Sunday, December 9, 2012

Breaking: Alvin- young brothers killed by man who had been shot.



ALVIN, Texas — Brazoria County authorities are trying to figure out how two young brothers pushing their father's disabled truck were struck and killed by a car carrying a man who had been shot and also died.
Sheriff's investigator Dominick Sanders says 12-year-old David Barajas II and his 11-year-old brother Caleb were pushing the pickup with their father Friday night about a quarter-mile from their home in Alvin.
A car slammed into them. A man in the passenger side was found to be shot in the head.
David Barajas died at the scene, his brother at a hospital. The man in the car, 20-year-old Jose Banda, also died in the hospital.
It's uncertain if Banda was the driver or someone else was behind the wheel and fled.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Kingwood man sues over hornet attack


KINGWOOD, Texas – A Houston-based air conditioning technician is suing a Kingwood medical facility for $1 million after he said he was attacked by hornets, which then caused him to fall through a skylight.
Amador Gonzales, Jr., 38, filed a petition in the 61st District Court saying the incident occurred on Oct. 20.
Gonzales said he was working for Tek Plan Solutions and was called to make repairs to a hospital’s air condition units, located on the top of the building.
After he removed a panel from one of the units, the repairman was stung by several hornets, alleged court documents. Gonzales then fell 30 feet from the roof through the building’s plexiglass skylight.
The worker’s lawsuit stated he sustained severe, life-threatening injuries.
The lawsuit claims Kingwood Medical Center was negligent “in failing to provide and maintain a safe place for [Gonzalez] and invitees; creating the unreasonably dangerous conditions or allowing them to be created; [and] in failing to adequately warn” workers of these conditions.
The property’s owners filed a response, denying responsibility for his injuries.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

"Skinny" the cat's battle inspires weight battlers


DALLAS (KTVT/CBS) – A cat's struggle with obesity has inspired a Twitter page full of supporters and many people fighting their own battles with weight.
The cat that veterinarians call Skinny showed up at the Eastlake Pet Orphanage weighing 42 pounds. The cat was so fat doctors thought it was a female.
His wrists and ankles shake under his weight so he has to move very quickly and in short spurts.
Dr. Brittney Barton believes he got so big because he grew up on a human diet.
"I suspect someone was probably sharing their pizza and cake and cookies and chips," Barton said.
After a cautious exercise regimen and a strict diet of cat food Skinny is down to 37 pounds, but he is still grossly overweight.
Barton doesn't expect he will ever live up to his name, but the doctors have hope he can lead a healthy life.
The Twitter page in Skinny's name has attracted almost 500 followers.
Skinny is so popular people sign up and volunteer just to come sit with him.
He's shy now, but the vet hopes he warms up and gets healthy enough to become available for adoption.
Copyright 2012 KTVT via CBS. All rights reserved.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Alvin High Teen Crowned as Queen


Alvin Teen Named Queen


Alvin High School student Melissa Warrick was crowned as the 2012 Brazoria County Rodeo Queen.

Melisssa Warrick honored with crown

By Judy Zavalla, Staff Reporter
Published:
Thursday, October 25, 2012 11:42 AM EDT
Alvin High School Junior Melissa Warrick has been crowned 2012 Brazoria County Rodeo Queen. “She serves as Future Farmers of America (FFA) President,” said Agricultural Science Teacher Ashley Kurten.

As a member of the FFA, she shows goats and participates in horse judging.

She is also very active in the Texas High School Rodeo.

In 2011, she won five buckles and showed two reserve Grand Champion goats. She won her class several times and won a first place Showmanship Award.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

House, car,plane burn in fire


Firefighters were called out to the home on FM 1462 near Highway 288 around 11pm in Brazoria County last Wednesday.  When they arrived, 40 foot flames were already shooting from the home.

Since the home is located on a private airfield, firefighters are still working to figure out if a plane might have been inside.

"We believe there's a hangar attached. This is a private airfield and we haven't been able to get into the house yet to determine what's all in the house, what's on the inside," said Asst. Chief Kendall Hunting with the Alvin Fire Department.

Authorities say there were people inside the home at the time of the fire, but they made it out safely.
(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

Monday, August 27, 2012

Houston area hurricane warned!



By Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Aug. 27--Tropical Storm Isaac moved into the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday, setting the stage for a midweek rendezvous with the northern Gulf coast.
In response to the growing threat, the National Hurricane Center issued hurricane warnings for the coast from Morgan City, La., to Destin, Fla.
Forecasters said it remained difficult to determine the storm's most likely track, but New Orleans was in the middle of the hurricane center's "cone of uncertainty."
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called a state of emergency on Sunday and suggested that people leave low-lying parts of the state. A voluntary evacuation of New Orleans began Sunday, and mandatory evacuations could begin as early as Monday.
An emergency declaration was also issued in Mississippi by Gov. Phil Bryant amid concerns of storm surge threatening low-lying areas.
By late Sunday Isaac remained a powerful tropical storm, with 65-mph sustained winds, and forecasters anticipated it would grow into a hurricane by Monday. The official forecast predicts Isaac will come ashore as a Category 2 hurricane along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast, although some forecast models strengthened it into a major hurricane before landfall.
Isaac could reach the northern Gulf coast by Wednesday -- the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Passing through the Florida Keys as a tropical storm, Gov. Rick Scott said Sunday evening that only minor damage was reported in Florida.
In Tampa, Republican National Convention officials said they would convene briefly on Monday, then recess until Tuesday afternoon, when the storm was expected to have passed.
Offshore, energy companies were preparing for the storm, as they stepped up evacuation of workers from the Gulf and shut down some production.
By midday Sunday, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement reported 24 percent of the current daily oil production in the Gulf had been shut down, along with just over 8 percent of current daily natural gas production.
Satish Nagarajaiah, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, said the evacuations and production shutdowns were routine. More platforms will be shut down by Monday, he said, most of them in the eastern Gulf. And once the storm passes, production will be restarted quickly unless the platform sustains damage, he said.
Drilling in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico accounts for 23 percent of domestic crude oil production and about 7 percent of natural gas production, according to U.S. government statistics.
More than 40 percent of the country's refining capacity is located along the Gulf coast, too. So far, refineries are continuing operations.
BP said Sunday it had temporarily suspended production at all of its operated production platforms in the Gulf. Apache Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. both said they shut in some production. BP had begun evacuating workers Friday; by Saturday, Chevron, Murphy Oil, Shell, Exxon Mobil and other companies were evacuating nonessential workers.
On Sunday afternoon some forecast models suggests Isaac could move as far west as the Texas-Louisiana border before moving inland, possibly posing a hurricane threat to Texas.
But that scenario remained unlikely, forecasters said. "There's not a zero percent chance on Texas, but it certainly is still an outlier" that the state would get hit, said Bill Read, the recently retired director of the National Hurricane Center.
Depending how close Isaac moves to Texas, waters offshore Galveston could see some higher waves, and winds could rise over the region on Wednesday and Thursday. Some rain is also possible.
Staff writer Jeannie Kever contributed to this report.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Historic rain events drenches Houston area


