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HOUSTON – Union Pacific has released the final round of soil testing results from the area surrounding the former Houston Wood Preserving Works site in the city’s Fifth Ward, confirming no ...
Newcomer Ethan Dorr currently has 106 votes, just one more vote than current 5th Ward representative, Kristina Crites at 105. Dorr, 22, said he decided to run for city council after the public ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Fifth Ward job training program designed to lift people out of poverty has had its funding cut, as the Trump Administration cuts and suspends EPA grant money.
Yet the No. 1 pick could be headed for another player altogether: The University of Miami quarterback Cam Ward, who appears likely to be selected ... His 1,258 receiving yards were the fifth-most in ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A devastating cancer cluster in Houston's Fifth Ward is now leading to groundbreaking research. On Thursday night, the first people signed up for a landmark study that ...
The goal of the effort is to have a certain number of Fifth Ward residents participate by having their blood tested annually for free and have the data collected and studied. RELATED: Tempers ...
Calling all cocktail enthusiasts and coffee lovers alike! The second annual Espresso Martini Crawl returns to Northern Liberties in March. On Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the ...
HOUSTON — The Fifth Ward community can expect to see $20 million worth of change thanks to a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. It aims to tackle illegal dumping, air quality and a ...
Neal and Gray are two of three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the North Chicago Fifth Ward ... and ask for a vote. “There are a lot of stray dogs, even in my ward,” Gray ...
Repair work resumed on Tuesday on a big water main break in Northern Liberties. The flooding happened near the intersection of Fourth Street and Girard Avenue on Sunday. Girard remains closed ...
According to a new study by Texas A&M researchers, soil in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward has "significantly elevated levels of heavy metal contaminants." In fact, some samples of Fifth Ward soil ...