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May 1, 2012
Unidentified Female, 26, Killed by 20-Year-Old Alleged Drunk Driver, Bayou Body Count No. 51
One passenger was killed and another critically injured in a one-car accident caused by a 20-year-old driver who police say was drunk early Sunday morning. Carla Lopez has been charged with intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter, and is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries ... More >>
Music
April 12, 2012
Sleigh Bells
One passenger was killed and another critically injured in a one-car accident caused by a 20-year-old driver who police say was drunk early Sunday morning. Carla Lopez has been charged with intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter, and is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
William Johnson: Drunk When He Caused Five-Car Fatal Accident, Cop Say; Bayou Body Count No. 43
A drunk driver killed a 43-year-old man when he ran a red light and triggered a five-car pile-up, Houston police say William Thomas Johnson, 48, was driving his GMC Sierra pickup on the northbound Eastex Freeway service road when he ran a red light at Tidwell about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Houston po ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
DUI Suspect Jason Murray: District Clerk Ticketed for Accident, Crashes Into Car Driving Away
How not to leave an accident scene: Troubled Galveston County District Clerk Jason Murray was ticketed by League City police after he rear-ended a truck March 28. He then got in his car and, as newly suspicious officers noticed he was driving erratically, he rammed into a second vehicle. He has be ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Houston: Only Two U.S. Cities Have More Dangerous Drivers
As you head out for your commute, keep this cheery thought in mind: You are about to hand your life over to some of the most dangerous people around: other Houstonian drivers. Space City drivers are the third-most dangerous in the nation, according to another one of those pseudoscientific studies b ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2012
2012 Starts Out Deadly on Houston's Roads
Drive better, Houston. The first two days of 2012 saw four fatal traffic accidents, three of them on or near the Loop. Two occurred in the early morning hours of January 1, meaning they were probably New Year's Eve-related, but still: That's way too much dying going on. The deaths included a drun ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2011
East Texas DWI Mayhem Kills One, Injures Three, Damages MedEvac Chopper, Spawns Stupid Quote of Year
Matthew Mitchell has a question. A dumb questionA connected series of two allegedly alcohol-related car crashes killed one, injured three, and sent three others to jail, one in part for asking one of the dumbest questions we've ever read anyone asking at an accident scene. At 1:30 a.m. Sun ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Unidentified Female Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver, Bayou Body Count No. 116
HPDJonathan Lacier Davis: Suspected of DWI in fatal accident.A woman driving a Honda Civic was killed about 3 a.m. today when an allegedly drunk driver ran a red light and smashed into her. Jonathan Lacier Davis, 22, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter. He was driving a PT Cruise ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2011
Police Looking For Driver In Hit-And-Run Fatality
Not the Dodge Magnum in questionPolice are looking for a "blue Dodge Magnum with large chrome wheels" that was invloved in a fatal hit-and-run on the northside last night. A 32-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, was struck in the 8000 block of Homestead Road about 8:30 p.m., p ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Unidentified Robber Crushed by Pursuing Car, Bayou Body Count No. 107
Robbery gone wrongA man who tried to rob a northside business this morning was pursued and killed when he ran into traffic, Houston police say. The unidentified robbery suspect died about 9:45 a.m. after running from a store in the 100 block of Little York. The owner of the business chased ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Never Bring Oatmeal to a Gunfight, Man Learns
He would prefer friendly persuasion.It's Go Time. You and some other dude have been driving side by side, cursing the other, and now you've pulled over to settle things. Other dude gets out with a gun. You reach for...a bowl of oatmeal? Consider yourself outclassed, son. The epic oatmeal v ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
RIP Ryan Dunn: 15 Car Crash Songs
film.comRocks Off has always been a Jackass fan. The exploits of Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and the recently deceased Ryan Dunn may not be for everyone, but we've always maintained it's better to be a willing participant in mayhem and physical abuse than not (*cough* America's Fun ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Francisca Cortez: Woman Accused of Hit and Run That Led to HPD Officer's Death
