Art Wager / Getty Images Living in Texas comes with big considerations, including your cost of living budget, especially in a big city like Houston. GOBankingRates conducted a study and found that, on average, it costs a regular Houston citizen over $34,000 a year to live there. And with more and more unforeseen circumstances happening […]
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Man dies due to apparent drowning at Houston Lake in Platte County, officials say
A man died due to an apparent drowning late Wednesday at a Platte County lake. Fire crews responded around 8:30 p.m. on a mutual aid call to Houston Lake, where they found a man floating in water near a small dock, according to Michael Hopkins, a spokesman for the Kansas City Fire Department. The man […]
What’s that being built off Houston Levee Road near Carriage Crossing in Collierville?
Those traveling on Houston Levee Road in Collierville might have noticed some new construction next to the Fairfield Inn & Suites across from the Shops at Carriage Crossing. Memphis-based hotel consultant Chuck Pinkowski, owner of Pinkowski & Company, told The Commercial Appeal that is an 85-room Holiday Inn Express being built. He said the hotel […]
2 men accused of strangling 12-year-old in Houston are charged with capital murder
Two men have been charged with capital murder in the strangulation of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow creek in north Houston. Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, were charged Friday with capital murder of a child between 10 and 15 years old, according to authorities and court records. […]
Weather in Houston: Potential Tropical Cyclone #1 forms in Southwest Gulf of Mexico
Houston – An area of low pressure currently situated in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico has become Potential Tropical Cyclone #1 and could become a tropical depression or even a tropical storm in the next couple of days. As of the 4 p.m. update on Monday afternoon, the Potential Tropical Cyclone #1 has 40 mile […]
Houston airports introduce air taxis with new partnership
In a move towards the future of transportation, a partnership with Houston Airports is bringing autonomous flying cars to the Greater Houston area. This new partnership with Wisk Aero, a leader in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aims to create a network of vertiports at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), and […]
Abbott calls out ‘voter fraud’ in Houston judicial race
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pointed to what he viewed as a prime example of voter fraud Saturday in a Houston-area judicial race after a new election was ordered nearly two years after the fact. A Houston judge found last month that more than 1,400 votes in the 2022 180th District Court race were invalid […]
Texas police arrest suspect in Charlotte shooting after CMPD questions him in Houston
Police in Houston, Texas, on Monday arrested a suspect in a Charlotte homicide. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police traveled to Houston to question Jose Francisco Ulloa-Martinez, 42, about the death of Kevin Merlos-Saravia, 23. Police had obtained a warrant for first-degree murder, according to a Friday press release from CMPD. On May 26, CMPD responded to a call […]
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From making spacesuits to landing ‘spacecraft,’ Houston County camp exposes girls to STEM
Twenty-two girls sat at their desks in the upstairs classrooms of the Century of Flight Hangar in Houston County. The classroom’s purple walls were decorated with STEM and science-themed posters. Pencils, markers, and scissors filled the green organizers in the center of each desk. “Star,” the instructor called. “Base,” the girls responded. It was the […]