Waller News

Most incorporated cities in Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston, Brazoria, Waller, Liberty and Chambers Counties ban firework within their city limits.

Could a computer be racist? That's the claim of a video posted on YouTube. Desi Cryer, who is black, starts the video by saying that the HP MediaSmart computer's facial tracking software doesn't follow the movements of his face, but it does for his friend Wanda Zamen, who is white.

Local cowboys Zack Oakes of Elk and Tyson Durfey of Colbert finished in the money in the seventh round of the National Finals Rodeo on Wednesday night.

Lindsay Sears won the seventh round of barrel racing with a 13.71-second run Wednesday night at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to take the lead in the world standings.

Clint Robinson won the third round of tie-down roping with a 7.3-second run Saturday night to move into second place behind Trevor Brazile in the world standings with seven rounds left in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

Jesse Kruse won the fourth round of saddle bronc riding at the National Finals Rodeo on Sunday night to increase his lead in the world standings, scoring 90 points on Hell's Half Acre.

Originally published December 4, 2009 at 11:37 p.m., updated December 4, 2009 at 11:43 p.m. LAS VEGAS a ' Luke Branquinho moved a step closer to his third steer wrestling world championship Friday night, finishing second in the second round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to take the season lead.

If I took the computer models at face value, I could say that we will have a nice snowstorm for the Friday evening rush hour commute in Houston.

Jason Havens and Justin McDaniel upstaged bareback rider Clint Cannon during the first round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Thursday, while Cannon added to his historic earnings total with a fifth-place tie.

The Houston Business Journal's Landmark Awards recognize outstanding real estate projects in Houston.

More than a year after the Hurricane Ike devastated the coast of Texas, advocates of R.I.S.E. are still seraching for those victims who may have slipped through the cracks.

Graying, dishevelled, and notoriously timid, Daniel Johnston doesn't seem like the most likely character to become a musical icon.

For once, we have a broad consensus about the need to build rail lines. Let's please not let turf war pissing matches be an even bigger obstacle to getting them built than old-fashioned opposition ever was.

The only VFW post in Texas - and probably the United States - that is made up exclusively of police officer/war veterans wants to expand its membership.

DANIEL JOHNSTON HAS the kind of back-story you'd think was made up: Quirky singer-songwriter builds cult following with lo-fi recordings and is hailed as a genius, but his debilitating struggle with mental illness - and some illicit drug use - lands him in a mental institution.

The reclusive singer's imagery and music, including cartoon frogs and demons, feature on a new iPhone app called Hi, How Are You? Still from The Devil and Daniel Johnston, a documentary about the singer's life Forget Guitar Hero a ' the art and music of Daniel Johnston, a reclusive singer-songwriter who does not even own a telephone, has been ...

Sunday's article by Terri Langford and Lise Olsen does a good job of describing the dilemma facing the Houston Fire Department, but like the mayor's assessment, failed to identify the root cause.

Authorities on Tuesday released this composite drawing of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman on Sept.

In what's being characterized as an "historic national program" that would dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for new cars and trucks sold in the United States vehicles that can run on B20, a 20 percent blend of biodiesel will be considered flexible fuel vehicles.

Clint Cannon is due for a little luck to go his way. On the PRCA circuit since 2003, the bareback rider from Waller, Texas, just missed the National Finals Rodeo in 2007, finishing 16th.