February 2006 - Page 12 of 15

Media losing interest in Enron proceedings

February 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike Tolson writes that media interest in the Enron trial is already starting to fade: It’s a far cry from the early days, when news organizations tried to outdo each other with tales

Doug Miller hit piece on Dan Patrick omits detail

February 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller ran a hit piece on talk show host/Texas Senate candidate Dan Patrick today: Dan Patrick’s job as a talk show host got him into politics. Now it seems his political opponents were

Editorial LiveJournalists: Do as we say…

February 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Editorial LiveJournalists took out a little frustration on oil companies. Owen Courr

Are speed cameras next for Houston?

February 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Following up on Kevin’s post about the city of Houston choosing a red light camera vendor, I’d like to add that American Traffic Solutions, Inc., is also a big fan of speed cameras: In a

HISD works to improve science education

February 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Today is HISD’s State of the Schools luncheon/speech, and Jennifer Radcliffe gives us that information in this nice story on HISD’s efforts to improve science education. Children do love science, when it is made interesting

Fourth Ward residents object to street closures

February 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Cindy Horswell reports that some Fourth Ward residents aren’t happy about street closures that are being pushed by real-estate developers in the neighborhood: [Mount Horeb Missionary Baptist Church] on West Gray is located

Red light cameras are all about $afety

February 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle partner KHOU-11 actually beat Chron.com to the web with a story by Chron reporters Matt Stiles and Alexis Grant that HPD has recommended a vendor for Mayor White’s red-light-camera revenue stream: On Monday, the

Is it "news" if it's two weeks old?

February 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Move-It section reports the following: Good news. The Texas Department of Transportation says work on Spur 527 and the main lanes of the Southwest Freeway through the Montrose area is progressing so fast

A missed Chron eye opportunity?

February 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 beat the Chronicle to the punch on a potential Chron Eye today: A retrial began Monday for a man convicted of shooting four people, killing three of them, at a northwest Houston bowling alley

The serial killer that wasn't

February 6, 2006 Callie Markantonis

If one is to believe various news reports from this weekend, a serial killer who shoots and then torches his victims is on the loose in the southwest part of town. Here’s KTRK-13’s report: A