Michael Murney

Aug 8, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

Days after Yvette Flores moved in with her boyfriend at a senior living facility on Houston’s north side in May, a violent storm tore through the city and sent water rushing into their apartment through broken windows and holes in the ceiling and baseboards.  For weeks after the May 16 derecho, Flores and Thomas Wilkins say they asked Independence Hall staff for repairs. Wilkins, who is confined to an electric wheelchair, grew especially desperate.

Jul 24, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

After Hurricane Beryl tore through Houston earlier this month, the streets of East Little York in northeast Houston were choked with several feet of floodwater. Two weeks later, a shallow pool of water remained at the bottom of Kenneth Coffman’s driveway.

Jul 9, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

Hours after Hurricane Beryl ripped through her Houston neighborhood, Jennifer Cormier sat in her driveway and wondered how she would make it to her next dialysis appointment.  Knee-high brown water, thick with motor oil and debris, choked the street in front of her. During Beryl’s peak downpours earlier Monday , the water crept several feet further up her driveway, nearly reaching the foundation of her house.

Jun 26, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine and the medical practice group Surgical Associates of Texas P.A. have agreed to pay a record $15 million to resolve allegations they violated Medicare regulations by running multiple “complicated and risky” heart surgeries at the same time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. The alleged violations involve Dr. Joseph Lamelas and Dr. Joseph S.

May 23, 2024 | houstonlanding.org | Michael Murney

Harris County Public Health identified the first positive case of West Nile virus from a mosquito sample this year in Zip code 77019, which stretches from River Oaks south of Memorial park in the west to Interstate 45 to the east.  As mosquito numbers continue to spike in and around Harris County, here’s what you need to know: West Nile virus disease is caused by a virus that circulates between mosquitoes and birds.