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Obscure and Exposed: Art Installation Uses UH Campus as Canvas

Look up, look down, look all around and you can’t miss the bright yellow vinyl panels with text plastered all over the University of Houston campus. “Coog’s House” is transforming into a canvas for a public art installation called “The …

'The Stoner Mom': Woman Wants To End Shame For Moms Who Use Marijuana

Kathryn VanEaton is a stay-at-home mom of two, and a step-mom to two more.

Neighborhood Eats: Cool Downtown Food And Drink Spot Turns One

Some of Houston's most popular food truck operators call it home, like the owners of Casian King and Melange Creperie.

Bill Clinton Spends Time With George H.W. Bush While In Houston

Former President Bill Clinton has been spending some time with former President George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara in Houston.

Houston To Dallas In 30 Minutes?

The drive from Houston to Dallas can take hours - but a new type of transportation could help you skip the traffic and get to Dallas in just half an hour.

HFD Pushes To Ban Texting And Driving In Texas

The Houston Fire Department is pushing to prevent texting and driving among teens.

Sex Shops And Zoning In Houston

Anyone who’s ever been anywhere near the Galleria has probably seen the blue and pink building that’s home to Zone d’Erotica.

Art Car Parade rolls through Downtown Houston

Lines could be seen out the door at Houston-area Papa John's Pizza restaurants on Monday after the chain announced its sales would support the family of Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Clinton Greenwood.

Passenger Dragged Off Overbooked United Flight

Several passengers on United flight 3411 from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louisville, Kentucky, captured video as a man was dragged off the plane by authorities after he apparently refused to leave.

Mayor Turner Kicks off Historic Summer Jobs Program

Mayor Sylvester Turner and partners kicked off the application period for the second year of Hire Houston Youth at a breakfast at the McDonalds on Studemont at I-10. Utilizing public/private partnerships, Hire Houston Youth will provide jobs and internships to …

Proton-nuclei smashups yield clues about 'quark gluon plasma'

Findings from Rice University physicists working at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are providing new insight about an exotic state of matter called the "quark-gluon plasma" that occurs when protons and neutrons melt.

Honors Day Convocation Reveals Amazing Level of Academic Achievement

Texas Southern University’s best and brightest students along with family and friends filled H&PE Arena March 30 for the annual Honors Day Convocation ceremony. Dr. Willie Capers served as the keynote speaker. Dr. Capers, vice-chair of Clinical and Administrative Health …

Chief Acevedo Addresses Concerns in Hispanic Community About Calling Police

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said there has been a drop in crimes being reported in the Hispanic community because of deportation fears.

Texas Drivers in Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Auto Rates

Texas drivers living in minority areas are generally charged more for auto insurance than people with similar risk profiles who live in white neighborhoods — despite laws that ban discriminatory rate setting, a new study of car insurance pricing shows.

Miracle Laughs Are Seen and Heard At the Alley’s “An Act of God”

The Alley’s Theatre’s “An Act of God” is a rowdy, hilarious farce of a play centering on God and its very comedic view of mankind. This one act play written and created by playwright David Javerbaum addresses many views we …