2009 - Page 46 of 70 - blogHOUSTON

Chron.com makes a mess of columnists page, again

June 22, 2009 Kevin Whited

Chron.com recently updated its columnists page, after a similar update in May. Austin politics reporter Peggy Fikac is now listed on the page, as is sports reporter “Gerald” Solomon. Unfortunately, the RSS feed for Fikac’s

Where in Texas is Mayor White?

June 21, 2009 Anne Linehan

With apologies to Carmen Sandiego, we’ve been amused to see Senate-candidate White traveling the state in search of money and votes, trying very hard not to sound like the good progressive he resembles in, uh,

1560 The Game cracks Top Ten for morning drive

June 21, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s David Barron reports that relatively young sports talker KGOW-1560 continues to show some impressive growth: Mild surprise No. 1: For the first time since August 2008, one of Houston’s four all-sports radio stations

$180,000 in "undeclared" cash seized at Bush Intercontinental

June 20, 2009 Anne Linehan

Someone tried to get a suitcase full of money past customs at IAH last week: The Customs Border Protection (CBP) stopped an unidentified person traveling to Mexico after the X-ray machine images revealed great sums

Houston Airport System stonewalls Texas Watchdog on salary request

June 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

The folks at Texas Watchdog, who have recently run into resistance with City of Houston public information requests (as have the folks at KHOU-11 News), report that the Houston Airport System is playing the passenger

How does he REALLY feel about the city's efforts?

June 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

Here’s a fun lede from the Chron‘s Bradley Olson: Houston has moved heaven and earth to expand its recycling programs this year after a trade publication ranked it at the bottom of all major U.S.

New HPD property room a step in the right direction

June 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

This promising headline appears on the KTRK-13 site tonight: The days of missing evidence are over They must be using Chronicle headline writers, because the story doesn’t quite match: It could be up to a

Audacity: Lee Brown claims he fought hard to fix HPD crime lab!

June 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KPRC-950 talker Chris Baker called our attention to the latest installment of Houston’s Crime Lab Follies, a wrongful conviction lawsuit seeking millions from the City of Houston (as reported by the Chronicle‘s Mary Flood):

Chron.com "as good an example of what not to do with a newspaper site as any"

June 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones notes some recent ratings of newspaper websites by Douglas McIntyre of Wall Street 24/7. McIntyre is not a fan of Chron.com, giving the site a D+: This site is a bit of a

San Francisco passes on Chief Hurtt

June 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

The two Hearst Chronicles report that San Francisco will not be hiring HPD Chief Harold Hurtt: San Francisco has bypassed Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt to fill its top cop spot. San Francisco Mayor Gavin