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Chron tries to keep Ruben Cantu story alive

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s efforts to win that elusive first Pulitzer via the Ruben Cantu story have stalled somewhat, but the local Hearst daily just keeps plugging along in its efforts to keep the story alive: Sam

KTRH: Houston Federal Reserve branch flies Mexican flag

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740’s Josh Carroll and Scott Braddock report that Houston’s Federal Reserve bank branch flew the Mexican flag today: The flag of Mexico flew at the Federal Reserve Bank’s Branch in Houston Tuesday because Mexican dignitaries

New Chron Galveston bureau reporter could use a little balance

January 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

In a story that appeared on Chron.com momentarily on Saturday, then disappeared, then reappeared on Sunday, Harvey Rice reported on some rail utopians on the island: A passenger train between Houston and Galveston could begin

Stephen Smith, we hardly knew ya!

January 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Washington Post‘s Frank Ahrens reports that the Washington Examiner has scored a high-profile new editor, luring him away from our own Chronicle, where he served as the Hearst daily’s D.C. bureau chief for roughly

Chron: METRO cuts bus service six days, claims net weekly increase

January 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

In an article about rider complaints over METRO’s latest “service adjustments,” the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee takes a closer look at the recent changes: Ever since the massive 2004 revamping to coordinate bus service with the

Chron, Texas Monthly cover Sunnyside, Gulfton Ghetto

January 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

Over the weekend, the Chronicle ran a story by Robert Crowe on Houston’s Sunnyside neighborhood (where Robert McIntosh was recently shot), and the drug culture that prevails there. Here’s an excerpt: Parts of Sunnyside are

Chron: White/HPD will cut overtime funding

January 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

As noted in an update to this post, Mayor White rushed a memo to Council after a critical report by KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan regarding alleged plans to cut back on police overtime and cadet classes.

Love to travel? Bookmark this one

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

If you love to travel, and also love to get a good deal on travel (since that means you can afford even MORE travel), you need to bookmark a new Chron.com site, and/or add it

Residents want West Alabama bike lanes restored

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Ken Fountain reports for the Examiner newspapers that people who live near West Alabama are wondering why the street has not been restored to its previous (non-contraflow lane) configuration, now that the Spur 527 construction

Local Congressmembers want promised light rail, not bus rapid transit

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports that two area Democratic members of Congress are pushing for federal money to fund light-rail lines that METRO promised voters in the 2003 referendum: As Metro began negotiations with a