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  A Judge Decides to Let a Fired Up Turkey Leg Hut Smoke On For Now

  Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 7:39 a.m.

  Turkey Leg Hut restaurant got its sentence reduced Tuesday when a judge decided to let it smoke on through the Thanksgiving holiday at its usual night time hours instead of the reduced schedule originally imposed on it by a temporary restraining order signed on November 20. Civil Court Judge Beau...

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  The Plot Thickens in the Great Turkey Leg Hut Restaurant Case

  Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.

  The true reason that neighbors filed suit against Turkey Leg Hut restaurant was not noise or smoke "but rather the desire to eliminate a popular and busy restaurant from Plaintiffs' neighborhood," according to a defense motion filed Monday in the case. At 2 p.m. today, John Zavitsanos, attorney for owners...

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  Politicians May Love it But Neighbors Say Turkey Leg Hut Restaurant Needs to Exit [UPDATED]

  Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 5 a.m.

  On behalf of neighbors adjacent to the Turkey Leg Hut restaurant on Almeda Road, the law firm of Feldman & Feldman has filed suit against what it says is an illegal enterprise that also jeopardizes public health and safety with the smoke it sends billowing into the sky. According to...

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  Woman Convicted of Animal Cruelty. Pets Starved to Death After She Left Them Behind.

  Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 12:26 p.m.

  When Jamica Roshawn Chambliss moved out of her Fondren Road apartment in 2016, she apparently wanted to travel light. Or she was very forgetful. Or maybe she meant to return but couldn't because she was being held captive somewhere? In any case, the 42-year-old woman left behind two dogs, a...

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  Jury Takes 4 Minutes to Convict a Woman in Dog Cruelty Case

  Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 12:59 p.m.

  A Houston judge has sentenced a 45-year-old woman to six months in jail after a jury took just four minutes to find her guilty of cruelty and the neglect of the two adult dogs who were in her care. A veterinarian who testified said neither had enough water, food or...

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  Harris County DA's Office Plays Hard Ball With ITC, Files Criminal Charges

  Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 11:03 a.m.

  Intercontinental Terminals Company (ITC), whose Deer Park refinery tanks caught fire last month in an accident that shut down local schools and the Houston Ship Channel for days, has been hit with five environmental criminal charges by the Harris County District Attorney's Office. DA Kim Ogg announced the measure, saying...