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Jan 2, 2024 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Michael Hagerty |Nicolas A. Pinto |Ralph Russo
Michael Penix Jr. hasn’t faced a defense like Michigan’s, and the Wolverines certainly haven’t faced a quarterback like the Heisman Trophy runner-up from Washington. The matchup will be the most intriguing in the College Football Playoff championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston on Jan. 8. That much was assured after the performances of Penix and Michigan’s best-in-the-nation defense in the CFP semifinals Monday.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Nicolas A. Pinto
A federal grant worth nearly $7.5 million will provide most of the funding for a 5-mile pathway for cyclists and pedestrians that is set to be constructed in The Woodlands, a burgeoning suburb about 30 miles north of Houston. The upcoming trail will be built along State Highway 242, also known as College Park Drive, between FM 1488 and Harper's Landing Park to the east.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Savanna Strott |Nicolas A. Pinto |Ariel Worthy
Scientists are increasingly alarmed by the airborne particles routinely released by power plants, petrochemical companies, motor vehicles, concrete plants and other sources. Their concerns are so serious that the Biden administration is wielding a rarely used authority to tighten regulations for these microscopic particles, which hundreds of scientific articles have linked to heart disease, breast and lung cancer, Alzheimer’s and other grave health problems.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Sarah Grunau |Patricia Ortiz |Nicolas A. Pinto |Adam Zuvanich
The shelves of Houston’s Whole Foods Midtown location were almost completely wiped on Monday afternoon, just two days after the store began cutting prices before its permanent closure. Bewildered shoppers pushed steel carts around the store peering around the corner of empty aisles in search of food like vultures. Word of the store’s closure got out over the weekend, and Houstonians were quick to inform people of sales the grocer began posting in-store Saturday.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Patricia Ortiz |Sarah Grunau |Nicolas A. Pinto |Garrett Bohlmann
A local non-profit is hosting a Hispanic Heritage Month event at MKT Heights on Saturday. The event, which starts at noon, will be hosted by "Poder Hispano", an organization dedicated to cultural preservation and community engagement. This Saturday will be the second Hispanic Heritage Event the organization has hosted.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Jessica S. Swenson |Nicolas A. Pinto |Briana Williams
It's October in Houston, which means the weather should start cooling off and it's time to come up with costumes and decorate for Halloween. Families can pick out pumpkins, play outdoors and take plenty of fall photos at a variety of pumpkin patches around the Houston region. Some serve as church fundraisers and others coincide with annual fall festivals that feature several other kid-friendly activities and attractions.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Sarah Grunau |Adam Zuvanich |Nicolas A. Pinto
A Katy man Friday pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during the Jan. 6, 2022 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The plea was part of an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office that said 43-year-old Adam Jackson is subject to eight years in prison for his involvement in the Jan.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Nicolas A. Pinto |Michael Hagerty |Abner Fletcher
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi couldn’t play, and the Houston Dynamo took full advantage to win a trophy on his home field. Griffin Dorsey and Amine Bassi scored first-half goals and Houston — with NBA star James Harden, part of the team’s ownership group, looking on from the stands — topped Messi-less Inter Miami 2-1 on Wednesday night to win the U.S. Open Cup.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Sarah Grunau |Nicolas A. Pinto |Garrett Bohlmann |Travis Bubenik
Mexican Independence Day is just a few sleeps away, and several events are lined up to celebrate the day that Mexico gained it’s independence to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Adam Zuvanich |Nicolas A. Pinto |Joshua Zinn |Ashley Brown
The driver of an SUV slammed into the dining room of a Houston-area Denny's on Monday, injuring nearly two dozen people and disrupting a Labor Day meal for many others. A total of 23 people were injured and taken to hospitals as a result of the crash, which occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Denny's location at 27960 Southwest Freeway in Rosenberg, a suburb about 35 miles southwest of Houston, according to the Rosenberg Police Department.
