Family Fun

Wellness on Wheels Rolls into Summer! Free Health Services, Family Fun, & More on June 13

Harris County Public Health’s mobile event will offer health screenings, pet services, raffles, and more HOUSTON – Harris County Public Health (HCPH), in collaboration with Harris County Precinct 1, invites you to a community celebration of health and wellness at the Wellness on Wheels Mobile Health Event on Friday, June 13, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the World Harvest Outreach Seventh-Day Adventist Church (10800 Scott St., Houston, TX 77047). This free, family-friendly event brings essential health resources directly to your neighborhood, […]

Port Aransas’s Warmth and Atmosphere Continue to Attract Visitors

Family fun at the beach is a key attraction at Port Aransas - photo courtesy Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce

By George Slaughter PORT ARANSAS—This beach community, located about 200 miles southwest of Katy, has long been a historic site. Spanish explorers discovered the area in 1519 and Karankawa Indians likely lived here before that, according to experts consulted by the Port Aransas Museum. Yet Port A, as locals call it, is also contemporary, and has made impressive strides towards putting Hurricane Harvey into its history, if not its rearview mirror. “It was definitely an […]