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KTRK's Wrigley checks in on African-American museum

October 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Deborah Wrigley reports that some fourth-ward residents are not happy that there’s been no movement on an African-American museum: It’s been almost two years and still there’s no museum or cultural center in the

Vagrant agrees to 12 years for firefighter's death

October 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports that Jack Cordua, the vagrant responsible for a firefighter’s death back in February, pleaded guilty today: Jack Cordua, the vagrant who was charged with manslaughter after investigators said he started a fire inside

Chron editorial board's tunnel vision

October 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

On September 21st, the Washington Post reported that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) sold all his stock “in his family’s hospital corporation about two weeks before it issued a disappointing earnings report and the

Two unanticipated disasters hit Houston hospitals hard

October 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston-area hospitals are now assessing the financial damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Several Houston hospitals are estimating the price tag for the help they offered during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could be about $10

Pearland ISD ekes out a bond victory

October 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Elam points to this Chron story that says voters approved Pearland ISD’s bond proposal — but just barely: Voters in the Pearland Independent School District on Saturday narrowly passed a $58 million bond package

It's not a Pulitzer, but it's something

October 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chron‘s Religion section has won an award: The Houston Chronicle has won the Religion Newswriters Association’s Schachern Award for the best religion section among newspapers with circulations over 100,000. The Chronicle was among five

STAR: The wonders of METRO

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Several days ago, the Chronicle‘s Lifestyle & Features (STAR!) section ran an advertisement for METRO posing as news. Owen Courreges promptly took issue with the cheerleading, as did Laurence Simon. Here’s an excerpt from Laurence:

Chron finally opines on DeLay indictment

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Thursday, every major state newspaper and many “national” newspapers editorialized on the DeLay indictment. The Chronicle was silent. Friday? Silence. Saturday? Silence. Today, in their usual timely manner , the Chronicle managed an editorial

KTRK posts interview with DeLay

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Tom Abrahams scored an interview with Rep. Tom DeLay a couple of days ago. The transcript of that interview is posted on KTRK’s website, for those who are interested.

In the aftermath of Rita…

October 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Readers may recall that a while ago, I highlighted a new Chron approach to editorializing: Simply write, “in the aftermath of Katrina,” followed by whatever opinion previously held on unrelated issues. Today, the newspaper’s partisan