Texas Medical Center

More Concrete Coming On SH 288: 26-Mile Toll Road To Pearland

Hey Pearland!!! You are about to either a) enter a bright new day of easy commuting to downtown Houston, or b) add to our area's smog problem via the addition of more concrete laid down for the rich to use while the less well-off suffer. It's a matter of perspective, we guess. State Highway 288 ha ... More >>

William "Billy" Michael Martin: Steals Panties, Masturbates in a Hospital, Dresses Like a Pregnant Woman and Has a Thing for Blond Chicks

According to a report from KTRE 9, the ABC affiliate in Lufkin, police apprehended William "Billy" Michael Martin, 45, and charged him with three counts of burglary after he went into the East Texas Medical Center, stole master keys and stole photos from various offices as masturbatory aids. Oh, but ... More >>

Cover Story: Houston Babylon, a Collection of Houston's Creepiest Tales

After my editor assigned me to write up a collection of some of Houston's creepiest tales for this week's cover story Houston Babylon, I took to Facebook for some group-sourcing of ideas and leads. That thread ballooned into an 158-post beast. Far too many good stories came in for me to include them ... More >>

Baby Delivered After Mom's Death Is In Critical Condition

A baby born after her mother died in a Texas Medical Center traffic accident is in critical condition, police say. The Houston mom, 30, whose name was not released, was crossing the intersection of Main and Cambridge about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday when she was hit by a grey Acura MDX going north on Main. ... More >>

Science Cafe — Science and Religion: Angels and Demons?

Gelareh Bagherzadeh: Crime Stoppers Offers Record $200,000 Reward for Tips on Her Murder

Police are still baffled by the January 16 murder of Gelareh Bagherzadeh, a Texas Medical Center student and activist against the Iranian government who was gunned down in an expensive neighborhood. Today Houston Crime Stoppers announced they are offering the highest reward in their history: Inform ... More >>

Annise Parker Tells You How to Get Around Houston During Spring Break

Mayor Annise Parker announced two things today: 1) Houston is a big Spring Break destination, which we admit we never really realized; and 2) She wants you to use specific routes to get to some tourist hotspots during this time. Again, we didn't realize there were Spring Break tourist hotspots in t ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Hidden Treasures

Photo by Troy FieldsScallops and grits at our No. 1 pick.​For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had heft ... More >>

Bike Nazis at the Texas Medical Center

ARGH! DON'T YOU DARE PARK YOUR BIKE AT THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER OR ELSE! ​Before going to the office this morning, I cycled over to the Texas Medical Center to visit Chris Gray, the Press's whiz-bang music editor who is recovering from an apparent heart attack. I greatly enjoyed sharing laughs ... More >>

Blues on the Light Rail: Ensemble Theatre to Ride & Sing

Making waiting for the train entertaining.​Well my mama told me, my papa told me too Now my mama told me, papa told me too Well I shouldn't be here tryin' to sing these railroad blues. Metro will ignore this parental advice Wednesday when they partake in a stunt that actually sounds like it c ... More >>

Rush Hour and a Big Soccer Game at Reliant: Metro Says It's Ready

Keep your traffic fingers crossed.​There's a big soccer doubleheader at Reliant Stadium tomorrow, including both Team USA and the star-studded Mexico squad. They're not playing each other, but combined they'll bring enough fans to pack the place. Which could be a problem, since the first game ... More >>

Tropical Storm Allison, 10 Years Later: Where Were You?

​Ten years ago today it began. A Friday that didn't seem to hold any particular weather interest, maybe some rain, and then -- if you were in the wrong spot -- a rain to end all rains, it seems. Portions of Houston flooded like never before; other parts of the area didn't get hit much harder ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Walks Up Steps to Board Jet

In case you were skeptical of the progress made by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at the Texas Medical Center's TIRR rehab clinic, long-distance video showed her climbing the stairs to board the jet that's taking her to watch her husband's shuttle launch. KHOU's camera shows Giffords, with assistance, wal ... More >>

Metro Etiquette

Five rules that should be added to light rail.

