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It's World AIDS Day, and although you don't hear near as much about it these days, the disease is still very much with us.

* Call 713-965-0031, or visit www.volunteerhouston.org . Spread holiday cheer by helping out with a toy and clothing drive benefiting children victimized by abuse or neglect.

No one was injured in a two-alarm fire that destroyed eight apartments in an Alief apartment complex this afternoon, fire officials said.

Despite the ailing economy, voters in the Humble Independent School District agreed to a 13-cent property tax rate increase during a special election Saturday.

Voters in the Alief Independent School District agreed to a 7.5-cent property tax rate increase Thursday in a special election called, in part, to provide money for employee raises.

Along with leadership positions to be decided on the ballot Tuesday, voters in the Houston region will make decisions on a variety of issues.

Class is in session at Houston Community College's Alief campus. Students there are anxious to learn, but they're finding it hard to afford.

The Chronicle urges Alief residents to vote to join the Houston Community College System.

Superintendent recommends making up zero. * Aldine: Missed nine; make-up plan not released * Alief: Missed seven; no decision * Alvin: Missed 10; make up one or two * Clear Creek: Missed 11; proposal is to make ...

The U-Haul Companies of Corpus Christi, South Houston and North Houston are offering 30 days of free storage to Texas residents in danger of being affected by Hurricane Ike.

Voters in the Houston region generally are willing to pay higher school taxes, but the promising news for school districts could wane if the economy worsens, according to a Rice University survey released ...

Texas high school students would no longer get extra credit in their grade-point averages for some advanced classes under rules the state's higher education commissioner is proposing.

There's one item Houston-area school officials say teachers can leave at home when classes resume later this month: Their handguns.

Parents in the Houston Independent School District - where about 15 percent of campuses failed to make adequate progress in 2007 - will receive a letter next week explaining their campus' status under No Child ...

School districts across the state will have to pick up the $100 million annual cost of benefits related to a teacher pay raise enacted two years ago, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has ruled.

For years we see it in the headlines. Southwest Houston. Murders, rapes, robberies crime in general gets so much attention in this part of the city that it just has to be addressed more seriously.

One woman was killed and another critically wounded by a gunman while they sat in their car in a southwest Houston driveway Sunday morning.

"The truth of the matter is, I shouldn't have done that. I take full responsibility."

Alief schools Trustee Edgar Dansby III said Thursday he does not plan to resign voluntarily after pleading guilty last week to abusing his office and lying about having a college degree. via Houston Chronicle

"I came here with nothing but the shirt on my back"

Hubert Vo is an American success story if there ever was one. The 19-year-old who fled Saigon in a boat as his country crumbled before his eyes became the immigrant working odd jobs. via Houston Chronicle

"They produced a Western form of Christianity that didn't take into account African spirituality"

Amid the sweet smell of incense, worshippers at Mount of Christ Healing Church sprawled face-down on the floor, enraptured in intense prayer. via Houston Chronicle