CBS/AP) HOUSTON - Historic rainfall levels that drenched the Houston area this week flooded dozens of homes and caused widespread street flooding, but the rain also is likely to result in the end of drought conditions in Southeast Texas, officials said Friday.
Officials estimated that fewer than 100 homes were flooded after Cypress Creek, located in the northwest part of the Houston area, rose above its banks after getting about 14 inches of rain over the past couple of days, said Francisco Sanchez, a spokesman for the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
County officials were still trying to reach flooded neighborhoods oan Friday to better assess the damage, but initial reports had homes affected anywhere from a few inches to a couple of feet of water, Sanchez said.
"Some areas along Cypress Creek got more rain in the last 24 hours than in Hurricane Ike (in 2008) or from major flooding in 1998," Sanchez said.
CBS Affiliate KHOU reports it will be mostly dry Saturday morning, but there is a 60-percent chance of rain beginning in the afternoon.
A flood warning is in effect until 8:50 a.m. Sunday for northwest Harris County and Montgomery County. A flood warning is in effect until 10 Sunday night for the Spring Creek area of Harris County.
In northwest Harris County, a good portion of the subdivision called the Enchanted Valley Estates was only accessible by boat. Homeowners could be seen using canoes, pontoon boats and even a jet ski to navigate around the area.
Firefighters rescued several families from the Norchester subdivision near Cypress Creek Friday when two to three feet of water seeped into their homes overnight.
Several people also had to be rescued early Friday morning after driving into high water.
Gary Whitaker Jr., who lives in one of the areas affected by Cypress Creek, said street flooding in his neighborhood had started to recede on Friday but a nearby subdivision still had streets that were impassable. Water from the creek was flowing "like a waterfall" across one street and into a golf course, he said.
"Quite a few people in our subdivision couldn't go to work today. They couldn't get out (due to flooded streets). It was pretty risky," he said.
Whitaker, 36, who lives in Cypress, an unincorporated area in northwest Harris County, said there were no reports of flooded homes in his neighborhood.
The American Red Cross in Houston sent out workers Friday to affected neighborhoods to assess the flooded homes, said spokesman Cameron Ballantyne. The agency had not opened any shelters.
In Montgomery County, located just north of Harris County, officials reported seven to eight flooded homes.
A shelter had been opened in Montgomery County at Living Stones Church in Magnolia, but church secretary Linda Arnold said no residents had used the facility.
Victor Murphy, a climate expert with the National Weather Service, said one rain gauge on the border of Harris and Waller counties recorded 10.3 inches of rain in a 10 hour period.
Murphy said that amount of precipitation within that short period of time suggests that area experienced a "100-year rainfall event," which caused Cypress Creek to overflow.
Other areas in Southeast Texas also got large amounts of rain, including just west of Bay City in Matagorda County, which received about 18 inches this past week.
"Rainfall in the entire (Southeast Texas) area this week was in the 8 to 10 inch category," he said. "The average weekly rainfall for this time of year is about 1 inch or so."
While the current U.S. Drought Monitor shows some parts of Southeast Texas as being abnormally dry, that does not include this week's rainfall totals.
"When the next U.S. Drought Monitor comes out Thursday, there will not be any drought in Southeast Texas," Murphy said. Most of the rest of the state was expected to remain in drought conditions.
Even if Southeast Texas only experiences average rainfall or dry weather the rest of the summer, drought conditions should be kept at bay until at least the fall, Murphy said.
Sanchez said officials were hopeful Cypress Creek, which was still rising Friday, would eventually recede if the area was not inundated with more rain. Water levels at two other nearby creeks which had also flowed out of their banks, had started to fall.
Rain was forecast for this weekend but the chances of showers were expected to be lower than earlier this week.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Alvin Hospital named in fraud case ...



HOUSTON, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A new lawsuit alleges University General, one of the nation's fastest growing hospital companies, defrauded its joint-venture partners in an Alvin, Texas regional hospital project, The Buzbee Law Firm announced today.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of ACHDC, LLC and Palicio Gate, LP in state district court in Wharton County, Texas against defendants University General Hospital LP, University Hospital Systems, LLP, UGHS Alvin Hospital, Inc., and Skymark Development Company.
According to the petition, University General agreed in 2011 to develop a hospital on a 93-acre site in Alvin, outside of Houston, with ACHDC, LLC and Palicio Gate, LP. The agreement announcement was widely covered in Houston-area news reports in October 2011.
The lawsuit alleges University General, a publicly traded company, and the other defendants then began secret negotiations to develop a hospital on nearby land in Alvin and abruptly terminated its project agreements with ACHDC, LLC and Palicio Gate, LP in May 2012.
Attorneys Tony Buzbee and Chris Leavitt of The Buzbee Law Firm in Houston represent ACHDC, LLC and Palicio Gate, LP.
The lawsuit alleges, "After signing the lease, University General represented to potential new investors, and current investors, that it intended to build a hospital in Alvin, with the Plaintiffs. This representation to investors allowed University General to raise millions of dollars during its public offering. Unbeknownst to Plaintiffs, however, University General was also secretly negotiating with Skymark Development Company, another large Alvin landowner."
Buzbee said, "We allege University General unlawfully took our clients' proprietary strategies, contacts, market research, and hospital forecasts and negotiated a secret deal with Skymark for a hospital literally across the street from our clients' project in Alvin."
The lawsuit seeks $100 million in damages, attorneys' fees, interest, and court costs. The allegations include fraud, civil conspiracy, breach of contract, tortious interference with prospective business relations, and tortious interference with existing contract.
Late Thursday, the court issued a temporary restraining order against the defendants.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Alvin man installs perv-cam in ex-wife's shower.


