A Texas appeals court has upheld the $1.5 million bond for a Houston man accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy who was playing a “ding-dong ditch” prank last year. In a ruling issued November 3, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals rejected Gonzalo Leon Jr.’s argument that his bond was ex...
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Episode: 3429 A tale of three ships: Titanic, Olympic, and Britannic. Today, Titanic's sisters.
safety
A coordinated law enforcement effort during Galveston’s Lone Star Rally resulted in 270 arrests between Thursday afternoon and 5 a.m. Sunday, according to reporting from i45NOW....
safety
Five people, including two adults and three children, were killed Sunday afternoon when a Chevrolet Tahoe going eastbound on Interstate 10 plunged from an overpass onto FM 725 in Seguin. The Seguin Police Department says the victims, an adult man, an adult woman and three childre...
government
Houston’s churches own hundreds of acres of land. At the third annual Faith in Affordable Housing Summit, experts agreed that the land can be used for homes. Houston City Councilmember Tiffany D. Thomas, who chairs the council’s Housing and Affordability Committee and hosted the ...
government
After just two years in office, Freeport Mayor Jerry Cain is facing removal following a successful recall election. But while he acknowledges the outcome, he’s raising concerns about how the recall effort was handled from the beginning. About 56% of voters supported recalling Cai...
government
This article was originally written by Joseph Williams and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad for Word In Black. Last Tuesday, Democrats won decisive control of both the House and the Senate in their strongest showing in nearly two decades. A less publicized story is what the election did f...
business
I grew up in a household where there were certain things you just knew. You spoke when you walked into a room. You didn’t interrupt grown folks’ conversations. You didn’t touch anything in the store, and you certainly didn’t question your parents when they told you to do somethin...
schools
Houston’s The R.O.C.K. Church is expanding its commitment to children and families with the launch of the Kingdom Purpose Center (KPC), a new educational initiative designed to strengthen academic achievement, develop leadership, and help young people discover their potential. Th...
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Here we are, deep into another season of college football, and everyone is riding with their favorite squad. And that’s to be expected. People are always going to root for “their” team, be it their alma mater or merely the team they’ve always “rocked” with, for whatever reason. B...
safety
The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash in Port Bolivar that killed one motorcyclist and injured three others. It happened Friday morning on State Highway 87 at State Highway Loop 108 West. The sheriff’s office says 25-year-old Michael Johnson of Ceda...
