When I did a roundup of former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's tweets last year, I predicted that "time will tell if his successor, Sen. John Whitmire, will be even half as amusing." Talk about ...

In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It ...

On Friday night, Houston Mayor John Whitmire was among the many Houstonians who traveled to Jones Hall for the Performing Arts for a show produced by dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts.

The veteran orchestra manager, who abruptly resigned from his post as the New York Philharmonic leader last year, said he was ...

When Mayor John Whitmire prepared to oversee the final Houston City Council meeting of his first year in office, he said he’d keep his comments “short and sweet.” It was a strange departure ...

KNA Partners acquired a shuttered La Quinta Inn at 1625 West Loop S and has new development plans for the property.

As C.J. and the Texans strive to match last season's total of 10 wins in Nashville, we sit down with the Godfather of Houston Sports Talk, John Granato, from ESPN 97.5 & 92.5 FM, KFNC. Craig ...

It is all hands on deck in the City of Houston as preparations move forward for a potentially historic winter storm in southeast Texas. Mayor John Whitmire said planning began on Thursday and will ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Mayor John Whitmire started his first year as Houston's mayor with a series of challenges and promised initiatives, whether it's addressing transportation and the city's street ...

The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy started its final ... Peter Warren is a general assignment reporter for the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at peter.warren@ ...

The group are part of a statewide task force of firefighters with several departments around the Houston area sending personnel to California, including Houston, Baytown, Conroe, Needham ...