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James Harden‘s JH-Town Weekend got off to an amazing start on Friday night with the MVPs of Comedy show with DeRay Davis, Michael Blackson, Tony Roberts and DC Young Fly. After a smashing brunch with host Karen Civil, fans were treated to a celebrity softball game with plenty of all-stars in the building. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmo8FiHgZaU/?taken-by=979thebox There […]

It’s not too often you get an MVP in your presence. James Harden made his 97.9 The Box debut breaking down his JH-Town Weekend festivities, the Rockets landing Carmelo Anthony (“He’s got a fire within him … he’s got something to prove and I think we all do.”), his favorite rappers of the moment, whether […]

The Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Third Ward caught fire on Wednesday afternoon. Houston firefighters arrived to the church located on the 4100 block of Cosby around 4 p.m. and saw smoke coming from the church roof. The firefighters immediately cut holes in the church’s roof to alleviate smoke. It’s presently unclear how the fire started […]

Our Harvey Did Not Win Back In A Home Giveaway contest wrapped up on Wednesday, August 8th and we’re now down to the 100 finalists! All participants please make sure to check your email that you signed up with to see if you were selected. Stay tuned for more updates on the giveaway and cash […]

The infamous “track” on Bissonnet has been a problem for Houstonians and residents for years. Now the city is vowing to make a stop to the area’s high crime rate, particularly for prostitution. A new civil suit filed Tuesday on lists 86 defendants that city wants banned from the area in a anti-prostitution injunction that […]

Well damn. A day after it seemed all was fun and games with DeAndre Hopkins and Iggy Azalea, D-Hop had to clear the air and let it be known, he’s SINGLE. https://twitter.com/DeAndreHopkins/status/1027547118934917122 The All-Pro WR was going back and forth with the “Fancy” rapper in IG comments and she recently said that the pair were […]

A civil rights probe into Fort Bend ISD had concluded that black students were six-times more likely to receive out-of-school suspensions than white students and four more times as likely to receive in-school suspensions according to the U.S. Department of Education. RELATED: Fort Bend Sheriff Holding Classes on Internet Safety RELATED: Back To School Dates […]

From comment creepin’ to full blown dating, Texans star wide receiver Deandre Hopkins confirms he and Aussie rapper Iggy Azalea are an item. https://twitter.com/iggyazaleanobr/status/1026601419191799810 If you recall, this all started less than a few weeks ago when Hop posted on IG that his Aussie friends call him legend and it ended up triggering a long […]

Carmelo Anthony has made it official: he’s signing with the Rockets according to Yahoo Sports. The 34-year-old vet will sign for $2.4 million once he returns to the states from South Africa. Anthony had unveiled a refurbished basketball court in South Africa last week. RELATED: Carmelo On Possibility Of Joining The Rockets: “Winning Rewrites Everything” […]

Nutrition Services has announced that all students at Houston Independent School District will eat meals at no charge during the 2018-2019 school year. HISD will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner at no charge to all students. It eliminates the need for free and reduced-price meal applications because all HISD schools are qualified to operate under […]

Friday through Sunday mark Tax Free Weekend in the state of Texas. For most parents, it’s the biggest weekend for back to school shopping. For adults without kids, it’s a pretty big shopping weekend for a lot of items you want under $100. In short, everybody wins. Kids get the hottest sneakers, adults get to […]

Summer is almost over and if you want to escape 100-degree days in Houston (because they’re coming back), you may want to interest yourself in these flights as low as $81 from Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to places such as Las Vegas (LAS), Atlanta (ATL), Denver, Philadelphia and more. Using the Kayak exploration tool and […]