3+ hour, 13+ min ago   (138+ words) Approximately 15,000 customers fall into this category, collectively owing the City about $30 million. Disconnections will begin September 8. For the past two years, my administration has given customers significant leeway and held off on water shutoffs following the inaccurate water bills experienced…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (275+ words) Texas is planning to add 5,600 new prison beds as state officials anticipate an increase in the overall inmate population. The expansion is intended to provide additional housing capacity and help the Texas Department of Criminal Justice manage future growth without…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (278+ words) San Antonio is preparing to make a major contribution to the preservation of African American history with the expansion of the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, known as SAAACAM. The organization plans to transform the historic Kress-Grant…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (414+ words) A monument near NASA’s Johnson Space Center can serve as a powerful tribute to the African American pioneers and other trailblazers who helped shape America’s space program. Their stories represent determination, scientific achievement, leadership, and the breaking of racial and…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (949+ words) The future aircraft carrier intended to carry the name of Doris “Dorie” Miller, the Texas-born Black sailor whose heroism at Pearl Harbor made him one of the most celebrated African American servicemen of World War II, could receive a different…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) SUGAR LAND, Texas — Sugar Land police are renewing their call for the public’s help after releasing a composite sketch of a man investigators say attacked a woman from behind with a baseball bat earlier this summer. The assault happened at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) A northeast Houston shooting that sent fear through a busy neighborhood has now resulted in seven criminal charges against the man police say opened fire on motorists traveling along North Wayside Drive. The Houston Police Department identified the suspect as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (231+ words) A new public monument near NASA’s Johnson Space Center is honoring Black astronauts, scientists, engineers and civil-rights leaders whose contributions helped shape America’s space program. The installation, titled “EarthRise,” was unveiled Sunday on the grounds of St. Thomas the Apostle…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (182+ words) Six people, including the suspected gunman, are dead after shootings at three locations in rural Missaukee County, Michigan, authorities said Saturday. Michigan State Police identified the suspect as 39-year-old Chad Hickman. Troopers responding Friday to a home in Lake Township…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (273+ words) HOUSTON — A frightening scene unfolded in northeast Houston when a gunman opened fire on passing vehicles along North Wayside Drive, injuring three people before responding law enforcement officers shot the suspect. According to Houston police, officers were called to the…...