Concerns grow about superfund site in NW Harris County; Commissioner now demanding action
More than 20 years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency listed a Northwest Harris County shopping center at the 11600 block of Jones Road as a superfund site after county officials say a former dry cleaning business spent more than a decade improperly dumping toxic waste.
Commissioner Tom Ramsey provides license plate readers to constables in Harris County to help reduce crime
Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey on Thursday announced that he will provide license plate reading technology to law enforcement in Harris County, in order to help them improve their efforts in identifying criminal activity.
Jack Cagle, Tom Ramsey skip commissioners court for 3rd time as budget impasse continues
The impasse over the Harris County budget continued Tuesday with Republican commissioners skipping a meeting for a third time in a row, blocking the Democratic majority commissioners court from adopting a new proposed tax rate.
Bissonnet prostitution hot spot: Officials post warning ahead of Houston Bill 2795 going into effect on Sept. 1
Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey and Houston City Council Member Edward Pollard are expected to hold a news conference with other local officials Monday to remind residents of the effective date of House Bill 2795, and how the two offices are partnering to address Bissonnet Street (between Beltway 8 and Southwest Freeway), an area known nationally for prostitution.
Houston Newsmakers: Mask mandates take center stage
Millard House II says HISD has not taken anyone to court over mask mandates and doesnโt plan to. He is a guest on this weekโs Houston Newsmakers with Khambrel Marshall and says his decision to require masks for HISD students and staff was not meant to make waves. โThis was not a decision that we wanted to see as a controversial decision or an opportunity to push back against government officials,โ he said. โThatโs not what this was about. This was about keeping children safe.โ
Residents at senior apartment complex go over a week without water
โThank God!โ said Tyrone Evan, who has been a resident at the senior living apartment complex for the last five years. Evan said residents, who are all 55 years old and older, were without running water for over a week. โWhen you get water and stuff from the pool, you canโt bathe and stuff in that water. You know what Iโm saying.โHarris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey secured the trucks to bring water to the complex. โThese are senior citizens, here they are not able to carry buckets of water like a lot of other folks,โ said Ramsey.
Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Crime Stoppers of Houston discuss โCaitlynneโsโ bill in honor of woman killed by husband
HOUSTON โ Senator Paul Bettencourt and Crime Stoppers of Houston held a press conference on โCaitlynneโsโ bill filing on Personal Recognizance Bonds (PR bonds) Monday. The bill would prevent defendants from release on multiple PR bonds. The press conference started at 10 a.m. at the Crime Stoppers of Houston Building and included several community leaders/officials. โToo many of our citizens have become victims of violent crime by habitual offenders who are continually released back to the community often on multiple PR bonds,โ said Crime Stoppers of Houston CEO Rania Mankarious. According to Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers, since 2018, 90 victims have been killed in Harris County by defendants released on various PR and low-dollar felony bonds.