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GEICO to Host Job Fair for Auto Damage Adjusters in Houston October 17

If you’re not crazy about a desk job but love being in the field to help customers get back on the road, then GEICO encourages you to attend an upcoming job fair in Houston. The job fair will be held …

Franchitti Injured in Late Crash at Houston

Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti fractured two vertebrae and broke his right ankle when his car went airborne into a fence Sunday on the last lap of the Grand Prix of Houston. The accident showered debris into the grandstand, …

Houston Firm Must Remove Fake Car From Outer Wall

Parking hasn’t been a problem for one oddly placed vehicle in traffic-busy Houston, Texas. City officials have ordered a design company to remove a fake Mini Cooper attached to the upper part of an exterior wall near a sidewalk. Safety …

Council Vote Ending Houston Red Light Camera Fight

The dispute over Houston’s red light traffic cameras appears to be nearing an end with the city council overwhelmingly agreeing to pay the camera vendor at least $4.8 million if it removes the cameras and drops a lawsuit. The council …

Survey Teams Seek Signs of Houston-Area Tornadoes

National Weather Service teams will survey parts of the Houston area to determine if tornadoes are responsible for damage to homes and a suburban shopping mall. Some roads flooded and nearly 20,000 Houston-area residents lost power Monday during powerful thunderstorms. …

Caliber Collision Centers Expands Coverage in the Houston Area

Caliber Collision Centers, with 94 collision repair centers in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas, announced its continued expansion in the Houston region with the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art collision repair facility located in Cypress, Texas. The new 25,000 …

Military Dogs’ Death at Houston Airport Spurs Lawsuit

The deaths of 14 bomb-sniffing dogs last year at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport while awaiting air shipment to U.S. troops in Afghanistan has prompted a lawsuit from the K-9 contractor that owned the animals. According to the Houston Chronicle, American …

Arsonist Sentenced for Houston Blaze

A judge has sentenced a Houston man who had been suspected of setting a series of fires to 40 years in state prison for one of the blazes. John Leonard Morin was convicted and sentenced on a felony arson charge …

Study Recommends Houston Ship Channel Floodgate

A study on protecting Southeast Texas from disastrous storms like Hurricane Ike has recommended building a floodgate across the Houston Ship Channel. Details were announced Monday by Rice University, which led a team of researchers focusing on better hurricane preparations …

Accountant Pleads Guilty in Houston in Fake Insurance Scheme

A third man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money in a scam involving the sale of bogus insurance to a New York tour operator whose boat capsized in 2005 killing 20 elderly tourists, federal officials reported. U.S.Attorney Kenneth …