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 the back of her gra...
safety
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....
government
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...
safety
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...
News
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...
government
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....
government
The Fort Bend County judge who is also running to keep his seat is speaking out after a video on his campaign’s social media pages was identified as using artificial intelligence-generated images of Black voters. The video showed four people praising Judge Daniel Wong. After it w...
