The Woodlands, TX

Support has poured in for a pregnant Houston woman and her friends after the group said they were asked to leave a restaurant because the clothing they were wearing was "inappropriate." Laurin Hughes said she and her friends were excited for a girls' night out Tuesday at the Rouxpour restaurant...

A Galveston County woman who was fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has died of the virus, the Galveston County Health District said. The woman, who was between 61 and 70, had pre-existing medical conditions. She died July 15, but county officials reported the death on Friday. The health district did not provide any additional information about the woman.

Saturday afternoon Montgomery County Precinct 2 Constables, who were approved by Montgomery County Commissioners on Thursday for the new Animal Cruelty unit were dispatched to the Big Rivers Waterpark in New Caney. Some patrons in the park alerted off-duty officers from Splendora and Patton Village who were working extra jobs at the park of a dog in a car. The officers went to check and found a Honda Elantra with a Pit Bull mix inside the vehicle. The windows were cracked some and the doors unlocked. Officers attempted to remove the dog when it started barking at them. They were finally able to get the dog out which drank almost two containers of water. They alerted Animal Control. Aaron Johnson, the Director of Montgomery County Animal Control was in the office and responded immediately. The temperature inside the vehicle was 120-degrees. The dog’s temperature was 110. We will update this story shortly.

THE WOODLANDS, TX -- Weeks and weeks of a long, hot summer can be stressful to the lawn and landscape, as well as to the person doing the gardening. The fall planting season is still a couple months off, so we have a long way to go before we have worked through the “dog-days of summer.” So stay cool, and be wise when working in the lawn and gardens.

Until recently, finding decent barbecue in Las Vegas was a hit-or-miss affair, and mostly miss. There were a few casino-based joints and even some local outlets, but for the high expectations of visiting Texans, they never really measured up. That’s changing. Like most big cities in the U.S. and even...