Month: December 2004

Houston Emergency Center employees will be giving City Council an earful tonight, according to KHOU-11: Houston Emergency Center workers are sounding off at City Council Monday. They say they are overworked and understaffed and the

Now that CenterPoint Energy is actually tearing up backyards and cutting down trees, the Chronicle decided the issue was worthy of front-page City & State coverage: With the company’s permission, at least 22 residents on

At the beginning of December, the Houston Emergency Center (911) had its latest technical mishap. Today’s Chronicle carries an op-ed by HPD Sgt. Johnnie McFarland discussing the myriad of problems the center has faced since

KPRC-2 gives us this AP story about Bush Intercontinental Airport’s volunteer cavalry: Under a year-old program that’s grown beyond expectations, the airport has more than 600 “Airport Rangers” who comprise a volunteer cavalry that looks

Voters in the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD approved a big bond measure yesterday: A record $713 million bond issue to build new schools and renovate older ones in Cypress-Fairbanks won overwhelming approval Saturday. The two-pronged bond referendum

Good news from the San Jacinto Battleground Park: The tidal marshes so vital to the Texas Army’s success in overtaking Mexican soldiers on April 21, 1836, are enjoying a little success of their own these