June 2007 - Page 6 of 6

Local reporter's book soon to be a Carrey movie

June 5, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Louis Parks reports that a local reporter’s book is about to be made into a movie starring Jim Carrey: Jim Carrey is set to play true-life Texas con man and escape artist Steven

METRO in the news

June 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports on preliminary findings from the panel asked to look into METRO’s problems last month with routing trains onto the same track: Although a final report may be weeks away, Reginald

Astrodome redevelopment group feels like it complied with financing deadline

June 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy reports that the group hoping to remake the Astrodome into a convention center hotel/destination contends it met a (relaxed) deadline to show it can obtain financing: A company that aims to

Montalvo strikes again!

June 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt reports on the latest gaffe by HPD’s frequently entertaining assistant police chief Martha Montalvo: So what did HPD have to say [about crime reporting questions]? They said they are doing everything correctly,

Not a bad gig…

June 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reported that METRO has extended the contract of CEO Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson: The Metropolitan Transit Authority board approved a two-year contract extension Thursday for president and CEO Frank

Build your local news dream team

June 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

Earlier in the week, Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman held a mock draft for his local news “dream team.” Today, he commented on some reader letters related to the same. So, who would be on your