Four Families will cease operating inside Hobby Airport at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. Eight temporary dining options will operate in their place.

The highly publicized fight over a lucrative concessions contract at Hobby Airport was tagged by multiple council members who indicated they want more time to come to a decision.

Tesla and Pappas Restaurants have been named in a lawsuit filed seven months after an accident that injured five police officers in Splendora, Montgomery County.

Houston-based Pappas Restaurants announced it is permanently closing five of its Houston locations. Pappas Restaurants will offer the employees at the five closed locations positions elsewhere in the company. Additionally, we are hiring at many of our locations, and we look forward to rebuilding our team.More than 80 of the companys restaurants remain open amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this unbelievably trying time, our amazing team members have worked exceptionally hard, and we are so proud of each and every one of them, Pappas said. We have remained strong because of the innovation of our team.Pappas said that the company planned to reopen its three downtown locations as soon as it is possible to do so.Here is a list of the Houston locations that will be permanently closing: