Tag: Houston

HOUSTON – Flood warnings and watches continue to be in effect for Houston-area counties on Friday as heavy rain rolls across the area. According to the National Weather Service, a Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Central Galveston County until 11 a.m. Northeastern Fort Bend County, Southeastern Montgomery County, Harris County, Sugar Land, Atascocita,…

HOUSTON – More than six months after KPRC 2 exposed a Houston-area attorney accused of stealing settlement checks from his clients who had been injured in car accidents, the longtime attorney tells reporter Bryce Newberry he has decided to resign his license. David Lee Pettus, who has been sued…

Promoted articles are produced by CultureMap sponsors and not by the editorial staff. New homes are selling quickly at Emberly, the 933-acre master-planned community in flourishing Fort Bend County, just southwest of Houston. These new homebuyers aren’t just enticed by the great prices ($200s-$500s) on homes that are built with…

People seeking answers and still seeking power after CenterPoint Energy’s delayed response. Houston and surrounding areas…we have a problem!. When Winter Storm Uri hit the state of Texas in February 2021, it exposed the many inadequacies we have in the state relative to the separate electricity grid with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).…

Houston area residents hit hard by the recent hurricane, could soon get some much-needed relief. Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo recently joined with United Way of Greater Houston to announce the establishment of the Hurricane Beryl Recovery Fund. This fund aims to provide emergency financial assistance, home repairs, and other…

In response to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, the Greater Houston Disaster Alliance, a joint initiative by the Greater Houston Community Foundation and United Way of Greater Houston, has established the Hurricane Beryl Recovery Fund. This fund aims to assist households severely impacted by the hurricane that struck Greater Houston on July 8,…

Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row suffering brutal heat without air conditioning and many are scrambling to find cool shelters, food, safe drinking water and health care resources. More than 760,000 power customers in southeast Texas remain without power after Hurricane…

“Your body needs more time to recover than you probably think it does.”. Hospitals in and around Harris County are seeing a surge of patients with heat-related illnesses after Hurricane Beryl swept through the region, causing widespread outages. Hospitals in Harris, Montgomery and Fort Bend counties have seen 318 patients…

Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery Counties recorded more than 100 cases of CO poisoning between July 8 and July 11, according to the Houston Health Department. Many stemmed from the use of generators or car engines in enclosed spaces. Carbon monoxide poisoning cases are soaring across the region in the…

CW39’s Seth Kovar reports on a church in south Houston opening a 24-hour cooling stations, plus other cooling centers in Houston and Fort Bend County. Scientists issue critical warning after serious disease threatens to spread across borders and into US: ‘The storm’s comin’, folks’

In brief: Today’s post discusses why Beryl’s winds were so strong hours after landfall, and then looks ahead to a forecast with some decent rain chances and slightly cooler daytime highs. Hurricane Beryl’s persistent winds. Normally as a hurricane traverses land it starts to weaken fairly quickly….

HOUSTON, Texas — As Houston grapples with a heat advisory following Hurricane Beryl, officials have activated cooling centers to aid residents. Two million residents are awaiting power restoration from CenterPoint Energy, according to a statement from Houston and Harris County officials. The following cooling centers are now open:. -…

Hurricane Beryl took a heavy toll on Houston and the surrounding areas, particularly in Fort Bend and Galveston counties. The death toll for the Cat 1 storm now totals 4 people in our area. Property damage was widespread and power is not expected to be restored for several more days. Houston Press writers and photographers…

Hurricane Beryl Claims Seven Lives in Greater Houston Area. Hurricane Beryl’s devastating passage through Southeast Texas on Monday has left the Greater Houston area mourning the loss of seven lives. The storm’s impact was felt across multiple counties, with fatalities resulting from various storm-related incidents. In Houston proper,…

HOUSTON — As Tropical Storm Beryl heads toward Southeast Texas, several governmental entities as well as private organizations have announced closures and cancellations ahead of the storm’s arrival. City and county closures. Harris County. Harris County Criminal and Civil Courts at Law will be closed on Monday, July 8.

State and Houston-area authorities are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Beryl, which is expected to make landfall in the early morning of July 8. (Courtesy Pexels) State and Houston-area authorities are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Beryl, which is expected to make landfall in the early morning of July 8.

The first location in the Houston area, in Fort Bend County, is set to open this fall. There will be 30-plus locations in Texas. P. Terry’s Burger Stand will open a second Houston location in the Spring area, according to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation documents. The 50s-inspired Austin…

A new Costco, the Houston area’s 11th, opened June 27 in Aliana in Fort Bend County. The 152,000-square-foot store at 11125 W. Grand Parkway S., which includes a gas station, is the first business to open in the third and final phase of Houston-based NewQuest Properties’ The Grand at Aliana mixed-use retail center. The 67-acre…

HOUSTON, Texas — Charges have been filed against a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man at 7200 West Fuqua Street on September 18, 2023. Dandre Trechaun Colbert, 32, is charged with murder in the 268th District Court in Fort Bend County. He is accused in the death of 33-year-old Airto Jonte Mills. According…

Coalition for the Homeless Outreach staff tend to a homeless individual, gathering information for the 2023 point-in-time count. (Courtesy Coalition for the Homeless) The annual “point-in-time” survey by the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County suggests homelessness remains steady locally, despite a nationwide increase. In a new…

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Across the country, homelessness increased 12% from 2022 to 2023. That figure from the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County dwarfs the slight increase in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires that organization to conduct a…

Fort Bend County Libraries’ Sugar Land Branch Library will host the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Discovery Dome for a special Summer Reading Challenge event for teens and their families on Saturday, June 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., in the Meeting Room of the library, 550 Edridge. This event – part…

HOUSTON — With the threat of heavy rain and the risk of flooding in Southeast Texas, some communities are canceling or postponing Juneteenth events planned for Wednesday. A weak tropical system is expected to develop in the Bay of Campeche by Tuesday. While landfall won’t happen near Houston, the system is expected to dump heavy…

Fort Bend ISD will provide free breakfast and lunch throughout the summer from students ages 18 and under. (Courtesy Adobe Stock) With summer vacation underway, children age 18 and under can receive free breakfast and lunch from select Fort Bend ISD campuses. The details. Select FBISD campuses will provide breakfast…