Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking ...

As freezing temperatures and snow swept through Houston this week, Mayor John Whitmire was trying to convince homeless people to move from the streets to shelter — including one woman who he ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire said that all city operations should resume tomorrow. "We have some work to do, but today we’re prepared to return to normal operations," he said. Randi Richardson ...

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Mayor John Whitmire said there were no deaths reported on the roadways or due to carbon monoxide poisoning. He also praised Houston residents for heeding officials’ warnings and staying home ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston Mayor John Whitmire and city officials held a press conference on Monday evening to discuss the final preparations ahead of the winter storm hitting southeast Texas.

"We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said Jan. 10 at a news conference. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.” Thanks to an old rule that ...

Mayor John Whitmire said at a news conference that drugs being stored in evidence lockers are attracting rats that feast on the illicit narcotics and cause damage to other evidence in the process.

“We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage that the rats are the only ones enjoying,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D) said at a news conference earlier this month in which he vowed to ...

“I’ve been convinced that we are about to experience a very serious and dangerous weather episode,” John Whitmire, the mayor of Houston, said at a Sunday news conference. Hartsfield-Jackson ...

Last week's cold snap ended with at least one death of a man at a Metro bus stop. Mayor John Whitmire said this week the man had been offered help and refused it, and was likely experiencing ...

"I've been convinced that we are about to experience a very serious and dangerous weather episode," Whitmire said during a news conference Sunday night. A winter storm warning was issued prior ...