June 2006 - Page 10 of 13

Shara Fryer leaving KTRK-13

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 announced today that Shara Fryer would be leaving the station: KTRK General Manager Henry Florsheim announced that former Eyewitness News anchor Shara Fryer is leaving ABC13. Shara was the longest serving woman news anchor

Here are the first red light camera intersections!

June 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13’s Jeff Ehling gives us a heads up on the first intersections to receive red light cameras: The first group of ten red light cameras used to monitor red light running will be installed at

Thanks, blogHOUSTONians

June 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Thanks to the folks who came out to Byzantio last night for our little gathering. It was a good time, and the night just flew by. We tend to manage only about two of these

Mayor White wants big rigs included in Safeclear program

June 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

The next phase in the revamped Safeclear program is coming to light as HPD is negotiating with local big rig towing companies that can clear disabled 18-wheelers: Houston will expand its “Safe Clear” towing program

Area taxpayers may not see promised Perry/Sharp tax reduction

June 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Houston Business Journal ran this assessment from Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt of the likely impact of the Perry/Sharp education/tax package on taxpayers in the Houston-Harris County area: Harris County Tax

Carey: KPRC-2 news gets a shakeup

June 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey posts the news that there’s been a shakeup at KPRC-2: Reliable sources tell The Insite news director Nancy Shafran has been let go after 12 years at the NBC affiliate station. We’re

Graffiti-proofing products would put the city on offense

June 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Slampo read a Chron This Week story last week (got that?) about graffiti eradication efforts in southwest Houston, and he points out that things aren’t looking up: The bad news is the Sisyphusean futility of

Teen killed in broad daylight in Montrose-area park

June 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports on a teenager who was beaten to death in broad daylight earlier in a Montrose-area park: A teenage boy has been beaten and stabbed to death in a Houston park. The 14-year-old was

Features style infects Chron business, sports sections

June 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle business section today ran a puff piece on a family that works at Continental Airlines. Here’s an excerpt: Crew members aboard Continental Airlines Flight 1683 from Houston to El Paso on Thursday will

Slime in the ice machine as fight song

June 6, 2006 Callie Markantonis

Mike McGuff brings to our attention the huge write-up KTRK-13’s Marvin Zindler got in the Chron yesterday. It isn’t easy explaining to out-of-towners or the newly arrived who or what Marvin Zindler is, or why