Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Chron's Casey needs a little break

March 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s metro/state plagiarist Rick Casey is apparently worn down from the column grind, and announced today he’ll be taking a five-month sabbatical. Slampo suggests that’s good news for Chronicle subscribers! BLOGVERSATION: HouStoned, Lone Star

Eckels to step down on Tuesday

March 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

We sometimes have a chuckle at the hapless Chron headline writers, but they nailed it with this headline over the weekend: Eckels is out; Emmett likely in Or, as they might have put it, the

Blogburst pulled from most Chron.com pages

March 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

In 2006, Chron.com was one of the early news sites to announce it would be running BlogBurst content. BlogBurst basically delivers blogger content to relevant sections of news sites. This is how BlogBurst describes its

KHOU news wins February sweeps

March 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports that its news broadcasts won the latest ratings period: The numbers are in for the February sweeps and once again, Channel 11, Houston’s only station broadcasting in HD, is number one. Nielsen Media

It's rodeo time

March 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

Richard Connelly has a nice feature on the rodeo in this week’s Houston Press. Here’s a teaser: You’re not officially a Houstonian until you’ve done a couple of things: given the finger to an SUV

Mayor: No redistricting before 2010 census

March 2, 2007 Kevin Whited

According to the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles, Mayor White has decided against adding new council districts at this time based on the city’s estimates of population growth: Mayor Bill White has decided against adding two single-member

Montrose construction boom sure to produce traffic crunch

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports on the midrise construction boom taking place in Montrose: “I have never seen this kind of development,” said Houston City Councilmember Sue Lovell. “I mean, 10 midrises going up, pretty much

Psst, Tilman — want another fire station?

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Jennifer Friedberg reports that the City of Houston is about to retire a fire station: After more than 50 years in service, the Houston Fire Department is ready to retire Station No. 37

Surely he doesn't want to be crushed like a bug…

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Blogger Tory Gattis attended a lunch put on by the Blueprint Houston utopians and reports this bit of entertaining bluster: I’d characterize it as a regroup-and-rally for the pro-planning forces after the disappointment last year.

KPRC retires Radar the Weather Dog

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Mike McGuff notes that KPRC-2 is retiring Radar the Weather Dog from its newscasts. The Chronicle‘s Mike McDaniel has the full story here.