CenterPoint Energy activated its Emergency Operations Center Monday morning as it prepares for potential impacts from Invest 97L across Southeast Texas, including the Greater Houston area, starting Tuesday. The weather system could bring several inches of heavy rainfall, localized flooding and gu...
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Black women judges in Harris County face a pivotal 2026 election as concerns grow over down-ballot voter turnout and the future of judicial representation. chatgpt. In 2018, something unexpected happened in Harris County. Nineteen Black women judges won elections in Harris County...
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Houston ISD, now in its fourth year under the Texas Education Agency’s intervention, has seen a wave of departures among top officials. They include senior ranking employees to members of the state-appointed board of managers, who preside over board meetings and vote on HISD deci...
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Coryn Fields has become the player Madison High School can count on most this season. The Energy Institute High School student, who plays volleyball for Madison because her magnet school does not offer athletics, leads the team in kills per set (3.5), kills (106), blocks (25), an...
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Stand for Black fathers With college football cooking, the NFL moving into the second quarter of its season, and the NBA throwing up the first jump ball of the 2026-27 season, it’s also another season we need to be aware of—Black Father misinformation season. Sportscasters (and t...
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In the right light, Estee Marie’s paintings tell a second story. Switch on a black light over her signature masterpieces, and images brushed in invisible paint appear, there all along but waiting to be seen. That hidden layer mirrors her own life. “I am a woman who luckily does n...
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Here's what is known about the suspect in the deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.
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The Texas attorney general’s office has sent letters to 156 data center developments across the state urging them to comply with water use reporting requirements....
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Gov. Greg Abbott asked the U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday, Oct. 15 to provide federal disaster tax relief to individuals and businesses affected by the severe storms and flooding in Texas on July 14....
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The Houston Texans will play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Houston time for their first international game since 2019. Texans owners Cal & Hannah McNair, along with Texans legend Andre Johnson, are already overseas, pouring pints of beer to fa...
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Houston’s construction industry is feeling the strain of a growing labor shortage, as immigration enforcement pushes workers off job sites and out of the state. Crews are on the job before sunrise on Houston’s Northside, framing new homes in one of the most active housing markets...
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A boom in enrollment at the Friendswood Senior Citizen Program is pushing its local facility to its limits, raising safety and accessibility concerns for local seniors....
