Year In Review

10 News Stories Y'all Really Liked in 2017

And no, they're not all about Harvey.

12/29/2017 By Nicki Koetting

Politics

Mayor Sylvester Turner Issues Statement on Immigration

"HPD is not the Immigration and Naturalization Service."

01/26/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Transportation

Uber Stays in the Picture, Promises Mayor Turner

Can you imagine a Super Bowl weekend in Houston without Uber? Thankfully you don't have to.

11/16/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Interview

New Mayor, New Priorities

Yes, there’s more on Sylvester Turner’s mind than potholes.

02/05/2016 By Jeff Balke

Bayougraphy

Hanging with the Primates: A Zookeeper’s Perspective

After 11 years, Houston finally has a great ape exhibit.

02/05/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Beauty

The Coaching King of Pageant Queens

Houston's pageant starmaker J.J. Smith on his secret weapon for winning that crown: The Interview.

01/05/2016 By Steven Devadanam

Shooting from the Hip

Here's a List of the Houston Restaurants and Grocery Stores Allowing Open Carry

Some restaurants are offering open-carry discounts as of Jan. 1 while others are banning weapons altogether.

12/30/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Star Wars

Famous and In Trouble? Kent Schaffer’s Your Man

Meet three celebs who were glad to have Houston’s lawyer-to-the-stars.

11/29/2015 By Steven Devadanam

Crime

The Fixer

Defense attorney Kent Schaffer looks back on the notorious 2007 capital murder trial that gripped Houston: that of Lamar High School student Ashley Benton, accused of stabbing an MS-13 gang member in cold blood.

11/29/2015 By Steven Devadanam Photography by Brian Goldman

Bayougraphy

A Matter of Conviction

Anthony Graves, Houston Forensic Science Center Board Member

11/29/2015 By Jeff Balke

Whatacluster

Local Businesses Brace for Open Carry

House Bill 910 goes into effect January 1, kicking off a debate over whether—and how—companies should exercise their right to prohibit guns on the premises.

11/03/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

Mental Health

Anxiety Goes to College

Houston-area campuses are scrambling to meet the mental health needs of a generation of students beset by an increasingly diagnosed condition.

11/03/2015 By Marianella Orlando Photography by Brian Goldman

Bayougraphy

The Art of Crime

Lois Gibson, Forensic Artist

08/04/2015 By Marianella Orlando

Photo Essay

Moment of Sleuth

The death and afterlife of Houston's crime lab

05/03/2015 By Michael Hardy Photography by Brian Goldman

Feature

Along Holman Street, the Past, Present, and Future of the Third Ward

A short walk of just a mile and a half reveals the rise, fall, and renewal of one of Houston’s most iconic neighborhoods.

03/09/2015 By Michael Hardy Photography by Brian Goldman

Web Exclusive

Photo Essay: Houston’s Sex Trade in Nine Objects

A sobering look at the lives of Houston’s trafficked sex workers, these items will form part of the first museum of modern day slavery located at Elijah Rising.

02/02/2015 Photography by Brian Goldman