Sam Houston State University

$8 Million Jury Award Overturned by Courts

19-year-old's accident left her with permanent brain damage.

Owls Baseball Falling Prey To Injuries

John RoyalMichael Ratterree makes the throw to first for an early out on Saturday​The Rice Owls are not in a good place. One could sense that on Saturday afternoon when the Owls took the field only to find that day's scheduled DH, Shane Hoelscher, taking throws at third base instead of Anthon ... More >>

Homeless High

On the Furr campus, kids are getting the chances they need.

Outside the Box

In keeping with the Halloween spirit, we bring you the tale of George Russell, who buries people in cardboard on his property. Welcome to his neighborhood.

Film Buff

The naked truth about why Houston isn’t the third coast

Parting Shots

Foes of Mayor Lee Brown can't wait to see him gone. And a lot of his friends feel that way, too.

Stung

Seven African-American girls tried out for the Texas City Stingarettes drill team this year. None of them made the squad.

The Odd Couple

When a veteran juvenile probation supervisor took a teenage former detainee as her live-in companion, you'd have thought authorities would be interested. They weren't.

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.

Face To Face

The murder of their loved one haunted Amy and Linda White until a Texas prison mediation program brought them together with the killer. Now they've all got their answers -- and unique justice.

Prose and Cons

Crusading convicts turned the docile Echo newspaper into a voice for prison reform. Fellow inmates cheered, but alarmed TDCJ officials preferred silence.

A Passion for Wolves

Rae Evening Earth Ott rescues these wild creatures, enlisting others in her cause

Captive Emotions

Reagan Hamilton goes into Texas jails and tells inmates they better stay in touch with their kids. Her sadly powerful message has sparked some successes. Too bad they don't include her own father.

Knowing Right from Wrong

Did Johnny Penry's abusive childhood prevent him from developing a moral compass that might have stopped him from murdering Pam Carpenter? Or is he just another cold, calculating killer?

Agony of the Ages

Cary Rasberry, 19, wants to be mayor. Why won't Tomball let him run?

Ring Dings

Bound for the World Wrestling Federation or not, these folks learn to take their lumps at Texas All-Star Wrestling

Billie Bob's (Mis) Fortune

Less than two years after Billie Bob Harrell Jr. took the $31 million lottery jackpot, he took his own life

Another Night, Another Song

In search of love and glamour on the Pasadena karaoke circuit

Critical Diagnosis

If you think your HMO is bad, check out what Texas has created for its prison inmates

Lost in the Cause

In the early 1960s, Eldrewey Stearns was a powerful force for integration in a segregated society. Then he forgot his way, and history forgot him. Until, that is, he met writer Thomas R. Cole.

Ashley Yount Can't Hear You

When their daughter was ten months old, Julie and Greg Yount learned that she was profoundly deaf -- a diagnosis that forced them to confront profound questions of culture and identity

Tales From the Brookside

From the outside, Brookside Village looks small-town calm. But those on the inside insist that something, somehow, is afoot.

Press Picks

Gayle Force

A vigorous advocate for teachers and the bane of HISD administrators, confrontational union boss Gayle Fallon wields a growing power over the direction of Houston's public schools

Mr. Big

Houston sculptor David Adickes has one message for the art world: large is good

Battle of the Bonds

Bail bondsmen claim no-money bonds are putting criminals on the street