SALT LAKE CITY — Conner Weigman left Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium in a walking boot, hobbling towards the Houston buses. The bulky gray boot encased Weigman’s left foot and lower left leg. And Weigman did not practice much in the week leading up to University of Houston’s 21-13 loss to undefeated U...
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Officials believe the victim and suspect knew each other and had some sort of personal dispute.
government
Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia announced Monday that training has started for 24-hour ankle monitor surveillance. This comes amid two high-profile cases where suspects from the county reportedly cut off their ankle monitors....
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Harris County set a record on the first day of early voting Oct. 19, when more than 104,600 people cast ballots in person ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election. The previous first-day mark for a midterm, set in 2018, was 63,188. Early voting runs through Oct. 30. The turnout point...
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Another Sunday on the home turf and the end result was another loss. The NFL season now spiraling through seven weeks where the Texans are now sitting a dismal 2 and 5 on the year. “Being o-fer at home isn’t what we expected it to be,” Head Coach DeMeco Ryans said Monday. “We wan...
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Houston native Shannan E. Johnson is a screenwriter and the founder of The Professional Pen, a Los Angeles-based script consultancy. Courtesy: Shannan E. Johnson When Shannan E. Johnson thinks about her father, two pictures come to mind. One is the ropings her family hosted in th...
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A Florida mother is mourning three adult children killed with three others when their vehicle caught fire after crashing into a roadside assistance truck....
government
Let’s stop playing games with our future. The excuses for not voting have become as plentiful as the problems facing Black America. “My vote doesn’t matter.” “Both parties are the same.” “The system is rigged.” “God’s got it.” Really? And at what point did God tell us that faith ...
schools
During a Texas Senate committee hearing on education , state-appointed Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles was pressed on his “high performance culture” claims. Touting the school district’s letter grades, he honed in on closing the racial achievement gap. The hearing focused o...
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It’s more than a little rough around these parts for assistant football coaches, particularly defensive coaches. Of course, when things aren’t going right, it’s often hard to find players on the roster who can get them right, and no logical head coach is going to bench himself. I...
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This week’s Pattern: Humidity, rain and thunderstorms return to southeast Texas this week. Rain is possible six out of the next nine days in Houston. Tuesday’s forecast: We’ve had a string of dry weather with low humidity. While the humidity doesn’t get too out of control Tuesday...
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An AI-generated endorsement video supporting Republican interim Fort Bend County Judge Daniel Wong has sparked pushback from his Democratic opponent, County Commissioner Dexter McCoy....
safety
Some Sienna residents could pay more in taxes and fees and receive different police services under a proposal to bring their neighborhood into Missouri City....
