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Hurtt: Surging murder rate "very much unacceptable"

May 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that the murder rate in Houston shot up again in April: Houston’s murder rate for April was the highest in the past three years, KPRC Local 2 reported. Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt

Dreadful Chron headline writers strike again

May 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

Headline seen on Chron.com: Oil falls more than $2 as gas demand eases It would be really nice, here in the energy capital of the world, if editorialists and headline writers at the city’s only

Houston's Katrina cost: $200 million and counting

May 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s News Blog has posted a breakdown of Houston’s Katrina expenditures, which it obtained from the city controller’s office.

Is METRO SORTa on alert?

May 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

Via Laurence Simon: ABC News has learned that the Department of Homeland Security has alerted U.S. mass transit officials to “suspicious videotaping” of European rail systems that point to a continuing terrorist interest in targeting

Just wait till Grodinsky tries the Spur 527 Deathramp

May 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle transportation columnist Rad Sallee recently wrote about a colleague’s harrowing experience with the downtown Allen Parkway/I-45 ramp: Houston Chronicle food editor Peggy Grodinsky, who didn’t use a car when she lived in New York

One Question, One Answer, Two Months

May 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Ron Henderson is a remarkably consistent man. For roughly two months now, he’s been unwavering in his support of red light cameras. The Chronicle asks him if he supports ’em. His answer on the editorial

Casting a skeptical eye on a KHOU expos

May 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt had a big story last night about bonuses handed out to Harris County Housing Authority staff, including a $23,000 bonus given to Executive Director Guy Rankin on top of his $95,000 salary.

It was all hands on deck at the USS Chronicle…

May 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

…for yesterday’s illegal immigrant rights protest. The Chron‘s hard news story required six reporters, and the news analysis required four reporters. After reading both, it’s unclear why the news analysis isn’t considered a straight news

Houston's Environmental Summit

May 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

Do you know someone who has improved the quality of Houston’s environment? Well, Mayor White wants to hear from you: The City of Houston and Keep Houston Beautiful will be hosting the 2006 Environmental Summit

Dave Ward's not done just yet

May 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman reports that longtime KTRK-13 anchor Dave Ward isn’t quite ready to ride off (or rocket off, according to some accounts of his driving habits) into retired-anchor land just yet: Scratch the retirement party