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KHOU says goodbye to "Best Local TV Personality"

July 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fans of Scotty Kilmer’s popular Saturday Crank It Up auto show on KHOU-11 likely got a surprise this morning: June 30 was Kilmer’s last day at the station, which he recently announced on the busy

Smalley: METRO required to consider Richmond rail

July 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Tom Manning reports on Thursday’s light-rail scoping meeting held by METRO: As was the case with a series of public forums held in April and May, residents on both sides of the Richmond

HEC: another Lee Brown success story!

July 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

Never, never, never believe it when some government official says a new way to save money has been found. Government ALWAYS costs more. Case in point: Houston’s Emergency Center. KTRH-740’s awesome Brent Fuller did some

Food and drink roundup (06-30-2006 edition)

June 30, 2006 Callie Markantonis

It’s time for a quick and easy food and drink roundup. Alison Cook has found the newest foodie hit in Glass Wall. Robb Walsh calls the Pappas family’s Yia Yia Mary’s the Parthenon of pita

FishBowlDC interviews Chron White House correspondent

June 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Chronicle‘s White House correspondent and D.C. blogger Julie Mason was interviewed by the FishBowlDC blow on Media Bistro. Here’s a teaser: What word do you routinely misspell? Ocassion. Occasion? Damn. Did you

E&P praises Chron.com

June 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

The local Hearst daily got a nice little mention in Editor and Publisher this week: For the seventh year, E&P presents, on the following pages, an honor roll of newspapers that shatter the perception that

Houstonian declares herself "God's gift to the Senate"

June 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

In an interview with the left-leaning website MyDD, Houstonian and political novice Barbara Radnofsky, who is running as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kay Bailey Hutchison, concludes with an interesting

Grand Parkway F-2 segment public hearing scheduled

June 30, 2006 Anne Linehan

Finally the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for public viewing and public hearings are scheduled for July 11 and 12 (7 p.m.) at Klein Collins High School in Spring. I’ll be there! RELATED:

Silliness continues on Chron editorial page

June 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

A few days ago, we commented on the silliness that has afflicted the Chronicle editorial page of late. Today brought another fine example, as the Editorial LiveJournalists spelled Warren Buffett’s name wrong. Seven times (eight

Officer whose pay exceeded mayor's to retire

June 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports today that an HPD officer whose pay exceeded the mayor’s thanks to bonuses has decided to leave the force: A veteran Houston police officer who made $100,000 in overtime last