April 2008 - Page 6 of 6

KTRK-13 still fighting for sheriff's emails

April 6, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg reports that the station is going back to court to try to obtain emails from the sheriff’s office, after an agreement between the parties apparently fell apart: KTRK-TV is again taking on

HPD: Murders down through first quarter of the year

April 6, 2008 Kevin Whited

At the end of the week, HPD announced some good news: HPD officials say that the City of Houston has recorded the fewest numbers of murders for the first quarter of this year since 2005.

A momentary break….

April 6, 2008 Anne Linehan

What a terrific weekend! Hopefully you have been out enjoying it, getting some sun and enjoying the great temps. Gotta stay healthy, you know. Anyway, here’s a story from Chron.com yesterday about how the Harris

Adventures in Chron headline writing (cont'd)

April 5, 2008 Kevin Whited

Matt Bramanti’s keen eye spots a Chron headline that doesn’t quite match the accompanying story. Here’s the headline: Storm dumps ‘softball-sized hail’ at Decatur Airport And here’s the story (with the relevant part in bold):

METRO's expensive blogger lauds new search engine; users disagree

April 4, 2008 Kevin Whited

METRO’s expensive blogger recently commented on the redesign of the transit organization’s website, lauding one feature in particular: Perhaps the biggest feature you’ll appreciate is the search engine we’ve incorporated. Want to look up the

Hubert Vo's "next step toward positive change": ridding himself of slumlord status! (updated)

April 3, 2008 Anne Linehan

When state Rep. Hubert Vo (D-Houston) kicked off his reelection campaign, he said: “We’ve come a long way in a short time, and now we have a chance to take the next step toward positive

Radio Mojo "stars" as unoriginal and crude as ever

April 2, 2008 Kevin Whited

Walton and Johnson, the uninspiring duo who were inexplicably given hours upon hours of airtime to fill on a once-important Houston radio station after Michael “Babe Pages” Berry managed to depose most everyone who knew

Dangerous time/place/behavior update (04/01/2008)

April 1, 2008 Kevin Whited

Courtesy of KTRK-13 comes this dangerous time/place/behavior update from yesterday: DeChaumes Elementary School parents are on alert tonight after the school principal telephoned to warn them about the attempted abduction of a student on a

Playground equipment probably didn't spontaneously combust

April 1, 2008 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KTRK-13’s Deborah Wrigley reported on vandalism at a Bellaire park: There is a plea to parents to help find the person who torched a popular playground in Bellaire. Slides and swings were destroyed over