BHv1 Archives - Page 211 of 656

Apparently, all the news has been covered

January 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 has the scoop on some just-barely-news tonight: It’s happened again. A bird was attacked in Katy, but not just any bird. It’s over eight feet tall, bright purple and the guy inside is getting

METRO undercover cops bust loaded vagrant, ticket him

January 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jason Whitely reports that METRO undercover cops (we never thought we would actually use the term without derision!) actually busted a panhandler, and the guy was loaded (with cash): [P]anhandlers, especially the aggressive ones,

Chron's Stiles assumes new role

January 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

Carolyn Feibel posts that reporter Matt Stiles will be moving on from the City Hall beat to a wider-ranging role at the Chronicle: Yes, folks, the rumors are true. Matt has moved on from the

Chron.com's front page

January 15, 2008 Anne Linehan

…has a new look. First impression: You have to scroll (way) down to find the local headlines — past the reader photos and blogs, past the video section, and past the news bizarre and celebrity

Commissioner Eversole wants a do-over

January 15, 2008 Anne Linehan

Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole has decided to deal with at least one of the issues uncovered by KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino: Acknowledging “numerous errors” in previous campaign-finance records, Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole said today

Soccer stadium land could cost $20 million! (updated)

January 14, 2008 Anne Linehan

Remember how Mayor White has said time and again that a new soccer stadium would not require the city to contribute public funding? Well, today Carolyn Feibel reports that through some kind of government financing-magic,

Frank "Procurement Disaster" Wilson will chat online Tuesday*

January 14, 2008 Anne Linehan

File this under “Short Notice” (see update below): Got a question for Metropolitan Transit Authority president and CEO Frank Wilson? If so, get to a computer at noon today, log onto www.ridemetro.org, then click on

Chron Froot Loop Bureau gets more sophisticated

January 13, 2008 Kevin Whited

We haven’t seen much lately from Chronicle‘s Froot Loop Bureau, which once featured writers who seemingly watched the morning TV news with their breakfast and then posted accounts of their TV watching to Chron.com. It

Mayor White warns Council to stick with his agenda

January 13, 2008 Anne Linehan

Did you see Carolyn Feibel’s post last week on Chron.com’s City Hall blog, about Mayor White’s warning to the new city council? Bill White began today with a little lecture to the newly-constituted council. He

Lack of data won't hinder city's effort to stop Ashby high rise*

January 13, 2008 Anne Linehan

As he noted here, Neal Meyer has written a post about a meeting he attended last week regarding the Ashby high-rise ordinance Mayor White is pushing at the behest of Southampton residents. (Did any local