3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (361+ words) HOUSTON — Houston leaders launched a new “Demolition Days” initiative Friday, starting with a longtime abandoned home in Kashmere Gardens. City leaders said dangerous properties like the home on Kashmere Street attract illegal dumping and contribute to drainage problems in nearby…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (319+ words) HOUSTON — More than one million endangered Houston toad eggs were released at Bastrop State Park as part of a renewed recovery effort led by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), working with the Houston Zoo, Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (182+ words) HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo is elevating animal health care for its senior animals. It's doing that with a brand new CT scanner. One of the first patients to use it -- a 21-year-old green anaconda named... What it looks like when…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) HOUSTON — What looked like rain showers popping up on radar Wednesday evening turned out to be something much more unusual — and pretty cool. Chief Meteorologist David Paul said radar briefly captured thousands of bats emerging from colonies across the Houston…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (406+ words) HOUSTON — Texas ranchers and hay producers are being urged to take a hard look at their pastures after state officials confirmed a highly destructive new pest has arrived in the Lone Star State. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller on Wednesday…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (462+ words) HOUSTON — Thursday marked the three-week deadline South Union residents set for Houston District D Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz after she previously told them, "so just give me a chance to get it done." At the time, resident Tamara Alexander responded,…...