Greenville Herald Banner · Galveston, TX
The FBI is investigating what it called a “suspected homicide” aboard a cruise ship that returned to port after departing from Galveston, Texas. The agency said Monday that a suspect is in custody. It did not say whether any charges…
Education Week · Pasadena, TX
Nearby: Pasadena, TXShare article Remove Save to favorites Save to favorites Print Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Copy URL Larry Ferlazzo Follow Unfollow Opinion Contributor, Education Week Larry Ferlazzo is a former award-winning high school English and social studies teacher of more than two decades. He is currently a volunteer tutor to English-learner newcomers at a local school and to youth in juvenile hall. There are so many instructional strategies that are recommended for helping students acquire the English language.Which ones are the best?This series will offer recommendations from experienced educators.My choice is having class sets of mini-whiteboards. They can be used to encourage whole-class participation and are great for formative assessments. I’ve used them for games, dictation (teacher-to-class or student-to-student), reading comprehension—you name it!
Victoria Advocate · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXBrad Ausmus said all the right things as the former Houston Astros catcher was introduced last weekend as the team’s next manager. Ausmus played in Houston across multiple stints; the first from 1997-98 and the second from 2001-08. He replaces Joe Espada, who was fired Oct.14. “I’m very excited to be back with Houston,” said Ausmus. “This is a place I spent 10 years as a player and looking back on my career, if I picture myself as a player, it’s wearing an Astros uniform.” If it all feels a bit too perfect of a homecoming, that is because Ausmus was perfectly lukewarm in his two precious major league stints. He went a combined 386-422 with the Detroit Tigers from 2014-17, winning an AL Central title in his first year. He then went an anemic 72-90 in 2019 during his lone season with the Los Angeles Angels. When asked why fans should consider the third time to be the charm, Ausmus pointed to his recent role as New York Yankees bench coach, a position he served in from 2024-26.
Orange Leader · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXApril 8, 1956 – November 7, 2026 Brenda Susanne Wagner, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Orange, Texas, passed away peacefully in Houston on November 7, 2026. Brenda was a proud 1974 graduate of Little Cypress- Mauriceville High School. She enjoyed the simple pleasures in life, especially crocheting, sewing, and reading. Above all, she treasured her family and the time spent with those she loved. She was preceded in death by her parents, JoAnne and H.Ray Roberts, both of Orange, Texas. Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 47 years, David; her daughters, Tara (Guy)of Justin, Texas, and Chrissy (Manny) of Houston, Texas; her son, David (Laura)of Houston, Texas; nine beloved grandchildren; and two precious great-grandchildren. Brenda’s love for her family will remain in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. She will be deeply missed and forever remembered.
Houston Press · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXFor a generation, the traffic ran one way: Texas trained ambitious finance students, and New York hired them. In 2026, Apollo gave that traffic a second direction. Apollo Global Management Partner Holly Goodrich, who earned her MBA at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, was part of the alumni group that paved the first lane. Her employer is now helping to build the second. Not long ago, a Houston student majoring in finance in Austin needed some luck and a well-placed contact to get a serious hearing from Wall Street. Texas graduates working in Manhattan set out to change that. The New York lane Rebuilding that pipeline is why the New York for McCombs Council came together in 2013. Goodrich was one of its founding members and chaired the council in 2018-2019. In 2016, finance professor Xavier Sztejnberg co-founded Wall Street for McCombs.
San Antonio Current · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXOtto’s Ice House opened at Pearl in spring 2025. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Otto’s Ice House San Antonio has suffered another high-profile restaurant casualty as it nears the end of a turbulent year for the local hospitality industry. Otto’s Ice House, a Pearl bar and eatery launched in April 2025, will close after offering a final day of service on Friday, Nov. 20, the brand revealed Thursday on social media. Otto’s, located at 111 Newell Ave., adjacent the River Walk, was founded by Houston-based restaurateur Levi Goode, owner of Goode Company hospitality group. The company operates multiple concepts in Houston, including Goode Company Barbecue and Goode Company Seafood. In a statement, Goode Company expressed gratitude to the San Antonio community but offered no reason for the closure of its first and only restaurant here. The Current reached out for further information but received no response by press time.
