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    January 19, 2012

    Feds Indict Charles Cannon, Three Others on Hate-Crime Charge for Bus-Stop Beating

    A federal grand jury has indicted four men in the beating of a black man at a Houston bus stop in August. Charles Cannon, 26; Michael McLaughlin, 40; Brian Kerstetter, 32; and Joseph Staggs, 49, were indicted on one charge each of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Harris County Sues Over All That Dixon in the San Jacinto River

    Harris County attorney Vince Ryan announced he's suing a collection of companies for 45 years' worth of pollution in the San Jacinto River, and he's asking for up to $25,000 a day in penalties. Ryan is suing International Paper Company, Waste Management, Inc., Waste Management of Texas, Inc. and Mc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Alleged White Supremacists Beat Black Man, But DA Doesn't File Hate Crime Charge

    FacebookCharles Cannon won't face hate-crime charges.​In a crime that hearkened back to the skinhead days of the early '90s, or modern-day Dallas, four white men remain behind bars today charged with assaulting a black man at a downtown bus stop early Sunday morning. Police want the incident c ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Broken Promises

    Readers recount problems with DFPS

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    The Five Most Texan Types Of Music

    ​Happy San Jacinto Day, fellow Texans and people who wish they were; i.e. everyone else. If you don't know why today is special, shame on you. But since us Texans are a friendly sort, allow Rocks Off to fill you in. On April 21, 1836, Texian forces under Gen. Sam Houston (aka "Big Drunk") lau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    They're Already Spraying For Ice on Houston-Area Roads

    Weather about to go all Van Winkle on your ass​Let the fear begin! The Ice Monster that will likely put a deep freeze on Dallas's Super Bowl festivities is also headed our way, as anyone who watched television news today or tomorrow will learn (Here are five tips on surriving the unsurvivable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Houston 101: Magnolia Gardens -- Houston's Rockin' Little Riverside Beach

    It may not look like much today, but back in the '50s and '60s, Magnolia Gardens was the place to be if you liked country music and rockabilly. The open-air dance hall/bandstand on the banks of the San Jacinto River was in a resort-like setting, with a restaurant or two and a few boat ramps scatter ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Searching for Hurricane Ike Victims

    Some may never be found.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Forklift-Drivin', ATM-Stealin' Band Of Brothers Finally Arrested

    Photos courtesy HCSOIt took three years and officers from at least five different law enforcement agencies, but it looks like they finally nabbed the ATM crooks who used and then left fork-lifts behind as an odd sort of a calling card.The Harris County Sheriff's Office announced today that three bro ... More >>

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    October 11, 2007
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    January 27, 2005

    Over the Limit?

    PCBs may prompt a first-ever warning against bay speckled trout fishing

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Keeping It Real

    Spring Creek stands poised to ride into history, one way or another

  • 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

  • News

    September 10, 1998

    Hard Time

    The evidence points away from Roy Criner's guilt in a savage crime. But the state still has what counts most -- a conviction.

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Falling in Love

    Barnett Garrison had a way with women. And women had their way with Barnett Garrison.

  • Calendar

    May 7, 1998

    Where the Buffalo Roams

    Barnett Garrison had a way with women. And women had their way with Barnett Garrison.

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    Hit and Run

    Joni Teal and her boyfriend claim that she, not he, should be in prison for the death of Evelyn Pritchard. But authorities don't seem to believe them. Maybe it's their seven DWIs.

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Phenomena

    Joni Teal and her boyfriend claim that she, not he, should be in prison for the death of Evelyn Pritchard. But authorities don't seem to believe them. Maybe it's their seven DWIs.

  • Calendar

    March 23, 1995

    Press Picks

    Joni Teal and her boyfriend claim that she, not he, should be in prison for the death of Evelyn Pritchard. But authorities don't seem to believe them. Maybe it's their seven DWIs.

  • News

    December 29, 1994

    The Year of Living Anxiously

    Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

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