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The City of Houston and Reliant collaborated for the 13th year of their “Beat The Heat” initiative providing 16 cooling center throughout the city. All 11 cooling centers are free of charge and will feature air-conditioned spaces, bottled water, light snacks and entertainment until the end of September. Here’s a list of a few locations […]

A Houston firefighter who died due to multiple myeloma in 2017 has been denied her benefits. Margaret Roberts, a Houston firefighter for 21 years was diagnosed with myeloma in 2013. Her doctor stated that she developed the cancer while serving the city as a firefighter. Scientific studies in 1983, 2001, 2006 and 2015 all suggest […]

Today’s Live After Five should be one of the best of the season with Calvin Richardson, J Paul And The Zydeco New Breeds and Vivian Green. It should also be one of the HOTTEST in terms of the weather with temperatures expected to top out well over 100 degrees. We urge anyone coming out to […]

Common already has an Emmy, a few Grammy Awards and an Oscar. Robert Glasper is one of the more acclaimed musicians not only from Houston but in the world at large having collaborated with everyone from Erykah Badu to Bilal to even scoring the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead. Riggins, an accomplished drummer from Detroit, worked with Glasper […]

The inaugural class at the University of Houston College of Medicine will have their ENTIRE tuition, all four years of medical school paid in full, the school announced. An anonymous donor donated $3 million to the college and the gift will benefit the 30 students enrolling in the College of Medicine beginning in Fall 2020. […]

Former Houston Texans player and Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) Alumni, Devard Darling is awarding college scholarships to deserving students through his As One Foundation. The $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to ten FBISD high school seniors at the 10th Annual Devard & Devaughn Darling Scholarship Award Ceremony, 6:30pm,Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Center […]

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Houston’s own, Mia K. Wright, co-pastor and director of ministry at The Fountain of Praise, a 20,000-member megachurch, has been selected to serve as a keynote speaker at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s 68th International Conference, which will kick-off in Houston this week. Wright will speak at the Ecumenical Worship Service on Sunday, July 10, 2018 […]

Were you thinking of getting out in Houston for the Fourth of July? Well, think again. Due to tropical downpours all across the Houston area, multiple cancellations have hit the city in regards to Fourth of July events, including Freedom Over Texas. The annual event at Eleanor Tinsley Park on Buffalo Bayou is called off […]

In light of Donald Trump‘s tariffs on countries such as Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union, Houston City Council Member Dwight Boykins has called the move “harmful,” especially to those in his district. Boykins in a press release called the a descent into the “reckless path of confrontation” and consider the moves “fool hearted” […]

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Passengers on a Delta Airlines flight to Atlanta were shocked to be greeted by a teenager,  wearing only his underwear. Jhyrin Jones, 19, jumped a 12-foot fence, ran onto an active runway, and tried to board a plane through the emergency exit doors before climbing onto the wing of the plane and banging on windows. The […]