Monthly Archives: April 2012

Houston Art Car Parade – Saturday May 12, 2012

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This year's annual Houston Art Car Parade will be held on May 12, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The parade will take place along Allen Parkway from Waugh Drive to Bagby. The Houston Art Car Parade boasts being Houston's largest free public art event.  It requires the help of over 300 volunteers each year and would not happen without the generosity of numerous individual and corporate sponsors. The parade is produced by the Orange Show Center read more
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Driver Who Killed Two Pedestrians and Their Dog on Seawall in Galveston, Texas Could Face Intoxicated Manslaughter Charges

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Two men were walking a dog along Seawall Boulevard on Wednesday evening, April 25, 2012, when a car lost control and struck them.  Apparently a red sports car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate the curve at13th Street and Seawall and slid off the road striking the men and their dog. Reports say that drug paraphernalia in the form of a pipe was recovered at the scene and that one of the vehicle occupants may have read more
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Two Women Accused Of Stealing Panties From Houston Store | Newswatch | a Chron.com blog

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Two female store employees have been arrested after a store customer allegedly spotted the women stealing over $2,000.00 worth of panties from the store where they work.  The women were arrested outside the store with their hoard of unmentionables in hand. The question still unanswered here is if they really needed some fancy panties, why couldn't they just wait for the "free panty" mailers from Victoria's Secret like everyone else?  Due to the read more
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Houston Chronicle Report Equals More Bad News For Pit Bull Owners

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A recent review of Houston dog bite incident reports between 2006 and 2011 deals another blow to pit bull advocates insistence that the dogs are not a bad breed. The Houston Chronicle published their findings on April 1, 2012, in which they found that the most common breed of dogs involved in attacks are pit bulls with a total of 2,737 bites.  The next closest breed is German Shepherd with 1,729 bites. The above findings are consistent with those read more
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Contractor Falls 60 Feet Through Roof at Malin International Ship Repair and Drydock in Galveston, Texas

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A contractor fell through a roof panel while pressure washing the roof at Malin International Ship Repair and Drydock in Galveston, Texas,Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The man was pressure washing the metal roof when a panel gave way and the man fell approximately 60 feet to the concrete below. He was taken by ambulance to UTMB in critical condition. An OSHA investigation is likely to ensue under the circumstances.  It is currently unclear what read more
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Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott Spends Over 1.5 Million Taxpayer Dollars Filing Lawsuits

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Gregg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General, has spent over 1.5 Million filing lawsuits--what some might even consider frivolous lawsuits--against the U.S. government for things like challenging Obama's healthcare plan and suing to try to force the federal government to give back women's healthcare funding that Rick Perry cost the state by placing limitations on who women had the right to seek their healthcare from. Despite having 700 lawyers on staff, read more
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Hit-and-Run in Northwest Houston Leaves Mother of Five Dead

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In the early hours of Sunday morning, April 15th, Lucinda Hernandez and her husband Ever Hernandez left a bar where they had been celebrating Lucinda's birthday the night before.  She had just turned 38. As she was driving them home, they had an argument. Lucinda puled the vehicle over in the 2000 block of West Mount Houston Road, got out and began walking down the road.  Her husband could do nothing but watch as a passing pick-up truck struck read more
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