Chock Full o'Nuts Edition

Yeah, I don't understand this either.​Remember last week, when we blithely reported that it had been such a wonderful week of good news? Prepare yourself for a mixed bag this week -- and it's a big bag -- starting with the ugly stuff. After Caffe Bello's abrupt closure, there were rumors that ... More >>

Barry Walter Bujol Jr.: Hempstead Student Convicted of Helping Al Qaeda

Guilty, judge says​A 30-year-old Prairie View A&M student has been convicted of providing aid to Al Qaeda. Barry Walter Bujol Jr. had a four-day bench trial before U.S. District Judge David Hittner, who ruled this afternoon. Bujol offered no witnesses or defense to charges he had materially a ... More >>

MasterMinds 2012

This year's winners have art, passion and history on their side. And now they'll also each have a check for $2,000.