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  Local Private ER Tells COVID-19 Patient He Could Be Sent Out of State

  July 4 at 5:56 p.m.

  One Houston resident with COVID-19 was told on Friday by the private emergency room facility he visited that if he needed to be hospitalized, he could possibly be sent out of state due to limited local hospital bed capacity, the Houston Press has learned. The patient in question, who requested...

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  Openings and Closings: The Rustic is Coming Uptown, Hay Merchant Reopens [Updated]

  July 3 at 4:30 a.m.

  Since March 17, our Openings and Closings column has been a mix of closures, both temporary and permanent, reopenings and a few openings. As Texas reopened, we saw some restaurants jump right back in the water while others dipped in a toe or two. Others still remained unconvinced and continued...

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  Former HPD Cops Face New Charges in Connection with Fatal 2019 Drug Raid

  July 2 at 6:15 a.m.

  On Wednesday evening, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced 15 new felony charges against six former Houston Police Department officers connected to the January 2019 drug raid gone awry that led to the deaths of married couple Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. The new charges came about from the...

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  Turner Talks COVID-19 Ahead of July 4 and Touts New Homeless Program

  July 1 at 7:59 p.m.

  In a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner discussed the worsening COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the Fourth of July holiday while touting a new partnership with Harris County and private donors to address local homelessness amid the coronavirus crisis. Of immediate concern for the holiday weekend was an...

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  Austin City Limits Music Festival Cancelled for 2020

  July 1 at 11:08 a.m.

  Organizers of the Austin City Limits Music Festival have just announced the annual event won't be happening in 2020. Without ever mentioning the words "coronavirus" or "COVID-19" the organizers say: "We would have loved to put on another memorable show this year, however, with the uncertainty surrounding the current situation in...

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  Texas Medical Association Asks Texas GOP to Nix Houston Convention

  July 1 at 6:16 a.m.

  At the beginning of this week, plans were moving along for the Texas GOP’s in-person convention on July 16-18, where around 6,000 state Republicans would gather at Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center without any requirement for attendees to use face masks. Thanks to sustained negative press and a public...