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Channel 2 got it wrong

December 4, 2007 Jason

Read this story about a 14-year old who is accused of murdering a wrecker driver during a robbery attempt. Now, watch the video that accompanies it. Bill Balleza says that because the 14-year-old is charged

Private firms try to push construction of Grand Parkway

December 4, 2007 Anne Linehan

Without a lot of fanfare, something popped up on the latest Commissioners Court agenda: Recommendation that an unsolicited proposal by Grand Parkway Constructors be subjected to review and fact-finding negotiations by county staff and consultants

Quanell finds himself unwelcome

December 3, 2007 Jason

I think it was around last Friday when Quanell X, Houston’s own “community activist” was boasting in front of the cameras about his planned protest for Sunday in Joe Horn’s neighborhood. Remember, Joe Horn is

Rail down busy streets hurts mobility? Who knew?!

December 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

In today’s Move It column, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee addresses reader complaints about the progressive synchronization of downtown traffic signals. One problem with synchronizing the east-west signals is, of course, METRO’s transit backbone: MetroRail on

Copper thieves shut down downtown library

December 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

The downtown library, which seemingly has been under renovation forever, is shut down today. The shutdown wasn’t planned. Rather, as the Chronicle‘s David Ellison reports, the library was forced to shut down today because of

Progressive Bag Alliance supports Mayor White

December 2, 2007 Anne Linehan

The name might sound like a parody, but the Progressive Bag Alliance has a mission — to save plastic grocery bags, and Mayor White is in its camp: Some cities, including Austin, that once considered

A joint press release effort between the Chron and Metro

December 2, 2007 Anne Linehan

How has the line blurred between the Chronicle‘s Metro reporting, and Metro’s blog postings? So much so that this Rad Sallee story on the new stores Metro has opened to “ease the pain” of light

Interview with new GHCVB leader

December 1, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week the Houston Business Journal posted an interview with the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau’s new president, Greg Ortale. It sounds as if he’s quite the polar opposite of Jordy Tollett.

If you see a copper thief, be sure to call HPD

December 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Houston’s copper bandits have been in the news again lately. This bit of advice to citizens from an HPD captain (via KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan) following the latest brazen copper heist caught our eye today: “Usually

Cragg Hines returns

December 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Retired Chron politics columnist Cragg Hines returned to the newspaper last weekend… in the travel section. Hines had a nice write-up on the rebirth of New Orleans, replete with a list of his favorite spots