A twisted Texas man installed a secret perv-cam in his ex-wife’s attic, snapping nude pictures of the unsuspecting victim for nine months, authorities said.
Manuel Tovar, 42, of Alvin, Texas, explained that he “wanted to see her naked” when his former spouse became aware of his creepy camera work, according to court papers.
The ex-wife recorded his confession during a phone conversation, the papers said.
Tovar’s perverse photograph was exposed when his ex-wife asked a neighbor to fix a problem with her air conditioning — and the sordid set-up was uncovered in March, court documents said.
A laptop computer was hidden in the attic rafters, with a USB cord running to a small camera. The wife said when she checked the “My Pictures” folder, it was filled with photos of her in various states of undress.
Tovar was charged with improper visual recording after hiding the camera over the bed in his former wife’s home. He apparently installed the camera in July 2011 while patching a hole in the roof.
The couple divorced in 2003 after 12 years of marriage, but Tovar remains in contact with his ex-wife and visits her home to see their children.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-man-installed-secret-camera-ex-wife-shower-months-cops-article-1.1091616#ixzz1xblnRWF2

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Alvin Council approves fire department changes



During Thursday evening’s Alvin  City Council Meeting, members unanimously passed a proposal to change the organizational chart of the Fire Department by creating a Firefighter position at a Pay Grade 12, non-exempt salary while the Fire Equipment Mechanic will be deleted. Olan Dyson, who has been with the Fire Department for 42 years, will be retiring in June.

He also serves as the department’s mechanic and fire truck driver during the day. The city was charged with a violation by the State of Texas because he was allowed to fight fires during the daytime and served as a dedicated driver as well as performing mechanical work on the department’s equipment. City Attorney Bobby Kacz and Fire Chief Rex Klesel went to Austin to appeal this violation. Their appeal was granted and the State of Texas will allow the position to be restructured after Dyson’s retirement. This agenda item was approved on the first reading.

 Also approved was the amendment of the city’s 2011-2012 Fiscal Year budget for the purpose of reclassifying the Fire Marshal position from Non Exempt Pay Grade 12 to Exempt Pay Grade 4. This was approved on the first reading. After the departure of Fire Marshal Martin Vela, the city has advertised for his replacement for the past six months. During that process, it became quickly apparent that the City of Alvin was not consistent with marketplace salaries paid for area Fire Marshals according to City Manager Terry Lucas. The passage of this ordinance will allow the city to upgrade the salary for that position, which should entice individuals with experience and knowledge to apply for the position.

The city’s 2011-2012 budget was also amended for the purpose of changing the organizational chart of the EMS Department by changing the title of EMS Director to EMS/EMC Director (Emergency Management Coordinator). Ron Schmitz has been performing the duties of the EMC since EMC Lucas was promoted to the City Manager position. “These two positions dovetail nicely,” said  Lucas. “At this time, there will be no pay increase but should the city receive a grant next year, his salary would then be adjusted.”This was also the first reading of this ordinance.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Houston pig wins court battle!


This little piggy can stay at home.
Wilbur, a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig that a Spring homeowner's association wanted to kick out of a family's home, doesn't have to move, a Harris County district court judge ruled Monday.
The Sardo family's one-and-a-half-year-old pig has been the subject of a lawsuit filed by his family to declare him a "household pet" so he can continue living in their subdivision. The Thicket at Cypresswood Community Improvement Association argued the pig violates its rules which forbids pets that are not "common" and "traditional."
District court Judge Mike Engelhart ruled evidence is clear that this pig breed is considered a household pet and that they are not used for commercial purposes. He also said the dispute puts a spotlight on homeowner's associations' restrictions and residents' property rights.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Tornadoes ravage Arlington/Dallas Ft Worth


Tornado-wrecked Dallas begins assessing damage
By PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press –



ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds.
"It wasn't like a freight train like everybody says it is," said Gilroy, who rounded up dozens to safety at Green Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. "It sounded like a bomb hit. And we hit the floor, and everybody was praying. It was shocking."

The National Weather Service said as many as a dozen twisters touched down in a wrecking-ball swath of violent weather that stretched across Dallas and Fort Worth. The destructive reminder of a young tornado season Tuesday left thousands without power and hundreds of homes pummeled or worse.

