2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (203+ words) Olympic champion Carl Lewis helped welcome about 100 Houston-area middle school students to a shopping trip for new athletic shoes Thursday at Academy Sports + Outdoors. The event was part of Kicks for Class, a charitable initiative sponsored by the Heil Law…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (836+ words) Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine, in 1977. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Houston gave the conference’s keynote address. Abzug, wearing one of her famous hats, sat next to her. Delegates shopped for merch to take home. In protest of the National…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (118+ words) Year 2 of the Scott Abell era at Rice kicks off Saturday against crosstown foe Houston Christian. Rice opens its season with a crosstown matchup against Houston Christian. But Houston Christian (1-0) started its 2026 campaign last Thursday on the road against Southeastern…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (626+ words) Mahershala Ali stars as Latif in 'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother' (L to R) John Cho as Pastor Hwan and Mahershala Ali as Latif in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Scene from 'Who Killed Fourth Ward?' The Houston Cinema…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (241+ words) Director Bassam Tariq promotes the upcoming film "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother" during the Amazon MGM Studios presentation at CinemaCon at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 15, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Houston-raised film director Bassam Tariq, whose new,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1225+ words) Record housing supplies are not translating to big price discounts for Houston-area homebuyers. Pictured are new homes under construction in the Bridgeland master-planned community in Cypress on Nov. 10, 2025. For years during the pandemic, Houston homebuyers were told there just weren’t…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (250+ words) Pedestrians pictured near Texas Medical Center on June 17, 2026. Some Houston-area school districts are canceling Wednesday classes amid a storm. Some Houston-area school districts announced they will close Wednesday just after Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near the Gulf Coast. Forecasts…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (121+ words) Firefighters extinguished a fire Monday afternoon at the Texas Renaissance Festival grounds in Todd Mission, Grimes County officials said. A spokesperson for the Grimes County Emergency Management Office confirmed the fire and said no injuries were reported. Officials had not…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (643+ words) AUSTIN — The die has been cast. The perception of this year’s Texas team has already been ensconced in the nation’s consciousness of college football fans from Carmel to Cape Cod. It’s championship or bust for the Longhorns. Except … not really....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1014+ words) The "Gulfton Pride" mural at Burnett Bayland Park in Houston. Think of the heart of Houston, and you may envision a bustling downtown where productive office workers scurry around underground tunnels like ants. Perhaps you’ll picture a world-class medical center…...