Town Crier

The Drama You Missed at Houston City Council This Month, August 2025

Hotly debated housing funding, a makeover for the Booker Landfill, and a solid waste department comeback for the books (so we’re told).

08/25/2025 By Emily Hynds

Town Crier

What You Missed at Houston City Council This Month, July 2025

A legislative flex, nighttime public comment changes, and dress code drama have Houstonians talking.

07/21/2025 By Emily Hynds

Only in Houston

Weird Houston News You Missed Recently

Strange, hilarious, or chaotic, these events can only happen in a city like ours.

04/17/2025 By Uvie Bikomo

Only in Houston

The Weirdest Houston News of 2024

A look back on the crazy headlines that kept us entertained (or outraged) all year.

01/16/2025 By Uvie Bikomo

Extra! Extra!

Read All About It: Houstonia’s Top 15 Stories from 2024

Beto O’Rourke and the Houstonian of the Year awards topped our list of most popular articles this year.

12/30/2024 By Uvie Bikomo and Meredith Nudo

Watch Parties

Things To Do In Houston This Week, March 21

New restaurants, store opening, and the start of March Madness.

03/21/2022 By Shelby Stewart

Buzzer Beater

Here's What Houston Was Up To Last Week, January 10

Road closures, new restaurants and COVID cancellations.

01/10/2022 By Shelby Stewart

NASA Herstory

Vanessa Wyche Named New Director of Johnson Space Center

The NASA veteran makes history as the first Black woman to lead one of the space agency’s centers.

07/13/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Very Houston News

J.J. Watt Is Back in Houston ... Sort of

A is for animals and Astrodomes. Plus, some questionable parking.

05/21/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Very Houston News

Guy Fieri Came Back to H-Town This Week

In our first installment of Very Houston News, the celebrity chef shows up. So does a cow.

04/30/2021 By Timothy Malcolm

The Funny Pages

Nick Anderson’s Second Act

The Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist is reclaiming his voice, outside of newspapers.

02/02/2021 By Emma Schkloven

Santa's helpers

Pancho Claus Needs Your Help to Bring Christmas Cheer this Year

Richard Reyes, who first began playing the Bayou City's Tex-Mex Santa in 1981, has lost his financial sponsors because of the coronavirus pandemic.

12/09/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Fah who foraze! Dah who doraze!

Tap into Your Inner Seuss at the All New Hou-Ville Christmas Village

The Houston spin on How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’s Whoville will be bringing holiday cheer all December long.

11/19/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Is it next year yet?

Don't Worry Houston, Travis Scott's AstroWorld Will Be Back in 2021

The Houston rapper's annual music festival was cancelled this year because of—you guessed it—the coronavirus.

11/16/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Will they get mars bars?

Update: First U.S. Commercial Spacecraft, “Resilience,” to Launch November 14

The historic launch will inaugurate a new era in ISS operations, 20 years after the first mission left Earth’s orbit.

10/27/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Rest In Power

Houston Mourns Death of Transgender Activist Monica Roberts

The native Houstonian and trailblazing advocate was the founder of the influential blog, TransGriot.

10/09/2020 By Emma Schkloven

#JusticeforVanessaGuillén

Houston Artists Paint the City to Honor Slain Soldier Vanessa Guillén

The Bayou City street art community is remembering “Houston’s Daughter” with a series of murals honoring 20 years beautifully and boldly lived.

09/30/2020 By Kaitlyn Miller

Stay Winnin’

Megan Thee Stallion Tops Time’s 100 Most Influential List

And her cover photo is, shall we say, savage.

09/23/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Recognition

Houston's Third and Fifth Wards Designated Cultural Districts by the State

And with so much history in both neighborhoods, it's really no surprise.

09/15/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Breaking the cycle

Mayor Turner Announces New Office of Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence

The new office expands the city’s Anti-Human Trafficking Division to address issues of domestic abuse.

09/14/2020 By Emma Schkloven