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Cragg Hines has left the building

July 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

Today, Chronicle DC columnist Cragg Hines turns in his last column — fittingly, a reflection of his career and himself: I thought about going quietly, just a couple of sentences toward the end of a

LA Times profiles Quanell the Tenth

July 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

Houston’s own Quanell the Tenth was profiled this week in the LA Times. Here’s an excerpt: Quanell X was once just Quanell Evans, a Houston street urchin from a shattered home who was slinging crack

City looks to buy former Hackberry Golf Course

July 28, 2007 Anne Linehan

The City of Houston is purchasing a new park (via KUHF-88.7): In a $5 million deal, the city is about to purchase 22 acres of land in the heart of Alief. Houston Parks Department Director

Chron: Everything's fine in Tilman-land, really!

July 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

Today, the Chronicle affords Tilman Fertitta the opportunity to assure readers that his operation is fine, in response to recent reporting on his company’s refinancing woes: Landry’s Restaurants Chairman and CEO Tilman Fertitta said Friday

Chron scaffolding is not world class

July 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay blogs about the eyesore that just won’t go away at 801 Texas Avenue: If you’ve walked by the Houston Chronicle’s building downtown in the last.. oh.. FIVE years, chances are you’ve either

Who can blame them for being concerned? It's Metro, after all

July 27, 2007 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 has another story on residents in southeast Houston who aren’t pleased a light rail line is coming to their neighborhood: For more than 30 years, Rutha Hymon has lived in MacGregor Place. “This is

KHOU: Mobile food vendors protest new regulations

July 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Karla Barguiarena reports that some mobile food vendors are unhappy with new regulations that will go into effect in September: On the corner of Airline and Aldine Mail Road, Rosario Torres’ fajita recipe has

Chron Eye for the 100th Harris County Death Row Killer Guy!

July 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

A three-reporter Chronicle story today notes the indifference over what the reporters (or at least their editors) probably thought would be a much bigger, much more exciting story: Lonnie Earl Johnson, convicted of the 1990

Just be honest and say they are lifetime benefits

July 25, 2007 Anne Linehan

Every few months, local media treat us to the latest story of how Hurricane Katrina victims will have their housing aid extended. Here’s KTRK-13: Families that received federal housing assistance before getting displaced by hurricanes

Infernal Bridegroom Productions shuts down

July 24, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Everett Evans reports some disappointing news about the Houston stage scene: Infernal Bridegroom Productions, Houston’s foremost avant-garde theater company, has ceased operations because of “insurmountable financial difficulties.” The news was made public late