January 2007 - blogHOUSTON

Casey: Texas governors to blame for TSU's problems (huh?)

January 31, 2007 Kevin Whited

Chron lefty plagiarist Rick Casey launches today’s column on TSU as follows: Gov. Rick Perry could have done much more than appoint a blue-ribbon panel to help address the financial scandals at Texas Southern University.

Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (cont'd)

January 31, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop bureau checks in this morning with the following account of a shooting courtesy of the local TV news: A man was shot in the parking lot of Haude Elementary School when

Chron headline writers strike again (cont'd)

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

A Chron.com story with this headline appeared in various neighborhood sections of the online newspaper today: Free flu shots offered in February Here is the lede: The Harris County Hospital District’s Troubleshooters mobile immunization outreach

Chron tries to keep Ruben Cantu story alive

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s efforts to win that elusive first Pulitzer via the Ruben Cantu story have stalled somewhat, but the local Hearst daily just keeps plugging along in its efforts to keep the story alive: Sam

KTRH: Houston Federal Reserve branch flies Mexican flag

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740’s Josh Carroll and Scott Braddock report that Houston’s Federal Reserve bank branch flew the Mexican flag today: The flag of Mexico flew at the Federal Reserve Bank’s Branch in Houston Tuesday because Mexican dignitaries

New Chron Galveston bureau reporter could use a little balance

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

In a story that appeared on Chron.com momentarily on Saturday, then disappeared, then reappeared on Sunday, Harvey Rice reported on some rail utopians on the island: A passenger train between Houston and Galveston could begin

Stephen Smith, we hardly knew ya!

January 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Washington Post‘s Frank Ahrens reports that the Washington Examiner has scored a high-profile new editor, luring him away from our own Chronicle, where he served as the Hearst daily’s D.C. bureau chief for roughly

Chron: METRO cuts bus service six days, claims net weekly increase

January 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

In an article about rider complaints over METRO’s latest “service adjustments,” the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee takes a closer look at the recent changes: Ever since the massive 2004 revamping to coordinate bus service with the

Chron, Texas Monthly cover Sunnyside, Gulfton Ghetto

January 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

Over the weekend, the Chronicle ran a story by Robert Crowe on Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood (where Robert McIntosh was recently shot), and the drug culture that prevails there. Here’s an excerpt: Parts of Sunnyside are

Fun with Metroblog

January 28, 2007 Anne Linehan

The suspense is over: Sit and Spin is the “official” name of Metro’s new blog, although bH didn’t wait for the final results to start using it. Last week’s Sit and Spin offerings are not