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Etta Calhoun of Spring, Texas is a lovely, gracious, soft-spoken woman who as a devout Christian believes in the word of...

by Margaret Downing

Announcing the 2018 Houston Theater Awards

The 2017-18 theater season began underwater. Literally. In late August, 2017, Harvey roared through our Bayou City and...

by D. L. Groover

Did Texas Prison Guards Drive Marinda Griggs to Kill Herself?

On a late September day in 2015, Inmate No. 1455104 was supposed to be standing quietly in line for a midday prison count...

by Margaret Downing

Are Voters Ready to Elect a Gay Judge to the Texas Supreme Court?

It was when the Texas Supreme Court justices reversed themselves on benefits to same-sex partners, that Harris County...

by Dianna Wray

Forest Brook Middle School Students Are Making Up For Lost Time

At this point, Dequerion Sherrard has decided he just won’t look at the calendar. Calendars mean dates and dates mean...

by Joseph Fanelli

by Jeff Balke

by Sean Pendergast

Game Time
College Football, Week 8 and NFL, Week 7 — This Weekend's Best Bets
After going 2-4 a week ago, and bringing my overall record for the season precariously close to .500, we finally got...

October 18 at 4 a.m. by Sean Pendergast
Sports
Astros in Trouble Down 1-2 in ALCS Against Boston
All of last postseason Astros manager A.J. Hinch dealt with a less than ideal bullpen situation. Scraping by on...

October 17 at 5 a.m. by Jeff Balke
Sports
Contrary to Popular Opinion, the Rockets Will Be Good Defensively This...
The popular narrative especially among national writers is that the Rockets have taken a step back this season. The...

October 17 at 4 a.m. by Jeff Balke
Game Time
Survivor: College Football Playoff Edition, Version 3.0
As college football Saturdays go, this past week was set up perfectly for a shakedown and weeding out of pretenders...

October 16 at 6:56 a.m. by Sean Pendergast
Education
HISD Trustees Perform a Mass Mea Culpa, Apologize and Welcome Back...
With pledges of transparency, with acknowledgement they have let down the community, and with vows to do better, the...

October 16 at 4 a.m. by Margaret Downing
Game Time
NFL, Week 6: Texans 20, Bills 13 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
I guess this is just how it's going to be all season for the Houston Texans, for their fans, and for anybody looking...

October 15 at 7:47 a.m. by Sean Pendergast