3 teens shot during night of citywide gun violence across Houston
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Authorities responded to at least eleven people who were shot since Saturday night across the Houston area.
Two teens were shot around 3 a.m. near Corporate Drive and Sharpcrest Street. A 14-year-old and a 19-year-old were walking along the road when an older model four-door vehicle pulled up and someone began shooting, according to Houston police. The 19-year-old was shot in the leg and backside, and the 14-year-old was struck in the collarbone. Both victims were taken to a hospital and are expected to survive.
Shootings involving teens are part of a trend in violence across Houston this year. So far, there have been at least ten homicides involving teens in 2021.
Houston man sues city, undercover cops in January 2020 police shooting
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Houston Forensic Science Center investigators work on an officer-involved shooting where a Houston Police Department officer discharged his weapon from inside a police truck at a suspect on foot at the 8000 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Houston Forensic Science Center investigators work on an officer-involved shooting where a Houston Police Department officer discharged his weapon from inside a police truck at a suspect on foot at the 8000 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better. That is just one of the quotes from Carter G. Woodson, who is credited with creating the event that would evolve into the Black History Month we celebrate today.
Black History Month was designated in 1976 and has been recognized by every U.S. president in the month of February since. Woodson was a historian, whom with minister Jesse E. Moorland, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). It s known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). But the mission remains the same: to research, recognize and promote the achievements of Black Americans and those of African descent.
Jeanette Bolden-Pickens’ legacy should be solid gold. She won a gold medal for the United States as a sprinter in the 1984 Olympic Games, a victory for the home team.
Bolden-Pickens struck gold on the track at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. From there, head east on Martin Luther King Boulevard, then turn north on Central Avenue until reaching the corner of 27th Street. The drive takes about 10 minutes, and it takes Bolden-Pickens back to her childhood.
She grew up at the 27th Street Bakery. Her grandparents sold baked goods in the front of the store and lived in the back. If she was not in school or on the track, you could find her at the bakery.
Overnight closures on I-95 southbound for concrete barriers, striping installation
Delaware News Desk
The Delaware Department of Transportation announced the installation of concrete barriers and striping will require overnight closures of Interstate 95 southbound in Wilmington, beginning Feb. 13.
From 10 p.m. Feb. 13 to 6:30 a.m. Feb. 14 and from 10 p.m. Feb. 14 to 4 a.m. Feb. 15, I-95 southbound will be closed between Exit 6/ Martin Luther King Boulevard/Fourth Street and I-95/I-495 southbound merge.
Motorists will exit off of Exit 6/ Martin Luther King Boulevard/Fourth Street onto North Jackson Street and then turn left onto Martin Luther King Boulevard and turn right onto South Market Street and follow to U.S. Highway 13 southbound and exit off onto the I-495 ramp to I-95 southbound.