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Ted Cruz, Jimmy Kimmel to face off in one-on-one basketball game to benefit charity
Sen. Ted Cruz will face off against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in a game of one-on-one basketball Saturday, with the proceeds to benefit two Houston-based charitable organizations, the comedian announced Monday night.
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Pro-Vision Inc. Hosts Ribbon Cutting Celebration in Sunnyside
Janice McNair and McNair Foundation to Announce 5 Million Dollar Gift to Housing Initiative
Pro-Vision Inc. will host a ribbon cutting and community celebration at the Sunnyside campus for a new multi-purpose building on Tuesday, August 13th beginning at 11:30 a.m. at 4590 Wilmington St., Houston, TX 77051. The celebration will also include the announcement of a generous $5 million gift by Janice McNair (who will be in attendance) through The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation for the organization’s new housing initiative.
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Houston's Own "LIL BRI" From Lifetime Network The Rape Game Season 4
Lil Bri, from Lifetime Reality Show, The Rap Game, will make a special appearance and will be honored at Devine Creations 2nd Annual "Write the Vision" Visual Board Workshop and Luncheon.
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Turning Fear Into Faith: Life After Breast Cancer
Fear and faith are not supposed to coexist. Faith is supposed to conquer all fears. When real life happens faith can waver. Faith can be questioned. Faith can even disappear. Just as easily as faith did all the things above, faith can also comfort. Faith can bring peace. Faith can come back. Shawntell L. McWilliams knows the fear and the faith journey. Six years ago she was forced to face fear and her faith was tested. In the end, her greatest fears were turned into her strongest faith.
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Nursing student found dead after jogging on University of Georgia campus, identified
The body of a woman found dead Thursday on the University of Georgia campus has been identified as 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley, the Athens-Clarke County coroner told CNN on Friday.
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Little Red Box Grocery in East End Houston Launches New Affordable and Nutritional Meal Kits with Cooking Matters
The initiative will provide access to healthy foods for communities experiencing inequities in the Second Ward
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WNBA Player Talks Relationships and Unrealistic Expectations in Her New Book Of Poetry, “Notes in the Key of Heart Break”
WNBA star, poet, writer and mental health advocate, Imani McGee-Stafford, adds published author to her burgeoning brand. Notes in The Key of Heartbreak, a book of poems by the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream center standout, is the next chapter in McGee-Stafford’s remarkable journey towards becoming a true renaissance woman.
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President’s Lecture Series: A Conversation on Building a Holistic Approach to Student Success
The final installment of the University of Houston-Downtown’s (UHD) President’s Lecture Series of the 2022-23 academic year: “A Conversation on Building a Holistic Approach to Student Success” with Dr. Harrison Keller, Commissioner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), and UHD President Loren J. Blanchard.
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Comerica Bank – Houston Upcoming Events
Comerica Bank Senior Manager of National External Affairs Vanessa T. Reed will host a financial education session about banking during She Said’s Hey Sis, Let’s Talk Entrepreneurship workshop.
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ACLU of Texas Urges School Districts to Remove Discriminatory Dress Code Requirements
The ACLU of Texas today sent a letter to hundreds of school districts throughout Texas demanding that they reexamine dress and grooming code policies that are unconstitutional and discriminatory. “While school districts throughout the county have removed policies that were based on antiquated sex stereotypes, many school districts in Texas still have policies that treat students differently on the basis of their gender, such as requiring different hair and dress standards for male and female students,” said Brian Klosterboer, attorney for the ACLU of Texas.
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Resources and Solutions to Providing Connectivity for Those Stuck in the Digital Divide
Coronavirus has changed how Americans work and learn—but for millions of families and individuals, that change means being unable to access the critical resources they desperately need. Connected Nation (CN) is a national nonprofit based in Bowling Green, Kentucky, that has advocated for improving access to broadband (high-speed internet) for nearly two decades—and it has put together an easy-to-use resource to help the most vulnerable populations during this difficult time.
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Welcome to H-Town
Houston Rockets hold press conference to introduce Russell Westbrook
The “Brodie” era has officially begun in Houston. Russell Westbrook was introduced on Friday after being traded to Houston from the Oklahoma City Thunder for Chris Paul and two first-round picks in 2024 and 2026 with the rights to two first-round swaps in 2021 and 2025. The 2016-17 MVP was introduced by Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey who could hardly contain his excitement knowing that he had brokered a deal that could potentially bring the city of Houston another NBA championship.
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Will Black College Band Perform at Trump Inauguration?
The president of a historically black college in Alabama is yet to decide whether the school's marching band will perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade, a college spokesman said Tuesday.
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First Hispanic woman elected to lead the more than 1 million-member DAV
Utah native Nancy Espinosa was unanimously elected national commander of the more than 1 million-member DAV (Disabled American Veterans) today in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the organization’s 101st national convention. The service-connected disabled Army veteran is the first Hispanic woman to hold DAV’s highest post.
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Panic Mode
Texans lose third game in a row to start the season
Sometimes life comes at you very hard and very fast. It is something you wish you could control, but I have learned that it is something you can’t. For the Houston Texans, they are trying to do their best to just get out of the whirlwind that this early 2020 NFL season has them in. Houston (0-3) dropped their third game of the season to the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0) losing in Heinz Field by a score of 28-21.
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Most dangerous celeb online is...
If you guessed that a Kardashian-Jenner family member would be the most dangerous celebrity to Google, you are wrong.
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Brian Lamb Named One of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America
Brian Lamb, executive vice president, head of wealth and asset management, Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQ: FITB), has been named to Savoy Magazine’s 2018 list of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.
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Lockdown A-list Fitness: Celebs make a fortune on TikTok from their dance and workout videos
While self-isolating it is important to keep our spirits up and our bodies moving. Celebrities know this too and they have found a new way of entertaining their fans – via TikTok, generating the A-listers thousands of views.
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Houston Food Bank Unveils New and Expanded Keegan Kitchen to Provide More Nutritious Meals to Children
More children living with uncertainty about whether they’ll have enough nutritious food to eat will be fed thanks to the Houston Food Bank and its new, state-of-the-art production kitchen. Construction is complete on the new 10,000 square-foot Keegan Kitchen, housed within the Food Bank’s headquarters/warehouse east of downtown. Production of nutritious hot meals for delivery to school-aged children at after-school and summer program sites is underway.
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Houston vs Everybody
Astros advance to the ALDS after sweeping the Twins 2-0
There is one thing people in Houston take pride in and that is being from Houston. It just carries a certain swagger to it, or as the young adults say these days, “It’s a Vibe.” To wear anything that says or represents the city gives most individuals that feeling that they can take on the world and win. There is even paraphernalia that reads, “Houston vs Everybody!”
