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Hurricane Beryl Pays Sharpstown a Visit, Leaving Us to Cook on Tuesday

Hurricane Beryl Pays Sharpstown a Visit, Leaving Us to Cook on Tuesday

Updated on Tuesday, 7/9/24, 1:37 PM. Probably like many readers, I woke up around 6:30 AM Monday to leaf-shaking gusts and a broken tree branch scratching my window. (It didn't break through, fortunately.) When I flicked the light switch, nothing happened. I didn'

Moore: Sharpstown History Began with a Model T

Moore: Sharpstown History Began with a Model T

Early on a June morning in 1926, a young man loaded a suitcase—packed with all his earthly belongings—into his father’s Model T, climbed into the car, and pointed it toward Houston. Leaving his east Texas world around three months after his twentieth birthday, Frank made the 116-mile

Sharpstown Eats: Omelette & Waffle Restaurant

Sharpstown Eats: Omelette & Waffle Restaurant

Omelette & Waffle Restaurant was unassuming—on the outside. Inside the strip-mall storefront, colors exploded. On the left, there was a wall of pink roses. White flowers dangled from the ceiling, and to the right, more flowers surrounded a green space with the letters O&W. Omelette & Waffle

Fireworks, Games, Vendors, and Entertainment Coming to PlazAmericas Mall on June 30

Fireworks, Games, Vendors, and Entertainment Coming to PlazAmericas Mall on June 30

Houstonians are invited to attend Liberty Fest 2024 in the parking lot of PlazAmericas Mall on Sunday, June 30, 4:00-9:16 PM. The festival includes live entertainment and roughly 110 vendors, including local restaurants and nonprofits. Family activities will include a kid zone, train rides, and kids' obstacle

Ousted Neff Elementary Principal Amanda Wingard Lands School Leader Job at KIPP Climb

Ousted Neff Elementary Principal Amanda Wingard Lands School Leader Job at KIPP Climb

After 21 years as a Sharpstown educator, former Neff principal Amanda Wingard is accepting a School Leader position at KIPP Climb all the way in southeast Houston, she announced in a Wednesday Facebook post. Wingard became locally famous for publicly challenging Superintendent Mike Miles, becoming the first principal to speak

Mahalet Negussie Named as New Principal of Sharpstown's Neff Elementary

Mahalet Negussie Named as New Principal of Sharpstown's Neff Elementary

After ousting former principal Amanda Wingard in a controversial move, HISD named Mahalet Negussie as the new principal of Neff Elementary in Sharpstown. Negussie worked as a 6th-grade HISD English teacher before recently serving as a principal apprentice at Mark White Elementary. Neff announced Negussie's leadership in a

METRO Postponing University Corridor Line; Gulfton Corridor Still on the Table

METRO Postponing University Corridor Line; Gulfton Corridor Still on the Table

METRO had grand plans for a network of BRT (bus rapid transit) lines sprawling across Houston. These controversial lines would provide long-distance, single-seat bus rides along major east-west and north-south corridors, but take away some regular traffic lanes to build dedicated bus lanes. Two—the University Corridor and Gulfton Corridor