Official center for Juneteenth in Galveston searching for master planning partner
| October 24, 2025
Nearly 160 years after the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, a new national Juneteenth center could be opening in Galveston in the next few years.
Part of White Settlement Road in Fort Worth to be renamed Westside Drive
| October 23, 2025
DFW | History | native americans | street names | Tarrant County | Westside Village | Westside Village developers | White Settlement Road
About 1 mile of White Settlement Road stretching west from the heart of Fort Worth will be renamed to reflect a luxury development coming to the area.
Grab a free ride to the polls during early voting in Houston with METRO
| October 20, 2025
Community | HOUSTON LEAD STORY | HTX | lawmakers | local politics | political | politics | state legislature | VOTING IN TEXAS
Transit authorities across Houston are offering free rides to the polls during the early voting period (which lasts until Oct. 31) and on Election Day (which falls on Tuesday, Nov. 4 this year). The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County is offering free roundtrip rides to Houstonians looking to cast their vote.
Report: 161 Texans killed by domestic violence in 2024
| October 20, 2025
Community | CULTURE | domestic violence | domestic violence awareness | gun violence | laws | LIFESTYLE | local | Local news | local politics | National Domestic Violence Awareness Month | public education | SAFETY | STATE | teens | texans | TEXAS | TEXAS LEADERS | TEXAS LEGISLATURE
There were 161 domestic violence deaths in Texas last year, according to the Honoring Texas Victims report by the Texas Council on Family Violence.
Here’s the only Texas property to receive a Michelin Key distinction for 2025—and it’s in Houston
| October 17, 2025
You’ve heard of the yummy dishes you can get at prestigious Michelin-starred restaurants (and maybe you’ve even trotted out the fun fact that the tire people are the ones who give those stars out), but have you ever heard of a Michelin Key?
More film and tv productions hope to see filming in Texas with new incentives, production campus
| October 16, 2025
Art | celebrities | Community | CULTURE | dallas news | ECONOMY | ENTERTAINMENT | filming | horror movies | local | media | money | movies | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | tv shows
And with a new incentive, the Lone Star State could see even more movies and TV shows being filmed here. The program, headed by Houston First Corporation and announced in October, will offer productions filmed in Houston 10% back on local spending. This will apply to up to $100,000 per project, with $400,000 available each year.