HPDKevin Will: Killed while investigating crash.The driver who hit two motorcyclists and then fled the scene in an incident that eventually led to the death of a Houston police officer has been found and charged, according to court documents. As we noted, the mystery person behind the wheel ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
HPD's Most Wanted Hit-And-Run Driver Of The Year
Kevin Will: HPD is looking for the driver who started a tragic chain of eventsIf you're a hit-and-run driver, it's a given the police are looking for you. But when you're the hit-and-run driver whose crash ended with a Houston cop being killed while he was investigating it, then the cops are ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Rodrigo Caballero Cisneros, 30, Bayou Body Count No. 75
HPDNefi Cruz tried to escape on foot.A drunk driver ran a red light and killed another man early Saturday morning, police say. Nefi Cruz, 22, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in the death of Rodrigo Caballero Cisneros, 30, in the incident that happened about 2 a.m. at the inte ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 76
HPDMichelle Alcocer: Brother killed in crashA Houston woman has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with a one-vehicle crash early Sunday that killed her brother and injured a toddler and infant. Michelle Alcocer, 22, was driving a Chevy Tahoe at a high rate of speed no ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
I-45 in Harris County: Most Teen Car Crashes in Texas
Road trip...to higher insurance rates.There's nothing like being a teen behind the wheel in summer. You've got your music blasting, you at least imagine the top's down, and the world is yours. Plus, if you're in Harris County, you have the added excitement of crashing at almost any moment. ... More >>
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May 24, 2011
Houston: Deadly for Pedestrians, Study Says
Taking your life in your hands, on foot.You know why no one walks anywhere in Houston? The godawful humidity and the relentless, soul-searing sun? No -- it's because you can get killed here doing a crazy thing like being a pedestrian. Transportation for America, a group who we assume involv ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Donna Crites: Probation for Mom Who Gave 200 Jell-O Shots to Teens
Donna Crites: Jello shots for the kids.Mom of the year candidate Donna Crites, of the town of Hutto just north of Austin, was sentenced to three years probation on Thursday after pleading guilty last month to five counts of providing alcohol to a minor. One of those minors later crashed her c ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Ann O'Donnell: UH Cop Had Cocaine in Her System at Time of Fatal Crash
Ann O'Donnell: Cop had cocaine in her system.Ann O'Donnell, the first UH cop to die on duty, had cocaine in her system when she crashed her car into a tree in a front yard of North MacGregor last year, the university has announced. UH said the report from the Harris County Medical Examiner s ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
Mom And Grandma Busted After Doughnut-Spinning Truck Almost Leads To Trailer Park Tragedy Near Lufkin
Jeff Foxworthy has another entryKeeping the kids happy while you're tying one on in the old trailer park can be a challenge. You can't run 'em down to Chuck E. Cheese because drunk driving with the kids in the car is a felony, so you have to give Lufkin-area mother-and-daughter Tammy Kay Bur ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2011
Unidentified Male, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 38
TrafficHouston roads are never the safest places and there have been several recent traffic fatalities as proof. Tuesday night, around 10:50 p.m., the unidentified male victim, 20, ran a red light in his Ford Taurus in the 6700 block of the West Sam Houston Parkway North service road. A blac ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2011
Unidentified Male, 30-35, Bayou Body Count No. 34
Man killed in fatal traffic accident.HPD is investigating a fatal traffic accident at 4400 South MacGregor Way around 7:25 p.m. Friday, March 18. The victim, a 30 to 35-year-old male, is currently unidentified. According to the incident report, the victim was driving a tan Jeep Wrangler east ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Unidentified Male, 53, Bayou Body Count No. 28
HPDCarlton Eberle was drunk and hit a pedestrian, HPD saysA man has been charged with DWI and causing an accident involving injury in relation to a car crash that killed a 53-year-old man on the far west side. Carlton Jay Eberle, 25, was drunk and driving in the 1700 block of Highway 6 about ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Deylan Braxton, 27, Bayou Body Count No. 11
Drunk driving leads to a death, police sayA late-night traffic accident near downtown has resulted in intoxication manslaughter charges against the driver, Houston police say. Deylan Braxton, 27, was in the backseat of a silver BMW traveling southbound on Dowling when the driver, Jason Deran ... More >>
Music
January 6, 2011
Everything in Between
No Age makes punk palatable.
