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Grilling hot dogs and burgers will be a big part of many Memorial Day Weekend cookouts. But PETA took barbecuing “dogs” to a new level by putting a realistic model of a canine on a grill in downtown Houston today, at Milam and Capitol. The fake BBQ was accompanied with a banner that read, “If You Wouldn’t Eat a Dog, Why …

Beer-to-go is on the cusp of becoming law. The Texas Senate unanimously passed the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission Sunset Bill Wednesday night, just hours before the time ran out to ratify new legislation. Brewers are confident the legislation will skate through the governor’s office, meaning that beginning Sept. 1, Texans will be able to purchase growlers, crowlers and cans at …

Goode Company CEO Levi Goode likes to collect things. Old signs, posters, wood, building materials, jukeboxes, instruments, saddles, flags, furniture, game horns – anything and everything with a Texas patina or invested with history or a story. Heck, even the giant armadillo statue in front of Armadillo Palace was a salvage job. He’s added a bright new toy to his …

Authorities believe a severely emaciated 9-year-old stallion that was found tied to a tree on a vacant lot in north Houston had been there for at least a month’s time before being rescued. Officials with Harris County Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen, and animal cruelty investigators with the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) found the horse …

The man accused in the disappearance of 4-year-old Maleah Davis is the key to finding her body, but he’s not talking, Police Chief Art Acevedo said Thursday during a plea for tips. According to Houston’s top cop, Harris County Jail inmate Derion Vence, 26, has refused to elaborate on Maleah’s whereabouts since May 4 when he reported her missing. “We …

Galveston County officials plan to bolster law enforcement efforts for next year’s “Go Topless” Jeep weekend after deputies responded to nonstop calls for service and vehicle collisions at this year’s event. The event typically attracts hundreds of Jeep owners to Crystal Beach, but this year’s crowd appeared to be the largest in more than a decade, said Galveston County Sheriff …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. The measure approved Wednesday night by the state Senate changes the 6-year-old school marshal program that had limited the number of armed marshals, and instead opens …

HOUSTON (AP) — A private autopsy shows a Houston-area police officer shot a mentally ill woman in the stomach, chest and face when the two struggled during an attempted arrest, a lawyer for the victim’s family said Wednesday. Attorney Ben Crump presented the autopsy report at a press conference. He and Pamela Turner’s family said Baytown police must be held …

  HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. authorities say a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died last year after being detained by border authorities in a previously unreported case. The death marks the sixth known case in the last year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that she died on Sept. 29 at an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital of …

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say a 19-year-old man was shot and killed outside a house that came under attack from people armed with a paintball gun. Police said in a news release Wednesday that the resident told investigators he believed the attackers were shooting at his home late Tuesday night, so he opened fire. Police have not released the …