On Wednesday, Houston City Council approved the purchase of a property in East Downtown to create Houston’s first centralized ...

The city plans to spend $16 million to purchase a facility that can provide shelter for the homeless as well as other ...

Houston City Council approves a $16M homeless “super hub” on Emancipation Avenue, with full-time HPD officers and new ...

Houston mayor John Whitmire announced plans for both the Thanksgiving parade and Houston's annual Christmas tree lighting ...

Immigrants with college degrees often still struggle to find work that matches their training. Adult education programs ...

A Black Lives Matter mural in Houston, Texas dedicated to George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man killed by Minneapolis ...

Family raises concerns over autopsy errors in Kenneth Cutting Jr.'s case after 22-year-old found dead in Houston's Buffalo ...

Last month, UnoTheActivist turned Pub into a mosh pit and reminded the Thresher that Rice has a louder musical history than ...

Just two years ago, the urbanist future of Houston seemed promising. Millions of dollars of federal funding were allocated to pedestrian safety projects on Bissonnet Street and Telephone Road. A ...

Mayor John Whitmire’s administration wants to open a service center that would shelter hundreds of homeless people. It’s an ...

A large number of bodies have been found in Houston bayous, including 24-year-old Carl Newton, who was found dead back in ...

Texas talk radio host Kenny Webster explains why, as a Trump voter, he backs Houston’s Democratic mayor John Whitmire — praising his old-school pragmatism and focus on fighting crime.