Cyclospora Outbreak 2026: Texas Lettuce Recall Update Federal officials are investigating several clusters of the intestinal illness while retailers, restaurants and food suppliers remove recalled lettuce and review their supply chains. By Staff Editor KATY, Texas (July 22, 2026) — […]
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Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 900 as Katy’s Venezuelan Community Rallies to Help
KATY, Texas — As rescue teams continue searching through collapsed buildings across northern Venezuela, the death toll from this week’s devastating earthquakes has climbed above 920 people, with more than 3,300 injured and thousands still unaccounted for. While emergency […]
Taste of the Nation, No Kid Hungry’s Celebratory Culinary Event for a Cause, Returns to Houston on April 24th!
Co-chaired by five award-winning chefs and mixologists from around Houston, the ultimate foodie happy hour experience supports the No Kid Hungry campaign’s cause to end childhood hunger. WHAT: Taste of the Nation for No Kid Hungry, the celebratory culinary event series […]
Fighting The Affordable Housing Crisis In Houston
NACA Houston Event Next Week Bringing Help For Low- To Moderate-Income Home Buyers Across Texas The nation’s largest HUD approved non-profit homeownership and advocacy organization, NACA, will bring help for thousands of potential homeowners in the Houston area and across […]
Bank of America Announces 2022 Houston Student Leaders
HOUSTON, TX – Bank of America today announced five Houston high school juniors and seniors were selected as Student Leaders® (#BofAStudentLeaders), an eight-week summer internship providing students with first-hand experience in serving their communities. These students have started their paid internship experience […]
Houston Parks Board Celebrates Groundbreaking of Final Brays Bayou Greenway Trail Segment
HOUSTON – June 9, 2022 – Houston Parks Board, City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Harris County Precinct 3, Harris County Precinct 4, and other key project partners today celebrated the start of construction on a new 7.67-mile segment of Brays […]
Bayou City Art Festival Returns to Downtown Houston in the Fall
Bayou City Art Festival Downtown: Saturday & Sunday, October 9-10, 2021 The Art Colony Association, Inc. (ACA), the producer of Bayou City Art Festival, will welcome artists, patrons and supporters back for Houston’s signature art event. The in-person festival, Bayou […]
Houston’S Unemployment Rate Jumps To 9.6% In September Up From 8.1% In August
The Houston region’s September not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent from 8.1 percent in August, according to data released this morning by Workforce Solutions. The statewide unemployment rate also rose from 7.0 percent to 8.3 percent while nationally the […]
Former UHV First Lady Passes Away
Mary Jane Morgan, former first lady of the University of Houston-Victoria, passed away Friday night after a difficult battle with cancer. From the first day she and her husband, Vic, joined UHV in 2014 until her passing, Mary Jane was […]
Houston Arboretum presents Science Spooktacular: A Week of Halloween Fun! for children and families Oct. 19-24
Registration now open for weeklong event Houston Arboretum & Nature Center presents a weeklong event for children and families Oct. 19-24 called Science Spooktacular: A Week of Halloween Fun! This hands-on program will incorporate both virtual and socially distant on-site offerings and is […]