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Houston Musician Mean Gene Kelton Killed In Car Accident
Mean Gene Kelton & the Die Hards on FacebookLongtime Houston musician "Mean" Gene Kelton, whose band the Die Hards has been a fixture at biker rallies and ice houses around the area for almost 20 years, was killed in a car accident Tuesday evening. The following update was posted on Kelton's ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2010
Ann O'Donnell: UH Police Lose An Officer In The Line Of Duty
Photo courtesy UHPDAnn O'Donnell: UH police officer killedIt's a sad day at the University of Houston Department of Public Safety, which for the first time has lost an officer in the line of duty. Ann O'Donnell, who had been with UH Department of Public Safety a little over a year, was kille ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2010
Theodore Jones, 31, Bayou Body Count No. 260
Man killed, his infant survivesPolice say a woman was intoxicated, possibly on prescription drugs, when she drove into and killed a man who was standing with his seven-month-old son at a bus stop.Theodore Jones, 31, was killed. His son, Seth, who was in a stroller, was taken to the hospital with ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2010
Metro Cops Will Be Getting Ticket-Happy Downtown
Metro police will be watchingMetro has announced a project to reduce bus accidents, and it involves cracking down on drivers in those downtown diamond lanes that everybody ignores.Metro "will be looking for drivers who are violating the diamond-lane traffic laws," the agency announced. Drivers re ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Kenneth Wayne Henderson: Passengers Shouldn't Shoot Drivers While They're On The Highway
At least they knew not to shoot the driverThe life of a backseat passenger can be frustrating -- the driver is going too slow, he's going too fast, he's tailgating, he's not doing anything right.Still, you probably shouldn't shoot him. Especially when you are barreling down an interstate.Remember ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2010
Unidentified Male, 47, Bayou Body Count No. 142
No seatbelts and drinking -- not a good combinationBeing drunk and not wearing a seatbelt is generally not a good idea while driving.And a Houston man faces intoxication manslaughter charges after he crashed his car on the West Loop North early Saturday, killing his passenger.Louis M. Morones, Jr ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
John Goodman, Bazillionaire Polo Patron, Finally Arrested In Connection With Fatal February Crash
Trouble in criminal and civil court looms for GoodmanIt only took about three months, but John Goodman, the Houston-bred multi-millionaire playboy air conditioning heir and Palm Beach polo patron, is finally behind bars. Daybreak found him in the Palm Beach County jail on $100,000 bond, facing ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Supers: Short Films Inspired by Heroes
The Aurora showcases an international club of superheroes
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Unidentified Homeless Man, Bayou Body Count No. 97
Some driver was a long way from the roadA homeless man thought he had a safe shelter set up about 200 feet off Almeda Road. He probably never saw the car coming that killed him.Houston police say a hit-and-run driver left the roadway and traveled the 200 feet to the homeless man's encampment abou ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Stay The Hell Away From The South Loop If You Know What's Good For You
The West Loop is a disaster area right now. An 18-wheeler has shut it down.From TxDot: EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF IH 610 WEST LOOPAt the request of the City of Bellaire, the Texas Department of Transportation has closed IH 610 West Loop southbound mainlanes and frontage road at Bellaire and is in the proc ... More >>
News
February 4, 2010
Crash Reports
Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.
Music
September 3, 2009
Scott H. Biram
Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.
Blogs
July 24, 2009
A Cool, Calm Discussion Of Possible Racism In The Fire Department
You know what the Houston Fire Department racism mess needed? Some more stirring of the pot.Luckily, we have city councilwoman Jolanda Jones, who is a Sheila Jackson Lee in training when it comes to publicity, and Jeff Caynon, head of one of the local firefighters' unions, who also knows how t ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2009
Life On The Rodeo Road: "The Steer Stopped And Run A Horn Through My Face"
Photo by Paul KnightName: Lee GravesAge: 37Hometown: Calgary, AlbertaEvent: Steer WrestlingI got into rodeo because I was raised around horses my whole life. I got involved with some neighbors who roped and stuff, and that's about it. I was playing a lot of hockey at the time, and I was probably lik ... More >>
Blogs
August 28, 2008
Rock the Bayou Preview: Bret Michaels Talks About Wrecking His Ferrari, C.C. DeVille, the "Bang Bus" and More
Photo by Paul KnightName: Lee GravesAge: 37Hometown: Calgary, AlbertaEvent: Steer WrestlingI got into rodeo because I was raised around horses my whole life. I got involved with some neighbors who roped and stuff, and that's about it. I was playing a lot of hockey at the time, and I was probably lik ... More >>
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May 15, 2008
Elizabeth Edwards
The politician’s wife discusses her life — the good and the bad
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May 6, 2008
Disco Kroger Gets SexyAttacked
The politician’s wife discusses her life — the good and the bad
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February 14, 2008
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Theater for your mind
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September 20, 2007
The Draughtsman’s Contract
Peter Greenaway explores “the only two subject matters in Western culture: sex and death”
Music
March 29, 2007
The Red Crayola
Soldier-Talk
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March 30, 2006
Foolin' Around
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Music
July 17, 2003
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?
News
September 23, 1999
News of the Weird
Ten people have been shot on the Richmond Strip since May. And this is where we want to send thousands of Super Bowl fans?
Music
October 15, 1998
Clubland
Ten people have been shot on the Richmond Strip since May. And this is where we want to send thousands of Super Bowl fans?
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