Houston Press · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXBest Barbecue Chicken: Blood Bros. BBQ Togarashi Chicken The tendency may be to focus on the togarashi in the Togarashi Chicken at Blood Bros. BBQ, and for good reason. The restaurant is acclaimed as a barbecue joint can be, drawing honors from grill gurus like Texas Monthly, gastronomic guides like MICHELIN and the smoked meats fans from Houston and afar who beat a path to their Bellaire Triangle doors. Because Blood Bros. has innovated BBQ with Asian fusion options like Brisket & Gai Lan Chow Fun and Char Siu Pork Belly Fried Bao Buns, the togarashi gets lots of attention. It commands attention, peppering the divine chicken skin with its sublimely-spiced blend. But what really gives the chicken a leg (breast, thigh and wing) up on other barbecued chickens in Houston is the smoke. The way the post oak permeates every succulent morsel right down to the bone isn’t something that can be measured, like the seven spices in a traditional togarashi.
Houston Press · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXBest Music Festival: RadFest Organizers of RadFest had us when they unveiled the upstart music fest was going to be held in late fall, during the glorious, cool, waning days of November. They further cemented us as fans when they stated they’d focus on Houston bands, but would emphasize slow, steady growth that could help draw bigger acts from outside the city to future RadFests. Like Willy Loman, they kept selling and we absolutely bought in when they revealed the whole shindig would occur at Axelrad Beer Garden, one of our favorite places in all of Houston (just check our back Best Of Houston® entries to find the beer garden’s numerous honors). Even with all that upside, what makes RadFest the best music festival going in Houston is its connection to the area’s School of Rock outlets. Those schools are churning out some of the city’s next great musicians, many who are already out there gigging and were showcased in RadFest’s inaugural run in 2025.
African American News and Issues · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXRashanique Williams, also known as Rashanique the Writer, is a native Houstonian who has a lot to be proud of by presenting her 15th play as part of the Fourth Annual Houston Black eater Week at the historic Deluxe theater on Lyons Avenue. Most of her plays have been featured at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, however, this one is di fferent. The plot is based on ‘The Wife of My Youth,’ written by Charles Chestnut and published in 1899. Chestnut was born to newly freed slaves and had one white grandfather who was also a slave master. Therefore, his family history gave Chesnutt intimate knowledge of the tangled racial hierarchies he would later explore in his fiction. Rashanique heard of the story over a casual conversation with her soon-to-be producer Roderick Taylor in July 2026. Needless to say, that conversation inspired Rashanique to adapt the story into a play with a few plot twists.
African American News and Issues · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXIllegal dumping, abandoned properties, blighted vacant lots, and neglected streets are profoundly serious issues in many parts of the city of Houston especially in lower income neighborhoods. Residents make frequent 311 complaints yet the trash continues to pile up as they have been waiting for their elected o cials to address their concern. Andrew Beaver decided to go to work in the historic Sunnyside community instead of just talking about the problem. “We’ve cleaned illegal dumping in our underserved communities for two years straight, exposing the neglect we’ve been facing and understanding that if we want the community that we rightfully deserve, we must do it ourselves because no one in power is currently fighting for us,” said Mr. Beaver, founder of Clean The Block. Mr. Beaver explained that within the first year of Clean The Block’s e fforts, he and others came together for weekly cleans ups and then shifted to monthly.
Atlanta Black Star · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXFrom 2017 to 2020, a trip to Houston, Texas, wasn’t complete for some visitors without a stop at Turkey Leg Hut. The restaurant became a popular destination, drawing crowds for its oversized, stuffed turkey legs and frequently going viral on social media. But behind the restaurant’s success, things were taking a turn in both the business and in Lyndell “Lynn” Price and Nakia Holmes‘ marriage. It’s been two years since the popular restaurant, known for its stuffed turkey legs, closed. Price was terminated that same fall following a slew of allegations. Holmes said she began noticing financial discrepancies as her husband allegedly started treating the restaurant’s money like his personal bank account. During the Nov. 11 episode of “Reality With the King,” Carlos King asked Holmes when things started going wrong financially. She pointed to Price’s alleged handling of the business’s money. “When it started to when it started to go bad was theft; it was theft.
