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What to know about National Best Friends Day

10 hours ago | houstonchronicle.com | Ralph Green

Buffalo Bayou Park has always been a popular place for friends to gather. Photo by Slight Clutter Photography/Katya HorneNational Best Friends Day is this weekend and friends across the Houston area will be celebrating friendship on June 8. What is National Best Friends Day? National Best Friends Day is a celebration of friendship across the U.S., particularly the closest of friends.
Repealing in-state tuition for migrant students will cost Texas: experts

10 hours ago | houstonchronicle.com | Lily Kepner |Samantha Ketterer

The water tower, photographed Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at Texas A&M University in College Station. Jon Shapley/Staff photographerPeople are shown on the campus of Texas A&M University Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in College Station. Melissa Phillip/Staff PhotographerThe University of Texas at Austin tower on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 in Austin.
Fulshear police urge kids to stop jumping from bridge into gator-infested lake

1 day ago | houstonchronicle.com | Ralph Green

An American alligator lays in shallow water near the trail at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, Texas on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographerThe Fulshear Police Department is urging children to stop jumping into a Fort Bend County lake due to water quality concerns and dangerous wildlife.
Some prospective Texas students are in limbo after pause on new visa interviews

1 day ago | houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer

Students walk on University of Houston campus on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 in Houston. Elizabeth Conley/Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographerA student walks to join ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ to protest the Baker Institute's 30th Anniversary Gala at Rice University on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Raquel Natalicchio/Staff photographerHouston-area universities are awaiting the resumption of student visa interviews as a federal pause threatens the enrollment of a large international population.
Ramón Rodriguez makes titular 'Will Trent' character his own in hit AB

1 day ago | houstonchronicle.com | Amanda Flores

From left, Faith (Iantha Richardson), Will Trent (Ramon Rodriguez) and Caleb (Yul Vazquez) try to take down a domestic terrorist group during Episode 17 of "Will Trent" Season 3. (Wilford Harewood/Disney/TNS)Wilford Harewood/TNSABC’s “Will Trent” stars, from left, Iantha Richardson as Faith Mitchell, Jake McLaughlin as Michael Ormewood, Ramón Rodríguez as Will Trent, Erika Christensen as Angie Polaski and Sonja Sohn as Amanda Wagner.
Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

1 day ago | houstonchronicle.com | Jaimie Ding

FILE - In this image taken from police body camera footage provided by Los Angeles Sheriff's office, a Sheriff's deputies arrests a couple in a grocery store parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., on June 24, 2023.
Work begins to turn historic Heights site into trailfront mixed-use hub

1 day ago | houstonchronicle.com | Marissa Luck

Radom Capital and Triten Real Estate Partners are planning a nearly 4.5-acre adaptive reuse of the historic Swift meatpacking and cottonseed oil refinery in the Houston Heights. The design by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture embraces the historic character of the buildings while reimagining spaces for modern restaurants, retailers and offices. Landscape architects Edgeland's design enhances green spaces and pedestrian connections from the project to the adjacent hike-and-bike trail.
Some top HISD students say district falls short in supporting Ivy League goals

2 days ago | houstonchronicle.com | Claire Partain |Megan Menchaca

Milby High School students walk through the hallway past university flags on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in Houston. Elizabeth Conley/Staff PhotographerAs a middle school student, Jhonny Almeida chose to attend Houston ISD’s Sterling Aviation Early College High School because, even then, he knew he wanted to be an aerospace engineer.
Does HISD prepare its graduates for college? It depends which school you attend.

2 days ago | houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca |Claire Partain

When Jayla London arrived as a freshman at Houston ISD’s Yates High School in 2020, she wanted to pack her schedule with as many advanced courses as she could. By tenth grade, London was taking both Advanced Placement and dual credit courses that the school offered in partnership with Houston Community College. As a junior, she enrolled in the school’s International Baccalaureate courses, part of a rigorous national diploma program that teaches students critical thinking and research skills.
Is HISD preparing students for college? Here's what its top 2024 graduates say.

2 days ago | houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca |Claire Partain

Every spring, more than 10,000 Houston ISD students, capped and draped in black, walk the stage in June to receive their high school diploma. What they do after graduation is less uniform. Just over half of HISD’s high school graduates will enroll in higher education within a year of graduation, and even fewer of those students will end up earning college degrees or making a living wage within six years.