Jennifer Radcliffe

Some stories stick with you. The details became elusive, but I always carried the name Kelli Cox with me. About two months after graduating from college, I wrote a story for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the one-year anniversary of her disappearance. She was just a few years younger than me. She was a single mom who was completing college. She had met her University of North Texas class in July 1997 for a midday tour of the Denton police station, after which she realized she’d locked her ke…

’Long criticized by conservative Texans for alleged ties to a controversial Turkish scholar, the state’s largest charter school system now faces attacks from inside the Turkish government. A Washington-based law firm hired by the Republic of Turkey filed a 90-item public information request in November that Harmony Public Schools, a 30,000-student, Houston-based charter school network, estimated would cost at least $4.5 million to fill. Even after scaling back the request, the estimate reached $…

Authorities have found a 17-year-old with autism who went missing Saturday morning.

While average private school tuition was $23,644 in 2021-22, four additional campuses...

Authorities late Saturday had been at Xtreme Off Road Park And Beach, 1927 Gulf Pump...

Houston’s most expensive private schools increased tuition by about 5% for the coming...

For the first time since the TEA took control of the largest district in Texas, Houston ISD students are back in classrooms.

Barbers Hill ISD has grabbed national headlines for a case involving a student’s hairstyle. Here are some fast facts about the school district 35 miles east of Houston. Where is Barbers Hill ISD? The nearly 200-square mile district is located in western Chambers County off the Trinity River. The district has nine campuses in Mont Belvieu, Old River-Winfree, Cove and Beach City. MORE COVERAGE: Texas judge rules Barbers Hill ISD students’ long hair not protected by CROWN Act How many students are…

While two Houston ISD speciality campuses snagged top 10 spots in the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of best Texas high schools in 2024, several campuses outside of HISD had respectable showings. The publication rates roughly 17,660 public high schools in the country based on college readiness, graduation rates, student performance on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and state standardized exams, and academic outcomes for Black, Hispanic and low-income students based on 2021-…

With half a million Houstonians still without power after Thursday’s storm, it’s time to start thinking about how long perishable food will keep. Some items spoil quickly, especially meats, leftovers, some dairy and any product with mayonnaise. They need to be thrown out if they’ve been above 40 degrees for two hours or more. Food in a refrigerator will stay safe for up to four hours if the doors remain closed during a power outage, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A full freezer w…