Families interested in a specialized program for the 2014-2015 school year will have an opportunity to learn about 50 schools with openings at the HISD School Choice Fair. The event will be held from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the Northwest Mall, 9500 Hempstead Highway. “We received thousands of applications during our initial…
Publisher of the Houston Sun, Dorris Ellis will appear for an interview on Crossroads, on Easter, April 20th.
By: Alan C. Peterson, II April 10, 2014 Houston- With the Tigers on probation, the 2010 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship vacated (TSU’s first since 1968), and back to back 2-9 records in 2012 and 2013, many fans and alumni have become angry, disconnected and flat out disgusted with TSU’s Football Program. But before you…
Live: The HISD Board of Education on Thursday voted to table indefinitely an agenda item to cancel the consolidation of Dodson Elementary with Blackshear, the Rusk School and Lantrip elementary schools. The 5 to 3 vote comes after much debate on the topic and a move by board members who brought the item back to…
Fifty-years-ago I could not enter the public library in my southern segregated hometown of Lexington, MS. Nor could I attend a high school, the facility built for the Negro students who wished to excel was called, Lexington Attendance Center. There were many basic access problems for the Negro during my childhood. Not to be thwarted…
The 2014 March Madness fever has officially ended in the first week in April with the seventh-seed UConn Huskies bringing home the National Championship Trophy in a 60 to 54 victory over Kentucky. The teams played before a record breaking crowd of 72,239 at the AT&T & Center in Arlington, Texas. The Final Four’s Most…
Byron Halford- Greely Special Contribution The Houston Sun Its kind of crazy how something as seemingly insignificant as a simple magazine cover can cause as much of a stir as the April 2014 issue of Vogue. As you’ve probably heard a million times, its covered by none other than Kim Kardashian and her fiancé the…
Many of us are members of various organizations. Sometimes resolutions, proposal and motions are made that frustrates us and we fail to agree with the idea of the proposal’s intended outcome. Our first response is to say with intensity and high emotions, “I don’t like it, and I will not vote for the proposal. We…
The Houston Sun Newspaper wrapped up its 30th Anniversary celebration in grand style with the “Sun After Dark Explosion,” finale where they showcased the “two became one” theme honoring 30 remarkable infinitive honoree couples on March 29th at the Reliant Crowne Plaza Hotel. It was a wonderful festive event that began with Sirrod Robinson, eldest…
The winner of the Houston Sun’s Miss HALO pageant is Amyra Chapman, 25. Chapman attended Grambling State University under the study of Psychology/ Sociology in which she uses everyday through her meaningful work through Change Happens non- profit organization. “I would love to receive my PhD and become a Clinical Psychologist,” said Chapman. Amyra’s favorite…
Texas Southern University Men’s Basketball Team sailed through the 2014 SWAC Tournament at Toyota Center in Houston, TX to claim victory over its rival Prairie View A&M in a 78-73 win to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Most Valuable Player (MVP) nod went to Aaric Murray, as well as the Defensive Player of The…
