Sen. Alvarado’s State of the District
By Allan Jamail Houston Texas, Saturday, September 21, 2019 — In the morning at the Houston Community College Eastside, and then again in the afternoon at the Leonel […]
Month: September 2019
TROPICAL STORM IMELDA FLOODING PARALYZES HOUSTON
20” of Rain in 24 hours; 1500 High Water Rescues By Gilbert Hoffman HARRIS COUNTY – Tropical Storm IMELDA never reached hurricane status, but it ended up doing […]
BARGE STRIKE DAMAGES I-10 BRIDGE, SHUTS TRAFFIC
Tropical Storm Imelda brought widespread flooding to many areas to the north and east in Harris County, and bayous and rivers rose rapidly. In the San Jacinto River, […]
WASTE PITS: EPA holds update session
Representatives of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were in Highlands last Tuesday evening, to tell a large crowd what progress has been made on removing the Waste […]
SHELDON ISD: Homecoming King & Queen
C. E. King senior Sabrina Hernandez was crowned 2019 KHS Homecoming Queen and Bryson Washington was selected as Homecoming King before last Saturday’s inaugural varsity football game at […]
North Shore stuns Westfield with Hail Mary field goal, wins 24-21
By Allan Jamail Friday, September 13, 2019 at the Galena Park ISD football stadium, the North Shore Mustangs came from behind late in the fourth quarter to tie […]
Protesters on Hartman Bridge arrested
GREENPEACE protesters hang from the side of the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown last Thursday, with colorful flags blowing in the breeze to call attention to their stunt. […]
New Cloverleaf Elementary School Ribbon Cutting
By Allan Jamail Houston, TX. – A year and a half after the ground-breaking ceremony (on May 22, 2018), the New Cloverleaf Elementary School, located at 1035 Frankie […]
LyondellBasell to mobilize hundreds of volunteers for Global Care Day, Sept. 21
Volunteers from numerous LyondellBasell locations in the Greater Houston area will take part in this year’s Global Care Day, a community service program. Staff from LyondellBasell’s more than […]
Houston Police shoot armed man on Uvalde
What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a gunfight that left the victim wounded, lying on the pavement of a parking lot on Uvalde. He had […]
SJRC monitors continued pollution
EAST HARRIS COUNTY – The San Jacinto River Coalition met last week in Highlands, and reviewed activities at the Waste Pits, and heard of other environmental concerns. Jackie […]