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Movietopia Brings Films to Life In Houston
Movietopia delivers an interactive wonderland for movie lovers.
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Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $72,500 in Scholarships to 28 Houston High School Seniors
Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program Recognizes Students’ Achievements Both In and Out of the Classroom
Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $72,500 in scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year to 28 Texas students as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. Students are selected for their outstanding community service, academic performance, and leadership skills.
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Statement by Senator Borris L. Miles Regarding Governor Abbott Vetoing SB 390, HB 1120 and HB 1174
"I am very disappointed and shocked with the Governor's veto of SB 390, which would create the Northeast Houston Redevelopment District. The governor's office did not indicate any problem with this bill until late in the session but worked with my staff on changes to eliminate concerns and even helped clear procedural hurdles to get the bill passed. This part of Senate District 13 has been in desperate need of economic development for years and was one of the areas hit the hardest by Hurricane Harvey.
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Top Ten Stolen Vehicles for December 2017
The following is a list of the "Top Ten" makes of vehicles reported as stolen to the Houston Police Department during the month of December 2017
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HISD to virtually announce winners of 2020 annual holiday greeting card student art competition
18 finalists selected from 99 student entries
The Houston Independent School District will unveil the winners of the district’s 2020 holiday greeting card student art competition on Monday. This year, 18 students from HISD elementary, middle, and high schools have been named finalists out of a total of 99 student entries. The finalists were chosen by the district’s area superintendents.
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Hats, Gloves and Boutonnie: 17th Annual Fort Bend Spring Brunch raises nearly $45,000 in support of outreach to area families
Friends of the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center – A Very Special Project of Children’s Museum Houston, gathered to celebrate the Hats, Gloves and Boutonnières: 17th Annual Fort Bend Spring Brunch inside the palatial home of Manmeet and Paul Likhari on May 6. The event was a resounding success raising nearly $45,000 for the Discovery Center and its outreach programs in Fort Bend County.
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Harris County Jail Inmate Death Ruled Homicide: Record Number of Jail Deaths in 20
Jacilet Lee the mother of Evan Lee, 31, has been waiting since March to find out any information she could about how her son ended up unconscious at Ben Taub Hospital from the Harris County jail and then passed away March 27, 2022. Friday she found out. Homicide.
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Astros Jose Altuve Listed As Day-To-Day And Will Miss Remainder Of The Series
“A few days, at least,” Baker said when asked how much rest he would give Altuve. “We just want to make sure he’s ok and doesn’t pull anything. So that’s why we haven’t placed him on the IL because it might not be the full term.”
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Chiquis Rivera, TikTokMomma, Yvonne Guidry and more Celebrate Inaugural SpoiledLatina Summit with Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky
This past weekend Latina Leaders from across the country gathered in Houston at the C. Baldwin Hotel for the inaugural SpoiledLatina Summit, a two-day multicultural conference with this year’s focus on conversations surrounding the importance of investing in women of color. This year Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky partnered with the SpoiledLatina Summit as a continuous effort to fuel the future of the next generation of 200%ers: 100% American and 100% Hispanic.
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Applications Open for 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown
Bayou City Art Festival, produced by the Art Colony Association, Inc., has opened the applications for nonprofit partners, volunteers, food vendors, and live entertainment for the 50th Annual Bayou City Art Festival Downtown on Saturday-Sunday, October 8-9, 2022
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Quavo and Offset reunited to pay tribute to Takeoff at the BET Awards
Quavo and Offset came together for their first public performance in years in an emotional tribute to Takeoff at Sunday’s BET Awards. Together the trio formed the influential hip-hop group Migos, but split in 2021. Takeoff was fatally shot during a private party held in Houston, Texas, in November 2022.
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Virtual Community Meeting for Arlington Heights Drainage Improvements and Crenshaw Stromwater Detention Projects
Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin would like to remind Arlington Heights and Edgebrook area residents Harris County Flood Control District and Houston Public Works will be hosting a virtual community meeting on Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 6:30 pm to discuss the Arlington Heights Area Drainage Improvements and the Crenshaw Stormwater Detention Basin Projects.
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Looking for ways to protect against pandemic PTSD
As many places start to look forward to life after the first wave of the coronavirus, another type of illness could be about to follow in its wake.
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NAREB Pushes for Measures to Increase Black Homeownership
Organization Will Hold Elected Officials Accountable
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) called on the White House and Congress to enact legislation aimed at increasing Black homeownership after provisions approved by the House were excluded from the Inflation Reduction Act, which Congress passed and was signed into law by President Biden.
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How barbershops could help lower blood pressure
Corey Thomas admitted to his pharmacist that he hated the blood pressure medications a previous doctor had prescribed for him. They came with "horrible" side effects, he said, and so he rarely took them.
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Study ties acid-suppressing medications, antibiotics in infancy to increased risk of allergies later in childhood
Published on April 2, 2018
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Millennials, who are now in their 20s and 30s, are the generation most interested in space tourism, the study found.
Published on June 6, 2018
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Loni Love Welcomes #ClubQuarantine's D-Nice and Star of The Clark Sisters Biopic Kierra Sheard to #QuarantineWithLoni
In light of COVID-19, Emmy and 2x NAACP Image Award winner Loni Love has been providing fans an opportunity to escape for an hour a day. #QuarantineWithLoni is an Instagram Live series (via @ComicLoniLove) in which Love brings on fans to chat about how they are dealing with the 'stay at home' order. Many fans have checked in with her from around the world giving various perspectives of regulations within their country. To add some fun, fans look forward to playing the popular 'Shoutragous!' game as seen on "The Real" that requires blurting out things related to a specific topic before time runs out!
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Meet CeeJay Joseph: A dynamic actor who is returning for season two of The CW’s ‘Walker’ show
The name CeeJay Joseph may be new to some people, but his work has resonated for years. Now, the actor is back with his recurring role in "Walker," the CW network's reimagining of the classic '90s action series "Walker, Texas Ranger" which stared Chuck Norris.
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'Couch Potatoes' May Face Higher Risk of Kidney & Bladder Cancers
Let’s be real. In today’s society, ‘couch potatoes’ have arguably crossed over into the workplace environment. Many American workers take to their cubicles 8 hours of the day and many tack on an addition 4 hours sitting in their cars commuting back and forth to the office. Well, the time has finally come to start taking those trips to the water cooler a bit more serious.
