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Fort Bend County Health & Human Services has just announced the first COVID-19 related death in the county: a woman in her 70s with pre-existing medical conditions. Before she died, she was hospitalized briefly in a local hospital. She died late We…
Read MoreFort Bend County Judge KP George and Fort Bend County Health & Human Services Director and Local Health Authority Dr. Jacquelyn Johnson Minter in coordination with OakBend Medical Group Wednesday night announced the first COVID-19 testing site in F…
Read MoreWell, here it is. Some City of Houston facilities are not as open as they were for a while. Blame the coronavirus. Dog parks are still open, however. Here’s today’s release from the Houston Parks and Recreation Department. Closed Park Facilities …
Read MoreThe Alley Theatre is cancelling the rest of its 2019-20 season due to the coronavirus crisis. The Alley, which has a resident theater company of actors, is laying off 75 percent of its staff because of the virus’s effects on its financial stability. Th…
Read MoreHouston ISD Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan announced today that on Monday, March 23, the district will launch HISD@H.O.M.E. with studnets and parents able to log in on that day, with lessons and activities starting the followin gMonday on March …
Read MoreHouston ISD has announced that because the weather in Houston is supposed to be bad on Friday, it won’t be doing its food distribution. It will resume operations on Monday, March 23. According to a press release “Families who do not have transportation…
Read MoreThe Houston Press is postponing its annual Menu of MenusĀ® event, originally scheduled for April 7, until June 2 because of concerns caused by the coronavirus. In a statement released today, the Press said: “Out of an abundance of caution and in or…
Read MoreOn Saturday, when Houston ISD working with the Houston Food Bank School Market program, opened up a meal distribution at Chavez High School, the turnout was impressively substantial. Hundreds of families came for the free food. As a result, and showing…
Read MoreIn honor of National Pie Day on Saturday, March 14, Prasek’s Family Smokehouse is offering a special deal on all its pies. That’s a $3.14 deal to match the Pie Day date. Representatives of Prasek’s dropped off three pies at the Houston Press newsroom ā…
Read MoreWith six premieres and Tony AwardĀ® winners, the 2020-21 Season announced by Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby today seems power-loaded to attract a wide range of audiences featuring everything from Best Musical Hadestown to the much-applauded…
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