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Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells

Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.

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The City of Houston has launched a “Train Watch” webpage meant to provide residents with real-time information on rail crossings with stopped trains. They have long been a problem, particularly on the east side.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/08/19/529038/houstons-train-watch-first-step-in-improving-rail-crossing-safety-measures/

#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Local #News #PublicSafety #Traffic #Transportation #EastEndTrains #HoustonTrainWatch #HoustonTranstar #RailCrossing #StoppedTrains

A Harris County man accused of murdering his parents was being held in jail Monday on a $4 million bond.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/08/18/528875/harris-county-man-accused-of-murdering-parents-has-bond-set-to-4-million/

#Court #Crime #Local #News #CapitalMurder #Crosby #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice

A Harris County jury on Friday issued a death sentence to Oscar Rosales, who killed Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway during a traffic stop in 2022.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/06/13/524034/oscar-rosales-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-harris-county-precinct-5-cpl-charles-galloway/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #CorporalCharlesGalloway #DeathPenalty #DeathSentence #HarrisCountyJury #OscarRosales

Houston and Harris County are getting financial assistance from a local electricity retailer to operate more than 20 cooling centers throughout the summer months.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2025/06/13/523979/city-of-houston-harris-county-operating-summertime-cooling-centers-with-help-of-reliant-energy/

#Business #CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CoolingCenters #CoolingCentersInHarrisCounty #CoolingCentersInHouston #HoustonHeat #ReliantEnergy #SummerInHouston

While NRG Park remains in play, Texans owner Cal McNair said the team is seriously considering alternatives throughout the Houston region for a new complex that would include a front office headquarters, training facility and retail options.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/sports/2025/05/06/520643/houston-texans-map-out-possibilities-for-new-practice-facility-entertainment-district/

#Business #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Sports #CalMcnair #HoustonEntertainmentDistrict #HoustonTexans #NRGPark #NrgStadium

Harris County is again suing President Donald Trump's administration, challenging its overhaul of the federal government and a slew of federal workforce cuts. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2025/04/29/520063/harris-county-challenges-federal-government-overhaul-in-latest-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #National #News #FederalGovernment #FederalLayOffs #FederalWorkforce #HarrisCountyLawsuit #PresidentDonaldTrump

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has joined a nationwide legal challenge against the Trump Administration’s ongoing layoffs of probationary federal employees, which Menefee said “have a direct impact" on Houston-area residents.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/03/12/515863/we-need-a-stable-government-harris-co-attorney-joins-national-lawsuit-against-federal-layoffs/

#HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #AmicusBrief #FederalLayoffs #Fema #HarrisCountyAttorney #USOfficeOfPersonnelManagement

Outgoing Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says her office will seek the death penalty against two men accused in the sexual assault and killing of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/12/13/508681/harris-county-da-to-seek-death-penalty-against-men-accused-of-killing-jocelyn-nungaray/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #CapitalMurder #DAKimOgg #DeathPenalty #DistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonProsecutors #JocelynNungaray

Cooling centers are still open across the Houston region as more than 250,000 remain without electricity a week after Hurricane Beryl. Here's a list of places throughout the area, along with food-and-water distributions and other resources.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/07/15/493517/houston-area-storm-recovery-where-to-find-cooling-centers-food-water-other-resources-in-aftermath-of-hurricane-beryl/

#CityOfHouston #FortBend #Galveston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #PublicSafety #Weather #Beryl #CoolingCenters #FoodDistribution #HoustonShelters #HurricaneBeryl #HurricaneBerylAftermath

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Hello from #HarrisCounty #Texas, where the #temperature is 78°F and the dewpoint is 74° due to the relative humidity of 89% at 1:30 in the blessed AM.

Under these circumstances, hanging damp curtains is an ideal way to grow your own mildew. #LifeHack

I've been without #power since before 6:00 AM on Monday due to #Beryl.

What works here:

- Stay hydrated. Don't worry about keeping track unless you really struggle.

- Don't move more than you have to. And, when you have to, do as much as you can as efficiently as possible. Then, rest.

- If you can find a rechargeable fan or a fan that runs off USB, get one and use it.

- Get the highest mAh #USB power bank you can afford from a reputable company, and charge it when you can. I like #Anker.

- Most #CoolingCenters are also charging centers.

- Those 4°C gel "collars" are amazing if you have a way to chill them. Get at least three. They chill at refrigerator temp, so they will work in your cooler with ice. You should be able to rotate them. If you have generator, they chill faster in the deep freeze, and two should be sufficient.

- Wear a non-slip headband. Mine are from Treadbands, but any that will keep the sweat off your face. As dermatologists and influencers like to remind us, your face is more sensitive than the rest of your skin, and sweat is basically bio-brine.

Houston-area residents who are without electricity and looking to escape the summer heat in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl can seek refuge at cooling centers and shelters across the region. Here's a list of locations.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/07/09/492978/houston-cooling-centers-shelters-hurricane-beryl-aftermath/

#CityOfHouston #FortBend #Galveston #HarrisCounty #Houston #Hurricane #Local #News #PublicSafety #Weather #Beryl #CoolingCenters #CoolingCentersInHarrisCounty #CoolingCentersInHouston #HoustonShelters #HurricaneBeryl

Here is a rundown of places across Houston and Harris County where residents impacted by last week's storm can cool off or receive food, water and other resources.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/05/20/487995/food-water-and-cooling-centers-among-resources-available-to-houston-area-residents-impacted-by-deadly-storm/

#CityOfHouston #Events #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CoolingCentersInHarrisCounty #CoolingCentersInHouston #DamagingStorms #FoodDistribution

A Houston man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 2001 will be removed from death row after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals narrowly determined he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible to be executed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/04/19/484132/houston-man-convicted-of-murdering-toddler-in-2001-to-be-removed-from-death-row-over-intellectual-disability/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #DeathRow #DestinyFlores #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #TexasCourtOfCriminalAppeals #TomasGallo

An application for guardianship of 87-year-old Houston Texans owner Janice McNair, which had been hanging over the NFL franchise since November, was dismissed Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/sports/2024/02/26/478893/son-of-houston-texans-owner-janice-mcnair-drops-effort-to-become-her-guardian/

#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Sports #CalMcnair #CaryMcNair #FamilyDispute #HoustonTexans #JaniceMcNair #ProbateCourt

A nearly $500,000 grant awarded this week by the Environmental Protection Agency will help the Houston communities of Fifth Ward, Galena Park, Pleasantville and Sunnyside monitor hazardous air pollutants over a three-year period.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2023/11/30/471206/epa-awards-another-500000-grant-for-air-quality-monitoring-in-houston-neighborhoods/

#EnergyAndEnvironment #HarrisCounty #HealthAndScience #Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #airpollution #airqualitymonitoring #EnvironmentalDefenseFund #EnvironmentalIntegrityProject #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #Houstonair