Houston sees 3 inches of rain following cold front. Here's what's next

Plus: Toxic lead still found in Harris County. How to watch the Astros.

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Houston sees up to 3 inches of rain Thursday. Here's what to expect for the rest of the week.

Many of us got an early wake-up call as storms brought heavy rain and frequent lightning. Cooler and drier weather is coming soon.

 

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Photo by: Raquel Natalicchio, Staff Photographer Harris County residents are still finding toxic lead paint in homes, 40 years after it was banned Even with multiple county and city programs focused on lead poisoning risks, many residents are surprised to learn they are exposed.

 

Photo by: Raquel Natalicchio, Staff Photographer HISD shifts to universal gifted-and-talented testing for second graders instead of kindergartners Houston ISD plans to test all second graders this year for the gifted and talented program instead of testing all kindergartners as it has done for the past several years.

 

Photo by: Karen Warren, Staff Photographer Houston Astros: Game times and TV channels for their series vs. Correa, Twins in ALDS Here's how to  watch the Astros as they plan to face the Minnesota Twins in the MLB playoffs this weekend.

 

Photo by: Craig Moseley/Houston Chronicle Son of Buc-ee's co-founder arrested on 28 counts of invasive visual recordings Mitchell Wasek, 28, the son of a Buc-ee's co-founder, allegedly recorded a woman and her friends in his father's lake house through a hidden camera.

 

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Photo by: Raquel Natalicchio, Staff Photographer These Houston billionaires made the Forbes top 400 list of richest people in the nation Two billionaires in Houston made the top 400 list of the richest people in the United States by Forbes Magazine.

 

Photo by: NASA/Bill Dunford What to know about October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse The sky will darken across much of the U.S. on Oct. 14 when an annular solar eclipse crosses from Oregon to Texas, providing a spectacular show as the moon passes in front of the sun.

 

Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Staff Photographer Voting in Houston: What to know before the 2023 elections Everything you need to know about early voting, mail-in ballots and election day 2023 in Houston.

 

Photo by: Karen Warren, Staff Photographer Not ready to make student loan payments yet? Here are ways to lower costs. Federal student loan repayments have resumed in October, requiring borrowers to pay their monthly bills.

 

Photo by: Courtesy Of The Houstonian Club Houstonian Club breaks ground on $6.2 million pickleball complex The Houstonian Club is jumping into the booming pickleball scene with the announcement that it is building a swanky $6.2 million pickleball complex with eight courts.

 

Photo by: Courtesy Of Kristin Thibodeaux Woodlands senior is only student in world to earn perfect score on environmental science AP exam Of the more than 4.7 million people who took AP exams in 2022, just over 1,500 — or 0.03 percent — made a perfect score across 38 subjects. No student scored perfectly on the environmental sciences exam that year.

 

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

 

 

        

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