Stripper Crime

Teen stripper killed a break dancing legend: Horrific police chase DUI crash takes another strange turn

By Julia Davila

08.09.13 | 3:10 pm

Houston's B-Boy (break dancing) community is mourning one of its own. It turns out that the 29-year-old killed when 18-year-old stripper Dalia Iris Alfaro ran from the police and cras ...

A Houston Institution

More than a funeral: Billionaire businessman's memory to be honored by the community he created

By Tyler Rudick

08.08.13 | 7:34 am

The tributes keep coming for a true Texas original. With a high-profile memorial service in his hometown of Galveston already having taken place, the life of visionary billionaire businessman G ...

No ordinary memorial

Remembering the Rodeo king: Death of iconic Texas figure brings Bevo & Mack Brown to River Oaks

By Whitney Radley

01.25.13 | 11:23 am

It was a sad day when Louis M. Pearce Jr. passed away in late December, but it was all celebration at a memorial reception for the esteemed Houstonian on Wednesday at the River Oaks Country Cl ...

The City's Character

Presidents and sports stars give H-Town legend Harold Wiesenthal a fitting goodbye as lapels flash

By Whitney Radley

05.30.12 | 5:29 pm

On Sunday, beloved Houston businessman and clothier Harold Wiesenthal passed away in his sleep at 84. A crowd of mournful faces and crisp suits — many of them purchased from Harolds in the He ...

Remembering Whitney

Whitney Houston's Saturday funeral will stream live online as New Jersey lowers its flags half-staff: Will you watch?

By Whitney Radley

02.16.12 | 1:18 pm

Whitney Houston's untimely death came as a shock — though not a surprise — to her friends, family and fans across the world.  Though initial plans for a large-scale&nb ...

Legal Knowledge

10 new Texas laws you need to know that affect everything from water to funerals to speed limits

By William James Gerlich

08.31.11 | 11:57 am

The past legislative session proved that state lawmakers have a lot of time on their hands. So much in fact, that some outlandish laws were passed and will be implemented starting Sept. 1 (tomorrow ...

Media Maelstrom

The Woodlands' family of the victim in bizarre yoga murder speaks out, plans memorial run

By Steven Thomson

03.22.11 | 2:54 pm

Jayna Murray, a 30-year-old native of The Woodlands, has fallen victim to a bizarre murder plot in the affluent Washington, D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Md.  And Murray's family has taken ...

Who's the monster now?

Sympathy for Skilling: Denying the ex-Enron head's request to attend his son's funeral seems cruel

By Caroline Gallay

02.10.11 | 10:43 am

J.T. Skilling, the youngest son of ex-Enron president Jeff Skilling, was found dead last week in California. He was buried on Monday. His father did not attend his funeral. It's not because ...

"Funeral Party for the Living" by Emily Sloan

14 Pews

01.01.11

The event will begin at 5 p.m. with visitation and eulogy writing services, and include an open service in which participants may come forward to read eulogies, notes, confessions, resolutions and

Seventy nine years fierce

Sharing secrets in the lobby with Robert Duvall: When a Hollywood heavyweight must sing

By Joe Leydon

08.13.10 | 8:01 pm

Robert Duvall and I are tucked away in a quiet corner of the spacious lobby of a luxurious Los Angeles hotel, largely hidden from the view of passers-by, and our freewheeling conversation often has ...