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News from July 2021
'No child should have to live in poverty': New Child Tax Credits could reduce U.S. child poverty by up to 50%
By Andy Nghiem | Jul 25, 2021
Millions of American families with children received Child Tax Credit payments paid directly to their bank accounts on July 15.
'Heartbroken': Brady remembers Conroe police chief John Lindon
By Valerie Bonk | Jul 25, 2021
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) is remembering police chief John Lindon who died on July 6.
'I just kept wondering why I was burning': Houston water park guests experience burning, irritation after chemical leak
By Steven Hughes | Jul 25, 2021
Guests' time swimming in a Houston water park turned from pleasure to panic when a pool cleaning chemical leaked in the water during the July 17 weekend, hospitalizing a dozen people with burns and breathing problems.
Hidalgo on visit to Comicpalooza 2021: 'The force was strong in Downtown Houston'
By Trina Thomas | Jul 25, 2021
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and all things anime recently swept through Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center for Comicpalooza 2021.
Abbott 'proud' to have signed broadband, telehealth expansion bills
By Karen Kidd | Jul 25, 2021
A month after signing two health care bills that to expand telehealth, telemedicine and broadband access across the state, Gov. Greg Abbott said in a social media post that he's proud to have done it.
Abbott: Democrats 'abandoned their responsibilities and constituents' when fleeing Texas
By Christina Heath | Jul 24, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is speaking out against state Democratic legislators who fled the state for Washington, D.C. in order to avoid voting on new election laws and other bills.
Houston police make arrest in murder of 24-year-old mother who was 'shot and killed protecting her one-year-old son'
By Carrie Bradon | Jul 24, 2021
The Houston Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old mother who was shot while protecting her son from a violent attack from her ex-boyfriend.
Jackson Lee 'excited' for opening of Houston's new Southmore Bridge
By Trina Thomas | Jul 24, 2021
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 14 that's been three years in the making for the new Southmore Bridge in Houston.
'He's making us all proud': Harris County sheriff participates in U.S. Senate confirmation hearings
By Karen Kidd | Jul 23, 2021
Watching a Texas native in U.S. Senate confirmation hearings last week was a thing to be proud of, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a social media post.
'A great step in the fight to prevent, cure cancer': University of Texas researcher receives grant to study tumors
By John Sammon | Jul 23, 2021
Claudio E. Tatsui, a researcher and MD at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has been named a recipient of grant funding for his work in the study and treatment of cancerous spinal tumors.
Hollis Monroe Hall
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Hollis M Hall, 92, of Highlands Texas, passed away July 13, 2021.
Sharon Louise Parker
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Sharon Louise Parker, 63, of Cove, Texas, passed away July 14, 2021, after a valiant second battle with cancer. She was born in Beaumont, Texas on October 22, 1957, to Cecil William and Juanita Sharon Parker.
Kevin Sylvester Clarke
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Kevin Sylvester Clarke passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021.
William R. Crockett
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
William R. Crockett (Bill), 93, of League City, passed away June 27, 2021. Bill was born in Sheffield, Alabama on June 5, 1928 to Edward Crockett and Willie Williams Crockett.
Mildred J "Milly" Woodling
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Milly went to be with Our Lord on June 29, 2021, in League City, TX. She will be missed dearly by her husband, Pete, children Kerry, Jo and Steve, and many loving family and friends.
Edward Arnold Colburn
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Arnold Edward Colburn Col. Edward Arnold Colburn, U.S. Army (Ret), 85, passed away Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Pearland, Texas.
Henry Safford French Jr.
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Henry Safford French, Jr. 74 of Deer Park, Texas passed away on Friday, July 16, 2021 with his son by his side. He was born May 26, 1947 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Henry Safford French, Sr. and Marilyn Louise (Quonce) French.
Dorothy Olivia Chew
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Dorothy O. Chew (Mrs. Dot or MeMe) passed away peacefully at 2:30 am on July 18, 2021 to be with her lord Jesus Christ.
Robert Harold Popejoy
By Houston Daily | Jul 23, 2021
Robert H. Popejoy, a retired senior executive of Dresser Rand and a forty-one-year resident of Sugar Land, Texas, passed of natural causes on Saturday, July 10, 2021.