As the sun rose Wednesday over the southern Dallas suburb of Lancaster, one of the hardest hit areas, it was clear that twisters had bounced in and out of neighborhoods, destroying homes at random. Vehicles were tossed like toys, coming to rest in living rooms and bedrooms.

At one house, a tornado had seemingly dipped into the building like an immersion blender, spinning directly down through an upstairs bedroom and wreaking havoc in the family room below before lifting straight back up and away. A grandfather clock leaned slightly but otherwise stood pristine against a wall at the back of the downstairs room that was filled with smashed furniture and fallen support beams.

Despite the intensity of the slow-moving storms, only a handful of people were hurt, a couple of them seriously, and no fatalities were reported as of late Tuesday.
The Red Cross estimated that 650 homes were damaged. Around 150 Lancaster residents stayed in a shelter Tuesday night.

"I guess 'shock' is probably a good word," Lancaster Mayor Marcus Knight said.
The exact number of tornadoes won't be known until surveyors have fanned across North Texas, looking for clues among the debris that blanketed yards and rooftops peeled off slats.
April is typically the worst month in a tornado season that stretches from March to June, but Tuesday's outburst suggests that "we're on pace to be above normal," said National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Bishop.

An entire wing at the Green Oaks nursing home in Arlington crumbled. Stunning video from Dallas showed big-rig trailers tossed into the air and spiraling like footballs. At the Cedar Valley Christian Center church in Lancaster, Pastor Glenn Young said he cowered in a windowless room with 30 children from a daycare program, some of them newborns.

Ten people in Lancaster were injured, two of them severely, said Lancaster police officer Paul Beck. Three people were injured in Arlington, including two Green Oaks residents taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Arlington Assistant Fire Chief Jim Self said.

Gilroy said the blast of wind through Green Oaks lasted about 10 seconds. She described one of her co-workers being nearly "sucked out" while trying to get a patient out of the room at the moment the facility was hit.

Joy Johnston was also there, visiting her 79-year-old sister.
"Of course the windows were flying out, and my sister is paralyzed, so I had to get someone to help me get her in a wheelchair to get her out of the room," she said.
In one industrial section of Dallas, rows of empty tractor-trailers crumpled like soda cans littered a parking lot.

"The officers were watching the tornadoes form and drop," Kennedale police Chief Tommy Williams said. "It was pretty active for a while."

Most of Dallas was spared the full wrath of the storm. Yet in Lancaster, television helicopters panned over exposed homes without roofs and flattened buildings. Residents could be seen walking down the street with firefighters and peering into homes, looking at the damage after the storm passed.

Hundreds of flights into and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field were canceled or diverted elsewhere Tuesday. About 500 flights remained grounded Wednesday, airport officials said.

The storms knocked out power for thousands. Utility Oncor said nearly 14,000 homes and businesses, mainly in the Arlington area, still had no electricity early Wednesday.
Meteorologists said the storms were the result of a slow-moving storm system centered over northern New Mexico.

Dixon reported from Lancaster. Associated Press writers Nomaan Merchant, Terry Wallace and David Koenig in Dallas, Betsy Blaney in Lubbock, Angela K. Brown in Fort Worth and Robert Ray in Lancaster contributed to this report.
Copyright © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Severe weather expected today in Houston area


KRPC: You can see a wall of heavy rain," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez. "From 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock is the time to watch for these dangerous storms."

"Do not take these warnings lightly. Typically, whenever we get these and see a pattern like we had this morning, we'll see a handful of tornadoes," Yanez said.

Gusty winds and scattered showers moved through the area at 2 a.m., knocking out power to 30,000 CenterPoint Energy customers. As of 6:30 a.m., approximately 18,000 people remained without electricity.

"Earlier this morning, we had wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph," Yanez said. "That's what knocked down some of those trees and power lines. We could still see some 60 mph straight-line winds, hail and lots of lightning."

A low-pressure system is responsible for strong storms in central and northern Texas, which are expected to drench the Houston area most of the day.

