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  Harris County Judge Closes County Parks Good Friday Through Easter

  April 8 at 1:42 p.m.

  As often as Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has mentioned his concerns about people turning out in force at local parks for Easter weekend, it shouldn't come as a complete surprise that today Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced she's closing the county's parks from Good Friday through Easter. “We are...

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  Fort Bend Reports First COVID-19 Related Death

  March 27 at 4:17 p.m.

  Fort Bend County Health & Human Services has just announced the first COVID-19 related death in the county: a woman in her 70s with pre-existing medical conditions. Before she died, she was hospitalized briefly in a local hospital. She died late Wednesday, March 25 and her physicians agree that cornavirus...

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  City Waiting For Another PPE Shipment From FEMA, While Testing Continues For Now

  March 25 at 1:12 p.m.

  The possible shortage of coronavirus testing equipment was on the top of the list of Mayor Sylvester Turner's Wednesday morning press conference following the city council meeting on Day One of the new stay-at-home order. David Persse, the public health authority in Houston's Department of Health, said if any part...

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  Governor Supports Restaurants Selling Retail To Get The Supply Chain Moving

  March 24 at 7:27 p.m.

  Governor Abbott announced earlier today his support for restaurants to sell retail products directly to consumers. The initiative was headed by Dr. Emily Williams Knight, CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association, and State Representative Tan Parker (R-Flower Mound), who worked with the governor and key agencies to create guidelines effective...

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  Southern Smoke Receives Huge Donations from Houston Texans and Tito's Vodka

  March 23 at 5:03 p.m.

  News that Southern Smoke Spring, the fundraising event for The Southern Smoke Emergency Relief Fund to help industry employees was canceled in early March hasn't, as it turned out, ended the all-important fundraising efforts of restaurateur and chef Chris Shepherd and his group. Over the weekend, the Houston Texans Foundation...

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  Houston Native and Music Megastar Kenny Rogers Dies at 81

  March 21 at 7:52 a.m.

  And somewhere in the darkness, the Gambler he broke even. This won’t be the first – or hundredth – obituary for singer Kenny Rogers which quotes that line from his signature tune, “The Gambler.” The Don Schlitz-penned story song about two Old West characters on a train with one imparting...