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The Inprint Poets & Writers Ball, Houstonian literati and bibliophiles’ favorite gala, returned to in-person celebration with one, crazy, rich night thanks to best-selling author Kevin Kwan. The Crazy Rich Asians novelist, who grew up in Houston along with a special anniversary for Inprint director Rich Levy, made the dazzling evening one to remember.

World War II veteran Ken Lindow of Horseshoe Bay turned 100 years old on Wednesday, May 25. Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10376 in Marble Falls celebrated their fellow veteran with a party on Thursday, May 26. Lindow arrived at the post, 1001 Veterans Drive, in a fire truck.

HOUSTON – (By Michelle Leigh Smith, for Realty News Report) – Ending an 85-year run in the Houston grocery business, the last Rice Epicurean Market is closing its doors. “With the closing of our last store, this is a historic time for our family as we complete the transition of our business that we began several years ago,” says Larry Calvin, Director of Marketing for Rice. “We are proud of our three generations of family who have been operating grocery stores in Houston, and we have always enjoyed serving our community with the best service, catering, and products we could provide. Our grandparents, William and Edna Levy, opened the original “Rice Blvd Food Market” store 85 years ago. The store was in a shopping center developed by our great grandfather, Manuel Meyerhoff, in the original shopping center in the area we know as the “Rice Village.”

PARK CITY, Utah. — After de-committing from the University of Utah football program last month, 18-year-old Parkite Carson Tabaracci announced his commitment to USC yesterday via his Twitter account. Committed. […]

Not every old car ends up in a landfill. Well, not all of every car, to be precise. And the part of old cars that are turned into graphene could make a comeback as an enhanced part for a new car, in a process called circular recycling. An average SUV...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Tippecanoe School Corporation announced the dozens of seniors honored as valedictorians for their 2022 graduation classes. Harrison High School named 15 to the high honor, while McCutcheon High School signaled out 11 as topping the list of graduates.  Harrison valedictorians Harrison High School valedictorians for the Class of 2022 are: Leah...

Sarah Lawrence College held its 94th Commencement on May 13. More than 400 current graduates were joined by alumni from the classes of 2021 and 2020 who returned to campus to participate in the event. Historian Douglas Brinkley delivered the keynote address. Bestselling author, transgender activist and professor at Barnard...

PulteGroup, a national homebuilder, held a home reveal ceremony May 26 for two veterans, Army Sgt. James Ford and Army Spc. Kisha Dorsey, who received two mortgage-free homes in Hockley through the homebuilder's Built to Honor program. “We are so proud to build not just one—but two—homes to thank both...

CANYON, Texas (KVII) — Money magazine ranked West Texas A&M among the 10 best "value colleges" in Texas. WT ranked No. 6 in Texas and No. 32 in the South, as well as No. 152 overall. Money’s guide offers “a practical analysis” of more than 600 four-year colleges, according...

Graduations for Pueblo D60 begin Thursday and last through Saturday. There is a smorgasbord of remarkable graduates worth highlighting. Aly Ross is a Centennial Bulldog and Hurliman Scholar who is graduating as a junior! She’s already holding down two jobs, one being a Certified Nursing Assistant. Aly plans to attend UC Denver majoring in Biochemistry. The post The School Buzz: Pueblo D60’s long list of remarkable grads appeared first on KRDO.

AS JOHN HERNDON LEANED BACK INTO HIS OFFICE CHAIR, A PAIR OF BLACK-FRAMED GLASSES NESTLED ONTO HIS FOREHEAD AND AN ACOUSTIC PLAYLIST SETTING THE BACKGROUND MUSIC, WE TALKED BASKETBALL – THE GAME, THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE COACHES, THE MEMORIES AND HOW HE HAS DONE IT FOR 37 YEARS. The coach...

Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck, associate professor in the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine, is passionate about his genomics research, which includes tools he has developed to identify structural variations (SV) – changes in the genome that can alter the regulation of gene expression and impact human disease. Those same SV tools were useful for quality control in the final push to complete the last 8% of the first human reference genome, originally sequenced in 2000.

It's been a nail-biting race for the congressional District 15 runoff election between Democrats Ruben Ramirez and Michelle Vallejo. More than 24 hours after polls closed, it’s unclear who will face off against Republican Monica De La Cruz in November. Both Ramirez and Vallejo have sent statements saying it’s...

The Duncan NRI 'Transformational Talk' evening at the home of Cynthia and Tony Petrello. (Photo by Jenny Antill) What: Texas Children’s Hospital dinner presentation on advances in neurological research at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (DNRI) Where: The stunning Rice University area home of Cynthia and...