A long-standing illegal dumping site in the Houston Heights has finally been cleared, but not before months of frustration from nearby residents and business owners.

The court date has been moved once again for the man police believe is responsible for taking multiple teacher certification tests in a statewide cheating scandal.

Nicholas Newton, a former assistant principal at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston ISD, appeared in court facing charges of engaging in organized criminal activity as part of a teacher certification exam cheating scheme

Vincent Grayson was said to have an impact on the basketball court at Booker T. Washington High School but his reputation now lies in limbo after being named the ringleader in a million-dollar cheating scandal.

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced criminal charges Monday against five people accused of participating in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts.

A coach at Houston Independent School District has been identified as the “Kingpin” in a teacher-certification cheating scheme that allowed unqualified teachers to work in local school districts.

HOUSTON – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, along with the United Memorial Medical Center, hosted a vaccination site in the Independence Heights community on Monday. The neighborhood outreach site was at Booker T. Washington High School at 4204 Yale Street. Local and elected officials and the Houston Independent School District also contributed to the vaccinate site. Officials said 1,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were administered at Booker T. Washington. This vaccination event, organized by Shelia Jackson Lee and UMMC, was different from others because people didn’t have to pre-register.

Voters cast ballots in booths spread six feet apart at the Metropolitan Multi-Services Center for the delayed primary runoff election in Houston. Because of the pandemic, the runoff election date was pushed back seven weeks, from May 26 to July 14. Allie Goulding for The Texas TribunePeople enter a polling site at 7811 Rockwood Lane on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Austin. Allie Goulding for The Texas TribuneThe Southpark Meadows polling location on election day in Texas' primary runoffs and special elections on July 14, 2020. Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas TribuneTwo voters take a selfie after voting in Texas' July primary runoffs at Zilker Elementary School on July 14, 2020.