Month: June 2006

Lou Minatti calls our attention to Mayor White’s offer to our friends in the Calgary oilpatch: During a speech at the Global Petroleum Show yesterday, Houston Mayor Bill White said Alberta should look to his

The Houston Business Journal reports that Houston housing prices continue to set records: Houston home prices broke records in May, with the average single-family home price surpassing the $200,000 mark for the first time. The

Yes, he has. And five apartment complexes in southwest Houston are going to see an influx of HPD officers: When you look at the overall crime picture in the city, one-fourth of all the serious

KHOU-11’s Carolyn Campbell reports on some overly zealous parking-meter enforcement downtown: The Astros loss to the Braves Saturday was bad enough, but when longtime fan and season ticket holder, Nancy Barlow got to her car

When Chief Hurtt said this the other day: “Overall in the city of Houston, you’re pretty safe,” says Hurtt. “If you’re not involved in specific types of behavior, not out on the streets at particular

I can’t find the story online, but last night KPRC-2 highlighted a bizarre outburst by Councilwoman Sue Lovell directed at HISD. She’s decided to lay some blame for last week’s gang melee and killing at