Past Articles by kuhf staff
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American Airlines' Flights Are Grounded Due To Computer Outage Update: American Airlines computer systems have been resolved, but delays are expected. |
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All-Clear Given After St. Thomas University Bomb Threat Evacuation The all-clear has been given at the University of St. Thomas after two bomb threats prompted school officials to clear the campus earlier today. The campus expects to reopen at 3:30 p.m. |
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Shots Fired At Lone Star College In North Harris Campus Three people have been injured in a campus shooting. It appears to be a confrontation between two individuals. |
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Level 2 Fire At BP's Texas City Refinery Updated at 4:30 p.m.: Firefighters at the BP Texas City plant have put out a fire that sent black smoke into the sky around a refinery that has seen its share of incidents over the years. KUHF's Pat Hernandez is outside the plant in Texas City and has report. |
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KUHF Joins PIN And Asks Sources If Texas Is Part Of The South KUHF News just became a member of the Public Insight Network. Listeners and community members can become a part of the network, and share what they know about timely issues. Reporters will reach out to sources with short questionnaires when they're working on a story. The first story for the Public Insight Network was whether or not Texas was part of the South. |
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Memorial Plans For Houston Senator Mario Gallegos Set Services are now set for Houston state Senator Mario Gallegos Jr., who died earlier this week after a battle with liver disease. The longtime lawmaker will be remembered in Austin and here in Houston. |
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YouTube Video Captures Vandal Defacing Picasso Painting At The Menil Collection Officials at the Menil Collection have confirmed a vandal spray-painted a Pablo Picasso painting last week. Most of the 80-year-old artwork has been fixed. |
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The International Terminal Debate At Houston City Hall The debate over a new international terminal at Hobby Airport is taking place at Houston City Hall. Southwest and United Airlines are trying to convince council members to get behind their respective views. |
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Update: Bond denied for Texas nurse accused in baby theft A judge has denied bond for a nurse accused of fatally shooting a young mother to kidnap her newborn son. |
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Nonprofit Inspires Middle Schoolers In Third Ward Yates High School in Houston's Third Ward has one of the lowest attendance rates and only a 55% graduation rate. The middle schools in the area are not doing much better either. One nonprofit is doing something about this by finding creative ways to make learning fun. |
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Veteran Harris County Constable Arrested on Federal Charges A longtime local lawman has been arrested today along with two of his top assistants after indictments were unsealed accusing the trio of bribery. |
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Houston Public Radio and Focus Features present a preview screening of Pariah on January 11th, 2012 at 7:30pm in the AMC Studio 30 on Dunvale. Passes are available at Brazos Bookstore on Bissonnet. |
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Crime Stoppers Offer Reward For Two Car Wash Shooting Suspects Houston police need your help in finding two suspects from a fatal shooting at a car wash on Harwin. |
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After Tough Loss, Cougars Heading To Bowl In Dallas After a disappointing loss over the weekend, the University of Houston Cougars are starting preparations for a bowl game in Dallas. |
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UH To Play Penn State In 2012 TicketCity Bowl Bowl officials announced the UH Cougars Football Team, ranked #17, will play the #23 ranked Penn State, January 2 in the 2012 TicketCity Bowl at 11:00 am, Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, TX. |
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GOP Senators Urge President To Speed Up Keystone Project   Senate Republicans are hoping a new bill will force President Obama to make a decision on the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline sooner than 2013. The pipeline has big implications for the Houston area, where oil from Canada would end up. |
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First Seasonal Gold Coin Arrives Salvation Army Houston has received its first gold coin of the season. Officials see this sign of generosity yearly wrapped in the same message. |
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Parsons: American Bankruptcy Won't Affect Houston Travelers A Texas airline expert says Houston travelers probably won't notice anything different in the wake of American Airlines' bankruptcy announcement. |
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New Jury Plaza Helping With Turnout A new Harris County jury facility that opened earlier this year has helped turnout over the last few months. That's according to the district clerk who says more prospective jurors showing up means savings for Harris County. |
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Mayor And Occupier On Park Shooting Members of the Occupy Houston movement are recounting some scary moments Tuesday evening at Tranquility Park. A man dressed in a suit carrying an ar-15 assault rifle opened fire and was later shot by Houston police officers. |
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Longfellow Elementary Chooses This Year's 'Hot Toys' If you celebrate Christmas and you're wondering what your school-age children hope to see under the tree this year, students at Longfellow Elementary have some advice. They've released their latest "hot toy" list, and you might be surprised what's on it. |
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Dierker Says Astros Fans Will Get Used To New League Many Houston Astros fans are up in arms about the team's impending move to the American League. But one person who isn't is a former player, manager and broadcaster. |
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Houston Home Sales Figures Continue Climbing Houston area home sales in October are up nine percent from the same month a year ago, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. |
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Perry Gaffe Could Spell Big Trouble For Campaign  Governor Perry's high-profile gaffe in last night's GOP debate doesn't mean he's done as a candidate, but a University of Houston Political analyst says it might make some supporters wonder if he's still viable. |
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Seven Character Vanity Plates Available Again Texas motorists interested in grabbing a rare seven-character personalized license plate have a week to secure their unique combinations. The state hopes to cash in on the new demand for vanity plates with more character options. |
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New City Greenhouse Bigger and Better Than Old One You might not even know it's there, but an old City of Houston greenhouse in Memorial Park damaged by Hurricane Ike has been replaced with a brand new, bigger one. The city used Ike recovery dollars to replace a facility that helps beautify Houston. |