"There's a couple of lines that we're tracking. The strongest one will arrive in Houston around noon. It's a concern for this morning until early afternoon. The radar is picking up a lot of twisting winds," Yanez said. "It's going to be wet from 8 o'clock all the way through 2 o'clock. By 5 p.m., this storm system will be in our eastern counties."

Yanez said south of Interstate 10 is not expected to see the strongest storms.

"It's a lot more scattered and not as well put together," Yanez said.

Power outages caused problems for some southwest Houston businesses.

Whataburger on the Southwest Freeway near Weslayan had to turn away customers when employees could not prepare food for the morning rush.

"Their lights just came back on (at 6 a.m.), but they weren't ready to serve yet," customer Carol Bennett said.

Many Houstonians were worried about flooding after severe weather left its mark on Jan. 9.

Houston firefighters performed about 140 water rescues when people became stranded in high water.

Officials warned drivers to "turn around, not drown" if they approached rising water.

Flooding is the most common hazard in Houston and many times, individuals are not able to judge the depths of water along roadways and find themselves in perilous conditions.

Officials said 6 inches of water can cause tires to lose traction and begin to slide, and 12 inches of water can float many cars. Two feet of rushing water will carry off pickup trucks, SUVs and most other vehicles.

Water across a roadway may hide a missing segment of road or a missing bridge, officials said.

In flash floods, waters rise so rapidly they may be far deeper by the time you are halfway across, trapping you in your vehicle.

Be especially cautious at night, when it's even more difficult to gauge the amount of water in a roadway.

The safest option is to simply avoid driving over water and find an alternate, safer route, or wait until the danger has passed.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Manvel coach attacked after game.


Winning on the road in a hostile environment is never easy, but as Manvel (Texas) High basketball coach Greg Devers found out over the weekend, winning was the easy part.

It was trying to get out of town that proved to be an arduous task, after an angry fan attacked Devers while the team was waiting to depart the gym following a 60-45 win over La Marque.

Details are still sketchy, but as the Houston Chronicle reported, the incident may have something to do with a Manvel player accidentally stepping on a La Marque player during the game.

"There was an incident (during the game) when my 6-7 guy (Traylin Farris) got tangled up with one of their kids and I think he accidentally stepped on the guy," Devers said. "That's when they were trying to get my 6-7 guy — three guys attack him saying, 'We're going to get you cause you stepped on my cousin.'"

That's when things started to get interesting. With tempers flaring, a Manvel trainer noticed a message on Twitter from La Marque fans, saying they were going to retaliate after the game was over. They certainly did, as three cars pulled up in front of the gym entrance after the game, blocking the Manvel bus from picking up the players.

As Devers and his team waited -- the La Marque team was already in their locker room by this point -- a fan from La Marque jumped out of the stands and charged the coach, knocking down a mother before landing a punch that left Dever's left eye severely swollen.

"I was trying to hold my player back and help one of the mamas that hits the ground. I have one hand on her and one hand on my player — that's when the guy cold cocked me from the side. I'll be honest, everything was so blurry then because I had about three or four other guys that started hitting me in the back and so forth."

Alvin Independent School District Athletic Director Mike Bass, talking to KTRK-TV in Houston, described the punch as a "left hook from Mike Tyson," and based on the the above video of the shiner, it's hard to disagree with his description.

"As a district, we don't tolerate that from our fans or students," Bass told KTRK-TV. "We are conducting a thorough investigation.


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Monday, January 9, 2012

Houston skyscraper implosion ...



by KHOU
KHOU
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 7:57 AM
Updated today at 8:14 AM

HOUSTON — A big boom could be heard on Sunday at the Texas Medical Center in Houston as demolition crews brought down a 20-story building that was once the home of KVUE's sister station, KHOU-TV.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Rare treat: Houstonians can watch as Space Station crosses Moon


A slice of Houston will have a chance to view a rare treat this evening.

Not only will the International Space Station make an incredibly bright, six-minute track across the sky tonight, some observers will be able to see the orbital laboratory blink across the moon.

Beginning at 6:28 p.m. the station will rise above the northwest horizon in Houston, and disappear just above the southeast horizon some six minutes later. Skies are forecast to be partly cloudy.

Along this path, for some parts of Houston all the way to Galveston, the station’s track will bring it across the face of the moon.

The following map, made by Steve Clayworth of Observable Universe, shows the approximate area from which this will be visible.


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