This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDelays in mail sorting and processing are leaving Houston-area businesses, brides and voters wary of the coming months. Whether it’s essential medication, ballots or important letters and business items, the USPS is relied upon to deliver in a timely manner. Yet, many Houstonians are already feeling the effects of the slowdown, including month-long wait times and undelivered mail.Melissa Palacios Gonzalez, a U.S. Navy veteran, runs an accessories and clothing shop out of her home in Spring. When customers place online orders of...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateDelays in mail sorting and processing are leaving Houston-area businesses, brides and voters wary of the coming months. Whether it’s essential medication, ballots or important letters and business items, the USPS is relied upon to deliver in a timely manner. Yet, many Houstonians are already feeling the effects of the slowdown, including month-long wait times and undelivered mail.Melissa Palacios Gonzalez, a U.S. Navy veteran, runs an accessories and clothing shop out of her home in Spring. When customers place online orders of...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCarl Smith got a strange call from someone who rented a spot at his west Pearland horse barn on Sunday afternoon. The renter asked the retired Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constable if he had two of his horses with him. At home in Houston, Smith knew something was wrong.Driving up the path to the barn, he didn’t get his usual greeting from his four-legged children. Storm and Shorty were nowhere to be found. He called out to them. He looked for them in the shady spots. On the west side, the fence had been cut. It was strange, he...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCarl Smith got a strange call from someone who rented a spot at his west Pearland horse barn on Sunday afternoon. The renter asked the retired Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constable if he had two of his horses with him. At home in Houston, Smith knew something was wrong.Driving up the path to the barn, he didn’t get his usual greeting from his four-legged children. Storm and Shorty were nowhere to be found. He called out to them. He looked for them in the shady spots. On the west side, the fence had been cut. It was strange, he...WW…

U.S. officials took over the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday afternoon, less than an hour after the eviction deadline ordered by the Trump Administration earlier this week amid accusations of espionage activity.Forty minutes after the 4 p.m. eviction deadline passed, a man believed to be a State Department official entered the consulate, along with others, after a small back door was pried open. Officials had earlier tried three separate entrances, but were not able to gain entry. Security teams, wearing shirts emblazoned with the words U.S. Department of State, stood watch at the...…U.S. officials took over the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday afternoon, less than an hour after the eviction deadline ordered by the Trump Administration earlier this week amid accusations of espionage activity.Forty minutes after the 4 p.m. eviction deadline passed, a man believed to be a State Department official entered the consulate, along with others, after a small back door was pried open. Officials had earlier tried three separate entrances, but were not able to gain entry. Security teams, wearing shirts emblazoned with the words U.S. Department of State, stood watch at the...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSince mid-April, the National Guard has been essential to the success of the Houston Food Bank, helping distribute over 89 million pounds of food and product after volunteer numbers dropped and demand skyrocketed during the pandemic.Next week, that all comes to an end.After a farewell ceremony on Friday, the more than 200 members of the National Guard will begin phasing out of their roles at the nation’s largest food bank. By next Wednesday, the last are expected to depart, and the hands that have helped the organization keep up...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSince mid-April, the National Guard has been essential to the success of the Houston Food Bank, helping distribute over 89 million pounds of food and product after volunteer numbers dropped and demand skyrocketed during the pandemic.Next week, that all comes to an end.After a farewell ceremony on Friday, the more than 200 members of the National Guard will begin phasing out of their roles at the nation’s largest food bank. By next Wednesday, the last are expected to depart, and the hands that have helped the organization keep up...WW…