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Red Tide Prompts Local Oyster Processers To Cut Back The drought-induced red tide algae bloom that's shut down oyster harvests along the Gulf Coast is the latest in a long-line of natural and man-made events that have devastated the industry. |
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HISD Joins Other Districts In Funding Lawsuit Against State The Houston Independent School District has joined more than 100 other districts in Texas in a lawsuit against the state over what it considers an unfair education funding system. |
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UT Poll: Most Not Happy With Energy Direction A new poll shows a majority of consumers surveyed believe the United States is headed in the wrong direction on energy. |
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Animal Killings In Aldine Leave Investigators, Family Puzzled A beloved horse and two dogs are dead at a Northeast Houston home and their owners and the police want to know why. Authorities and the family have no idea why someone would kill the animals. |
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Protest Over Jobs Bill Leads To Arrests Several arrests downtown this afternoon after protestors took the streets to demonstrate against what they call a lack of progress on President Obama's jobs bill. |
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Winds Help Fuel The Devastating Wildfire In Bastrop Texas Governor Rick Perry is expected to take a first-hand look this afternoon at a massive wildfire that's destroyed hundreds of homes in the Bastrop area. |
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State Troopers Say They'll Be Watching This Weekend With the Labor Day holiday underway, the Texas Department of Transportation says state troopers will be out in force this weekend. They'll be on the lookout for more than just impaired drivers. |
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Local Colleges Use Peers to Show Freshmen the Ropes When It Comes to Alcohol It's the time of year when new students flood college campuses; unfortunately, so does alcohol. Binge drinking is widely seen as a rite of passage for most undergraduates. This is why two Houston universities are making sure that if incoming freshman decide to drink, they do it responsibly. From the KUHF NewsLab Edel Howlin has more. |
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Mayor Hopes Water Restrictions Work Houston Mayor Annise Parker hopes the city's latest mandatory water restrictions cause residents to rethink how they use what's turning into a more scarce resource. |
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Rare Artificial Heart for Adolescent Keeping Him Alive A remarkable young man still waiting for a heart transplant is alive today and doing quite well thanks to a temporary solution that's saving his life. As Laurie Johnson reports, 18-year-old Jordan Merecka and an artificial heart named "big blue" are making history at Texas Children's Hospital. |
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Focus Features invites you a preview screening of Beginners, starring Ewan MacGregor and Christopher Plummer. The screening is Wednesday, June 15th at 7:30pm at the Edwards Grand Palace. Tickets are available at the House of Coffee Beans on Bissonnet. |
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Houston Home Sales Continue Slide Houston home sales slid again last month compared to April of 2010, down 14-percent and continuing a trend that hasn't let up for about a year now. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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UTMB Level One Trauma Center Re-Certified Almost three years after Hurricane Ike, UTMB-Galveston again has a Level One Trauma Center. The re-designation means the greater Houston area again has three of the crucial trauma centers. Laurie Johnson reports. |
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Houston to Get Its Own Mardi Gras Celebration in 2012 Another year of Mardi Gras celebrations have come and gone for the city of Galveston. The event drew thousands to the island, and is always a major boost to the local economy. But next year Houston will be getting in on the action. The first annual Houston Mardi Gras is set to kick off in February 2012. Wendy Siegle has more on what this means for the city. |
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Two Star Symphony kicks-off the new KUHF Silent Film Concert series at Discovery Green March 25 More information is available on our Silent Film series page. |
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Congratulations to our winners! Please join us in congratulating our Spring Break Getaway Giveaway winners! If your name is on this list, be sure to contact the KUHF Membership Department at membership@kuhf.org or by phone at 713.743.5843 by March 8th to confirm your tickets and book your flight. |
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Exonerated Texas Man Wants Court to Proclaim His Innocence A wrongly convicted man denied state compensation for the 18 years he spent behind bars hopes a court order will change that. As Wendy Siegle reports, Anthony Graves and his attorneys have filed a lawsuit asking a Travis County court to proclaim his innocence. |
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Ready For Adoption: Hundreds of Dogs, 11 Cats Rescued From Houston Home Recently, the Houston Humane Society rescued 245 animals from a dilapidated home in northwest Houston — one of the largest seizures in its history. Now, the Humane Society needs your help to take care of these animals. Wendy Siegle has more. |
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Due to inclement weather, many organizations are canceling activities and closing. KUHF is compiling a list of these closures, as well as the opening of warming centers around the city. |
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KUHF Honors Black History Month KUHF honors Black History Month with special programming each Sunday evening at 6pm during the month February. |
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Criminal Justice Professor: Jailhouse Cash-For-Tips Program A Good Idea Earlier this week, the Harris County jail implemented an inmate tipsters program, offering cash incentives for tips from prisoners. A policing and forensic psychology expert weighs in on the new policy. Wendy Siegle has more. |
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Nonprofits Work Together In New Program Two years ago, the United Way began a program in which all of its nonprofit agencies started working together and sharing information instead of working independently. They called it the THRIVE initiative. Bill Stamps has more on THRIVE and how it's helping low income families become financially independent and do things they'd never dreamed of. |
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KUHF Special Holiday Programming for 2010 Throughout the month of December, tune your dial to KUHF for inspiring holiday programming including The Christmas Revels, A Paul Winter Solstice Concert, the Houston Symphony's Very Merry Pops and more. |
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Met Opera broadcast season begins December 18 at 11:30am The Metropolitan Opera's Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 80th season of broadcasts kicks off on December 18 with Verdi’s Don Carlo, starring Yonghoon Lee, Marina Poplavskaya, Simon Keenlyside and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Twenty-two broadcasts will be presented through May 14. |
