KTRK-13’s Miya Shay reports that under Houston’s parking laws, metered parking spots may actually be “rented” by citizens for the price of $11.50 per day. Interestingly, if a car is parked legally in a “rented”
Isiah Carey posts an interesting bit of news tonight: Mayor White plans to ask the state legislature for a change to the law that requires a special election to fill the Council seat formerly held
It’s that time of year: Local media gone wild because a cold front is blowing through today with the promise of freezing temps tonight. We find local news highly entertaining when this happens (like the
Anne Linehan and I have been wondering what happened to Isiah Carey’s Insite. And so has Mike McGuff. Instead of serving up Isiah’s blog, the web address has been serving up ads/gibberish for the past
Former President Priscilla Slade’s grand jury testimony won’t be unsealed so Slade’s former assistant can review it for inconsistencies, although the testimony will be available for a grand jury review. TSU has a new interim
The Chronicle‘s Cindy George reports that two men living in Houston have been accused of helping funnel money to the Taliban: One of two Houston men accused of training to fight with the Taliban pleaded
Following the fatal drive-by shooting at Westbury High School earlier today, HISD deployed its automated phone system to contact over 1,000 parents almost instantaneously, according to HISD spokeman Terry Abbott. Here’s the message that went
The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists tossed a little chemistry at readers today: There is no evidence that Putin or anyone in the Kremlin had Litvinenko killed. The radioactive material, polonium-120, must be produced by a nuclear
For those of you who are missing former KPRC-950 talker Pat Gray following his abrupt departure from the station, there is good news: He’s now offering a podcast at PatGray.com. Judging from his commenters, it
The Chronicle runs an amusing correction today: Stewart & Stevenson, an integrated oil-field services company based in Houston, plans to raise up to $300 million by selling shares in an initial public offering. A report