…er, drains. Well, except the drains are clogged up: Art was the crowning glory of the city-financed Cotswold Project, a $62 million effort to transform a drab section of downtown Houston into a dazzling destination
Two months after the Examiner‘s Michael Reed reported on the fate of Bolsover Street, after the failure of Lamesa’s Sonoma project, the Chronicle‘s editorial board opines thusly: What infuriates and puzzles many locals is that
That HPD tried to tweak the city’s questionable red light camera study to produce a more favorable conclusion — one more in line with what MayorWhiteChiefHurtt have been peddling ever since the cameras were first
The Chron.com Froot Loops Bureau posts this update today: A 14-year-old Magnolia girl remains in critical condition today with injuries suffered after she jumped out of her parents’ car and was hit by a vehicle
The Chron‘s teen diarist returns to familiar territory today: From Karl Rove to Bono, everybody’s got advice for the new president. But if Barack Obama is looking for fresh suggestions, light on cynicism and free
Last week, Chief Hurtt held a press conference to discuss 2008 crime statistics. Most local media outlets only regurgitated his comments, without any detailed reporting on the numbers, but KTRH-740 has helpfully posted a table
KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that Harris County residents whose homes were significantly damaged by Hurricane Ike shouldn’t be expecting any property tax breaks: On the outside, Jim Kaufman’s Nassau Bay home looks like it survived
Remember former KHOU-11 reporter Eileen Faxas? Chron columnist Ken Hoffman saw her in an informercial recently: So I’m watching Chef Nick use the Miracle Lid to cook pasta with no water, while his sidekick hostess
The Houston Chronicle seems to have decided there might be a future in watchdog reporting, especially watchdog reporting that involves The Houston Way. Recall that in late December, local reporters Bradley Olson and Carolyn Feibel
The Texas Watchdog crew caught this bit of news earlier: Cash bribes and trips to Las Vegas helped pave the way for a $47-million-a-year contract between the city [of Detroit] and a Texas company that