Houston Press · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXBest Family-Friendly Restaurant: Long Weekend Taking over the old King’s BierHaus on T.C. Jester, Long Weekend brings way more than a playground and chicken nuggets to the neighborhood. The playground is a sprawling maze of a treehouse and ranch-style backyard, while the nuggets (or steak bites) can come with fruit cups, prickly pear punch and cheesy broccoli. Folks of all ages can dig into the more grown-up menu, too, with wood-fired filets, salmon dripping in peach butter, caviar potatoes, braised rabbit pizza and a darn good skillet cookie. Add excellent cocktails and the occasional live music, and you’ve got the makings of a long, leisurely weekend. 2044 East T.C. Jester 713-814-8978 longweekendtx.com
Houston Press · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXIt’s strange that Astros special assistant and team legend Jeff Bagwell has managed to carve out such a negative space for himself in his post playing days in Houston. One of the top three Astros of all time and an unabashed lover of all things ‘Stros, he nevertheless finds himself in a tough spot these days thanks to his curmudgeonly color commentary and, more importantly, very bad and terrible decisions in between the James Click and Dana Brown eras. We lead with Bagwell because the Astros are hiring his former teammate (and good friend), Brad Ausmus, to take over as the team’s manager after bringing in Randy Flores as the club’s GM less than a week ago. If you recall, prior to the hiring of Brown, Bagwell had pushed (reportedly) for Ausmus in that role. So, for fans, Ausmus has been tainted by association and it’s honestly not fair.
Harbor Country News · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXTHREE OAKS — The Acorn Center for the Performing Arts’s 2026 Spectacular Tournament of Playwrights brought five stellar short plays to the stage on Sunday evening, Nov. 8.The five plays presented on the Turner Stage were chosen from 215 originally submitted. Audience members voted for their favorite after watching them unfold (each 10-minute play was performed, directed and produced by area talent).The 2026 Spectacular Tournament of Playwrights winner was “Exit Interview” – written by John Westby of Winfield, Illinois.The tense 10-minute interaction over a table between Zach Hackett and Emma Vicari was described by emcees Peter Carey and Mark Strauss as a routine exit interview which spirals into a darkly hilarious example of corporate control and discovery spiked with loyalty tests and emotional manipulation. Hackett and Vicari were also credited as co-directors.
forwardtimes.com · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXLetitia Plummer celebrates with supporters in Houston during her campaign for Harris County judge. Plummer made history in the November 2026 election as the first Black person and first Muslim elected to lead the county. From the governor's mansion to county government, voters delivered major changes in Texas' November 3 election. Here's a breakdown of the key races and results.Texas voters reshaped the state's political leadership in the November 3, 2026, general election, electing Democrats to several statewide offices and producing consequential results across Greater Houston.Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated three-term Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, becoming Texas' first Latina governor and the first Democrat elected governor since Ann Richards. Democrat James Talarico also defeated Republican Ken Paxton in the U.S.
Church News · Houston, TX
Nearby: Houston, TXGiving and serving should not wait until there is more time or money in life, said Bishop Sean Douglas, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, during a BYU–Idaho devotional on Tuesday, Nov. 3. “Make caring for God’s children central to who you are and what you do now,” he said. “We give now when we are young with very little so that we will always give. We serve now when we are students, when time is scarce, so that we will always serve.” Drawing on experiences with his wife, Sister Ann Douglas, and examples of humanitarian work by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bishop Douglas invited students to make caring for those in need a lifelong expression of their love for God and fellow men. “Giving and serving are not to be put off for an ideal season of life,” he said, adding that service “is everyday discipleship.
