Month: January 2009

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