New details emerge about ex-UH basketball player Reggie Chaney's death

Plus: Ted Cruz fooled by hoax. HISD job cuts impact economy.  

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As UH mourns, more details emerge about ex-basketball player Reggie Chaney's death

Arlington police were called to an apartment around noon Monday after a tenant reported finding Chaney unresponsive in a bedroom.

 

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Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Staff Photographer Texas Supreme Court denies Harris County request to allow elections office to run November election The decision puts to rest months of uncertainty over who will oversee an election that's now just weeks away.

 

Photo by: Jason Fochtman, Staff Photographer HISD cuts from Superintendent Mike Miles' restructuring worsen Houston's dragging job numbers HISD is shedding more than 2,300 jobs in administration alone as a result of Miles' restructuring plan, which led to the elimination of 1,675 vacant positions and 672 filled jobs in the district's central office last month.

 

Photo by: Houston Chronicle Follow the live path of Tropical Storm Harold as it prepares for landfall Tropical Storm Harold is expected to come ashore from the Gulf of Mexico between Padre Island and Brownsville early Tuesday, bringing dangerous surf, tropical storm-force winds, and potentially flooding rainfall.

 

Photo by: Claire Goodman/Staff Photo Katy ISD board weighs new policy requiring teachers to report transgender students to parents Under the proposed policy, "District staff will notify parents if their child requests he or she be identified as transgender, or change his or her name, or use different pronouns at school."

 

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Father of 11-year-old girl strangled in Pasadena speaks after alleged killer's arrest

11-year old Maria Gonzalez was found dead Aug. 12 underneath a bed, and neighbor Juan Carlos Garcia-Rodriguez, 18, was charged with capital murder in her death.

 

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Photo by: Jon Shapley, Staff Photographer Texas A&M police ease marijuana possession enforcement: 'Cut them some slack The Texas A&M University Police Department changed the way its officers are to enforce laws regarding possession of small amounts of marijuana.

 

Photo by: Drew Angerer/TNS Sen. Ted Cruz appears to fall for Internet hoax but clarifies: 'In LA, you never know' Ted Cruz appeared to fall for a fake image of a shark swimming on a freeway after a hurricane. The image is fake but Cruz later said: 'In LA, you never know.'

 

Photo by: Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News Migrants held even after their Texas border charges were resolved, lawsuit claims Lawyers say four migrants were jailed on misdemeanor trespassing charges for as long as 42 days after they should have been released. "Due process is at most an afterthought," they wrote.

 

Photo by: Jason Fochtman, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer Willis expects population boom as development projects continue As Willis prepares for 300 homes to be built in a new community, officials say 800 new residents can be expected by the end of 2024.

 

Photo by: Kirk Sides, Staff Photographer Electric vehicle fee kicks in Sept. 1. Here's how it will work. The fee will be added to registration renewals, and is aimed at covering the taxes EV users do not pay at the pump that go to transportation

 

Photo by: Jon Shapley, Staff Photographer Woodlands bistro funds ministry's food pantry, veterans program and outreach efforts Proceeds from the meals at Abundant Harvest Kitchen & Bistro in The Woodlands help feed families and support veterans. All you have to do to help is pull up a chair. And come hungry.

 

Chris Shelton, Audience producer chris.shelton@houstonchronicle.com

 

 

        

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