Elizabeth Conley

What to know about National Battle of the Bands 10th anniversary

NASA dedicated a Johnson Space Center building Friday after NASA mathematician Dorothy Vaughan and other women who helped the Apollo missions succeed during the 1960s and 1970s. The ceremony — held one day before the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing — included speeches, performances and a panel before the official ribbon-cutting moment. “I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and my brain can’t recall a word that’s fitting enough to explain the magnitude of it all,” Vaughan’s gra…

V. Renee Shepherd was one of 11 victims of deadly domestic violence incidents in the city so far this year.

My criteria for my 50th birthday trip included a beach, historical significance and being...

There are a lot of jokes about a fruitcake’s longevity. For Collin Street Bakery, the holiday confection isn’t a joke, but key to its own longevity. For 126 years the Corsicana bakery has been making fruitcakes that have become a holiday tradition for families not just in Texas, but around the world. The bakery uses the same recipe that its German founder, Augustus “Gus” Weidmann, brought to Texas in 1896. Back then, he had to make one substitution from the original ingredients: pecans for walnu…

It isn't just a hobby': For Juneteenth, Black Cowboy Museum brings back the rodeo tradition

Saturday you’ll find reenactors at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in...

Growing up, Kristina Nguyen, 21, would celebrate the Lunar New Year making bánh chung with her family, then sharing the traditional Vietnamese dish with friends and neighbors. This year, her New Year will be spent as the head of a one of the lions with the Soaring Phoenix Dragon and Lion Dance Association. “My family is traditional, so it’s hard to be away from them, but this is my second family,” the medical assistant said, adding her family will catch a couple of the troupe’s 90 performances o…

The Houston Fire Department, the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department conducted a prescribed fire Thursday on about seven acres of the savanna area in the northeast corner of the nature sanctuary of the arboretum. Prescribed fires are a common wildlife and habitat management tool that mimic naturally occurring fires from lightning strikes. The last such burn at the Houston Arboretum was in the 1990s. Partnering with the Houston Fire Department and communic…

Jamie Wright waited for her sister in Dallas to answer her video call as her parents waited in her apartment. Another sister, this one in Everett, Washington, waited via video chat. Wright had gotten the match email 15 minutes earlier, but she wanted her whole family to be there when she opened it. Everyone, except for Abigail, her 3-year-old cat, seemed anxious and excited. Finally, her sister got on, but technical difficulties soon got in the way so they decided to just put her on speaker phon…

Chasing the cowboy dreamTaylor Jacob Barrel racer from CarmineClayton Savage Bull rider...