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Perry Homes Announces 55-Foot Valencia Product in West Houston
New Product Line Offers Mediterranean-style Stucco Exteriors
Texas-based homebuilder Perry Homes has added a 55-foot Valencia series to its list of homes available in the Katy master-planned community of Cane Island by Rise Communities LLC.
Superintendent Millard House joins Mayor Sylvester Turner to read to students
400 volunteers read to students for Second Annual Houston Reads Day
Superintendent Millard House, Mayor Sylvester Turner, Houston Texans players, and Houston Texans cheerleaders will join more than 400 volunteers across Houston for Literacy Now’s Houston Reads Day, a day dedicated to reading to 14,000 Pre-K-3rd grade students at 31 schools in Houston ISD and Aldine ISD.
Here is how to get involved in Harris County's redistricting process
The Harris County Attorney’s Office is co-hosting several public meetings in the coming weeks alongside county precinct commissioners to hear feedback from local residents about the ongoing redistricting process.
Poet Laureate Workshop: Imagine a Houston In-Person
Join Aris Kian Brown, Houston’s Poet Laureate, for a creative writing workshop that explores your relationship to Houston and what you want the city to look like in the future, through imagery and sound, using a poem by a Houston poet as a model. You will then write your own poems and share them together.
Fort Bend County-wide Pet Adoption Event: Finding Loving Homes for Overcrowded Pets
Fort Bend County is pleased to announce a county-wide pet adoption event, aimed to reduce overcrowding at Fort Bend area shelters. This collaborative effort brings together several esteemed organizations dedicated to animal welfare, including Best Friends Animal Society, Fort Bend PAWS, Foster Creek Veterinary Services, Sugar Land Animal Services, Fort Bend County Animal Services, and Rosenberg Animal Control and Shelter.
Biden Cabinet Member and Head of U.S. Small Business Administration to Travel to Houston with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff
On Friday, February 17, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s 33 million small businesses, will visit Houston, Texas. She will join Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to tour four small businesses and discuss how the Biden-Harris Administration is supporting minority-owned businesses and ensuring equal access to capital and resources.
R&B Crooner Tay Bell’s “2 Dozen Roses” Available Now on Tidal, Apple Music, Spotify and More
Singer and songwriter Tay Bell is R&B’s rising star. Though, Bell has already had success penning for artists such as Ashanti, Mario, Jamie Foxx and more, he is ready to reveal himself to the world as a solo artist. Tay’s latest EP Chivalry Sessions has been a major success. The EP was released earlier this year and has resulted in over 4,000 downloads and performances throughout the country.
Lady Gaga Joanne World Tour
Tickets on sale starting Feb. 10th
Lady Gaga will be traveling the globe with the Joanne World Tour starting on August 1st in Vancouver, BC and September 22nd in Barcelona with a series of concert dates throughout Europe and the UK before returning to North America in November and December this year.
Kids hunt for more than 50,000 eggs at SW Austin church
But before hundreds of children got the chance to scope them up and eat the goodies inside the eggs, volunteers acted as quality control. They opened up the eggs and made sure there was candy inside. If the eggs were empty, volunteers put candy in them.
Commissioner Rodney Ellis Announces 30,000 Drivers License Holds Lifted this Week as County Ends OmniBase Program
Commissioner Ellis also raised concerns about remaining holds through this program, including 500,000 that are in Houston Municipal Courts
African American Rape Victim Awarded $1 Billion Dollar Settlement
Hope Cheston, an African American woman who was raped at the age of 14, has been awarded a $1 billion settlement after six long years of legal fight. “You are worth it,” the jury told her.
Port Houston Named Best Seaport in North America
Asia Cargo News named Port Houston the Best Seaport in North America, after tallying results from thousands of shippers and industry experts around the globe, Port Houston Executive Director Roger Guenther told the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority during its May meeting.
Are You Getting All Your Vitamins? Revamping Your Diet in 2020
Getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need each day is one of the most important things you can do to feel your best.
April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Men’s Health Network (MHN) joins with other health organizations to raise awareness of testicular cancer during Testicular Cancer Awareness Month (April). These organizations are calling on greater awareness among men, healthcare providers, and communities about this cancer that can attack boys and men of all ages.
Survey: Two-thirds of Texas workers may be ill-prepared for retirement
An uncertain economic future may be in store for the two-thirds (66 percent) of private-sector workers without an employer-offered retirement plan, based on a survey of 501 small business owners in Texas released today by AARP. Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of small business owners surveyed said that, as taxpayers, they are concerned about these workers and their families not saving enough and ending up reliant on public assistance programs.
METRO Reminds Riders Social Distancing Key to Preventing COVID-19 Spread
Community Expresses Gratitude for Frontline Workers
METRO continues to echo public health officials' recommendations to avoid close contact with people by maintaining a social distance of at least six feet, which is about the equivalent of two arms' length.
Free HIV, hepatitis C tests offered as part of National HIV Testing Day
Screening event to reward participants with Dub Car Show tickets
The Houston Health Department (HHD) and 97.9 The Box will offer free HIV and hepatitis C tests at a three-day screening event organized to observe National HIV Testing Day.
TSU launches groundbreaking student-run, e-radio station
Texas Southern University students have a new voice – The Voice – with the launch of KTSU2, a student-run, streaming radio station that officially launches on Tuesday, February 19.
Hurricane Harvey: Reaction, Recovery, Resiliency
Although the city is still helping residents put back together lives that were shattered by the record deluge of rain, national magazines and newspapers trumpeted the news that Houston had bounced back quicker than expected.
Art Colony Association Announces Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park Featured Artist: McKenzie Fisk
Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020
The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA) has announced the Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park 2020 featured artist is McKenzie Fisk, a painter from Los Angeles. Fisk, along with 300 artists from around the country representing 19 different difference disciplines, will showcase their art at Bayou City Art Festival Memorial Park. The festival benefits Houston nonprofits, and will be held on Friday-Sunday, March 27-29, 2020.