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  Two Years After Her Astros Foul Ball Injury, Tracy Nabors Doesn't Want To Be Just Another Statistic

  May 13 at 5 a.m.

  Tracy Nabors, a Willis High School English teacher whose jaw was broken in three places, lost multiple teeth and is still dealing with chronic pain and steep medical expenses after she was hit by a foul ball during batting practice at an Astros game on June 14, 2019, doesn’t like...

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  Puppies for Breakfast Fetches Quite the Crowd in Houston

  May 9 at 8:11 a.m.

  Puppies for Breakfast, a unique yearly morning dog festival, returned Saturday but at a new location: the site for the soon to come East River development in the 5th Ward. The annual dog festival was created in 2010 to bring everything dog together for one big dog party, and this tail-wagging fest did just that with plenty of space for the puppies and everyone else. Hosted by Hector Garcia, from Neue Creative and Modular Dog, the event boasted a doggy costume and size contest (biggest & smallest) a piñata (Duke, from The Secret Life of Pets) along with a plethora of vendors and opportunities for several rescue animals to find their forever homes. (Photos by Doogie Roux)

  
  

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  Hidalgo and Turner Cancel Events With Houston's Biggest Business Group Over Silence On Texas Voter Bills

  May 5 at 3:53 p.m.

  After weeks of pressuring the Greater Houston Partnership to get off the sidelines and speak out against controversial state voting bills, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Wednesday that they were fed-up with the organization’s silence and officially cancelled their annual State of the City...

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  Houston Area Hospitals and ERs Are Packed As Patients Return At Pre-Pandemic Levels

  May 3 at 4:30 a.m.

  Last week, the Houston Press heard from a Missouri City resident who recently had to call an ambulance for his wife because she was having breathing trouble while recovering from a recent surgery. When the ambulance arrived, the EMS worker told him they’d have to take her to St. Luke’s...

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  Former HPD Chief Acevedo Says Sheriff Gonzalez Would Be A Great For "Thankless Job" Of ICE Director

  April 30 at 4 a.m.

  Former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo admitted he was surprised when he heard the news that his old colleague Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez had been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement. Not that Gonzalez was chosen for the role, but that he accepted...

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  Music Returns to Tomball Depot with Rails & Tails Mudbug Festival [UPDATED]

  April 29 at 4 a.m.

  While the phrase “May Day” typically signals a distress call from a ship or boat, it’s also the traditional nomenclature for May 1 in the calendar year. And for Ted Lee, co-founder/bassist for the Cajun-centric band Bayou Roux, this year’s May Day will be anything but stressful. In fact, he’s...