January 2009 - Page 2 of 5

Chron Austin bureau chief can't remember facts, opines regardless

January 26, 2009 Kevin Whited

Poor Clay Robison must be one tired guy. He oversees the combined Chronicle/Express-News Austin Bureau. He moonlights as a (lefty) editorialist once a week. And a legislative session just got underway. So, perhaps that explains

Stay the execution of Larry Ray Swearingen (updated)

January 25, 2009 Kevin Whited

We’ve had some fun over the years with the Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, which was once the anti-death-penalty Houston Chronicle‘s formulaic portrayal of every single cold-blooded killer who was scheduled to

Renaming Tolerance Bridge

January 25, 2009 Anne Linehan

Thank goodness someone came to their senses. Now if someone could just 86 that horrid design… After announcing the “Tolerance Bridge” project, city officials realized there was one thing they couldn’t tolerate: the name. So,

Houston METRO officer represents Houston well in DC

January 25, 2009 Kevin Whited

A few days ago, Jason blogged about the Houston METRO officer who saved a woman who was about to have an unfortunate encounter with a train. As it turns out, officer Eliot Swainson was one

Chron Froot Loops Bureau comeback in '09?

January 23, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle‘s Froot Loops bureau makes a rare appearance today: Homicide detectives are still investigating an overnight shooting in which a resident of a north Houston apartment said he disarmed a burglar and killed

A little problem for one mayoral aspirant?

January 22, 2009 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay blogs about a potential problem for possible mayoral candidate Ben Hall: One must actually live in the city to run for mayor. Not to worry, though — Hall is looking into buying

Houstonians like kittens… and crazy auto accidents

January 22, 2009 Kevin Whited

When we came to the end of this slideshow accompanying a wild story on KPRC-2’s website, we were amused by this “View most popular” page: Apparently, Houstonians like pictures of cute kittens… and pictures of

HPOU lawsuit appears to be moving forward

January 22, 2009 Jason

KPRC reports that the Houston Police Officers Union is ready to proceed with a lawsuit against Marvin Driver and Quanell X for slandering Houston Police Officers. The lawsuit could be filed next week according to

A red light camera ticket nightmare

January 22, 2009 Anne Linehan

What could possibly go wrong? How about this (via KPRC-2): Eileen Donevant did what I hope most of us would do. She took her directions from a Houston police officer motioning her through the red

Fun with local inauguration coverage

January 21, 2009 Kevin Whited

Every four years, it seems local news outlets go crazy with their coverage of the Presidential inauguration. This year was probably worse than most, given the historic nature of the event. Unfortunately, the whole thing