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Zach Cook loads meet into a cooler in the aftermath of destructive storms Thursday, May 23, 2024, at Feges BBQ in Houston. The restaurant's owner Patrick Feges said they had just had power restored the day before, and that food was delivered that morning.

Photo by: Jon Shapley, Staff Photographer

Some Houston restaurants struggle to reopen one week after severe storms

Some restaurants remain dark while others are finally open for business one week following severe weather damage.

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Houston ISD board of managers member Angela Lemond Flowers, left, and Superintendent Mike Miles listen as a student speaks during the district's first public budget workshop for the 2024-2025 school year at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center, Thursday, May 15, 2024, in Houston.

Photo by: Jason Fochtman, Staff Photographer

An HISD 'Principal of the Year' is calling for Mike Miles' resignation

A former Principal of the Year is now leading a "call to action" to remove state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles.

Parents and students protested outside Gary L. Herod Elementary School in the in the Maplewood/Meyerland West area in Southwest Houston, TX on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Parents say their principal and several teachers are being being forced out.

Photo by: Sharon Steinmann

HISD principal who was forced out shares her side of the story

After reviewing the resignation paperwork, Herod Elementary School Principal Jessica Berry found that, if she signed, she would not be able to take any legal action against the district or apply for another position within the district.

Cadets badges are posted on a board before being presented during a Houston Police Academy graduation ceremony in January 2023.

Photo by: Brett Coomer/Staff Photographer

An ex-cop Good Samaritan tried to stop a drunk driver. Houston police arrested him instead.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals slammed the actions of Houston police officers in a recent decision.

Antonio Ruiz, 7, of Spring with Cub Scouts Pack 355, among scouts as they raise a U.S. garrison flag at the Houston National Cemetery,10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Sunday, May 29, 2011, in Houston. After the garrison flag raising ceremony the scouts took part in the raising of 300 U.S. flags measuring 5 foot by 10 foot along the cemetery roadways as part of the Avenue of Flags. Scout units both boys and girls took part in this preparation for the Memorial Day Ceremony, to be held at the national cemetery on Monday, May 30, at 9:30 a.m. ( Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle )

Photo by: Melissa Phillip / Houston Chronicle

Houston Memorial Day events: Concerts, fireworks, tributes and more

From a ceremony at the Houston National Cemetery to a fireworks display set to patriotic music, here are some Memorial Day events to consider.

Emilia Kobina, left, and Denise Kobina take a look at a fallen transmission line tower along the US 290 feeder road in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024 in Houston. Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.

Photo by: Brett Coomer, Staff Photographer

CenterPoint work will shut down U.S. 290 briefly Saturday morning

CenterPoint crews will close multiple lanes of the freeway from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. as restoration of transmission line felled by the storm continues.