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Pearland is getting national attention after being ranked the #3 Best Place to Live in the U.S. and the #1 Best Place to Live in Texas by U.S. News & World Report for 2025–2026.
Looking for something to do this weekend? Look no further than here! RELATED: 35 TV Shows Filmed in Texas If you’re spending the weekend of Sept. 19 in Houston or the surrounding area, there’s plenty of options for those looking for some family fun, a date night out, fun with friends and more! Related: Show Us Your Wrangler Jeans […]
The City of Galveston made history on Saturday with a world record and a heartfelt tribute. Along the island’s iconic Seawall, thousands of people joined hands to remember the Great Storm of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, and to celebrate the resilience of the community that rebuilt. On September 6, Guinness World […]
Are you feeling lucky? Saturday night’s Powerball jackpot is a jaw-dropping $1.8 BILLION—one of the biggest ever. Sure, your odds of winning are about 1 in 292 million, but hey, that’s only slightly worse than finding Bigfoot at a Starbucks. To boost your confidence (if not your odds), a website crunched the numbers from all […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Powerball jackpot for Saturday has climbed to an estimated $1.7 billion, making it the third-largest in U.S. history, but players in Indiana continuing to play and win. The Hoosier lottery announced that three separate tickets worth $50,000 were sold in Indiana for Wednesday night’s drawing. Two of the winning tickets were for […]
It’s been 50 years since audiences first did the “Time Warp,” and The Rocky Horror Picture Show shows no sign of slowing down. Released in 1975, the campy rock musical bombed at the box office but soon found an eternal home as the ultimate midnight movie. What began as a small theatrical release grew into […]
On August 26, 2017, Hurricane Harvey arrived over Houston and the surrounding areas. An unimaginable 50 inches of rain was dumped in some spots. The storm was relentless, its winds howled, bayous swelled far beyond their banks, and entire neighborhoods vanished under floodwaters. It was one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, causing […]
Downtown Houston just got a splashy upgrade, bumper boats are back at Discovery Green! From now through September 1, the Boat Basin at Discovery Green (1500 McKinney St) transforms into a bumper‑boat battleground, perfect for spinning, splashing, and buzzing buddies under the Texas sun. Here’s the skinny: for $12, you can grab a motorized bumper […]
Another day, another lesson on how to behave on social media! The Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office is investigating a deputy who posted a viral TikTok, which has since been deleted along with her account. The video suggests she was going to write tickets because she “Didn’t get cracked last night,” which is a […]
Texas has the largest veteran population in the nation with over 250,000 veterans in residence. The City is proud to pay tribute to our men and women in the military by providing an annual “Houston Salutes American Heroes Veterans Day Celebration”. This civic celebration honors and celebrates the brave men, women, and families who have […]
The 76th Annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade in Houston will be held on Thursday, November 27, 2025, at 9 a.m.. The parade will be located in downtown Houston. It is a free, family-friendly event that attracts several hundred thousand spectators each year. The parade route will cover over 20 city blocks.
On July 29, 1958, the Cold War was heating up, and we were losing the space race until President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, officially creating NASA. The goal? Catch up with the Soviet Union, which had just shocked the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, less than […]