Rhode Island Wants a Medical Center Like Ours

Rhode Island: Almost as many square miles as Harris County​Lincoln Chafee, the former senator from Rhode Island who is now the (barely a) state's governor, announced today he wants to build a presumably mini-version of the Texas Medical Center. A "knowledge center" would be developed on land ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords: From Hobby to TMC by Helicopter

Gabrielle Giffords will get a veterans' motorcycle escort for the flight to Houston​No OJ-type newschopper hovering for Gabrielle Giffords's planned move to a Texas Medical Center facility tomorrow. Her office has just announced details of the move, and it says the congresswoman will arrive ... More >>

Some Good Metro News: Light Rail Will Be Working This Weekend!

Metro's light rail will actually be working this weekend​Hey, here's some good news for a change from Metro: the light rail system will be working this weekend! Hey, you take your good news any way you can these days. All of you saying, "Shouldn't a light rail system be designed to work on a ... More >>

Early Warning: No Light Rail This Weekend

Get on the bus​If you're planning to be all urban and hip and modern by rocking the light rail system this weekend, forget about it. You're back on the bus. Metro is closing the system starting at 8 p.m. Friday, and it won't be back up until midnight Sunday. The Texas Children's Hospital is ... More >>

Houston Is A Global City, Foreign Policy Magazine Declares

Photo courtesy GHCVBA global city....with a disappointing football team​Foreign Policy magazine, desperate to hike pageviews now that their "Hottest Women of Diplomacy" issue is a thing of the past (or of our imagination) has ranked the 65 "Global Cities" of the world.The magazine looked at 65 cit ... More >>

Treat Mom Right on Mother's Day

Mother's Day is quickly approaching, and if you've already made plans to take your dear, sainted mother out to a lovely meal on Sunday...wonderful! You're ahead of about 90 percent of us. Make us all look bad, why don't you? If you're like the rest of us, you're probably still trying to deci ... More >>

Shamrock Hotel, We Hardly Knew Ye

Today at 9 am, near the corner of Main & Holcombe, a small group of dedicated fans will once again pour out some Irish whiskey and toast the demise of the Shamrock Hotel.Today marks the 60th anniversary of the legendary hotel's opening. The dream of Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy, the place epitomi ... More >>

Fort Bend Transit Has A Charmingly Naive Trust In Its Customers

Tours We'd Rather Not Take

Changes in Attitude

When voters elected Martha Wong, they thought they were sending a moderate Republican to Austin. Critics say once there, she took a right turn. Now her district is rethinking its representation.

Here Comes "Trouble"

Roll up to Everyone's Art Car Parade

Westward Whoa!

Stem cell restrictions could send Texas Medical Center researchers fleeing to California

He Won't Back Down

The mayor was threatened -- or maybe he wasn't

Mucho Mayo

Cinco de Mayo festivities abound around town

Critical Condition

Expect the Iraq war to worsen the Medical Center's reduction in Arab patients

All Duct Up

From leftist camps and corporate security to semi-panic and port patrols, Houstonians tackle terrorism threats. Sort of.

All I Want for Christmas Is...

A shopping list for your favorite political types

Bad Judge; Worse Security Guard

The Med Center gives Mansfield the boot

Doctoring Dinner

Trevísio's Alan Ashkinaze

Best Hotel

The Warwick

Gutless Politicians

Plus: Med Center Madness?, Cover Convicts, Force of Hobbit

Best Restoration Project

Houston region in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison

A Night in the Tub

An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

Booster Shot

A proposed Medical Center project gets big, big play

Best View

Chase Tower

Train In Vain?

Main street's light rail is on it's way, and boosters hope to see passengers lining up for a ride

Tit for Tat

A big anonymous boob bars a large fake breast from the medical center food drive

Bye-bye, Baby, Bye-bye

Another day care plans to close in the Texas Medical Center

Family Unfriendly

How Hermann Hospital and the Texas Medical Center left employees' kids high and dry

Beautifully Drunk

Night & Day

October 15 - 21, 1998

Seeking the Cure

Press Picks

Ana's Angel

Jay Hamburger rushed in where others feared to tread ... only to find that no good deed goes unpunished

Third Ward Rising

One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

The Park at the Heart of Our City

Redesigning Hermann Park so it's not just isolated compounds for special interests