Posts with tag houston

Houston Is U-Haul's Most Popular Relocation Destination

People must believe everything is bigger in Texas, because the most popular city to move to in 2012 was Houston, according to new data on relocation trends released by U-Haul. The moving company's figures were based on one-way truck rentals from January 2012 to December 2012. It's Houston's fourth year in a row ranking No.... Continue Reading »

Houston Firefighters Miss Body in House Fire, Mom Finds Son Dead the Next Day

A Houston mother is devastated and angry with the local fire department after firefighters somehow missed the dead body of her son lying in the rubble of a Christmas Day fire at his home. It wasn't until Rosa Mendez (pictured below) went to her son's house the next day, concerned about why she didn't get a Christmas... Continue Reading »

Illegal Immigrant 'Stash House' in Houston Had 48 People Living Inside, Police Say

Authorities in Houston looking for illegal immigrants raided a home on Monday and reportedly found 48 people living in the single-story, three-bedroom house -- 14 of them children. Police believe the home is a "stash house," a place where newly arrived illegal immigrants hide out, said local TV station KHOU. The... Continue Reading »

$1.4 Million Mansion in Houston Is an Architectural Enigma (House of the Day)

This mansion in Houston is one of the weirdest things we've ever seen: It's like someone took pieces of a classic, stately chateau and an uber-modern spread and smashed them together. The listing calls the home "masterfully re-imagined," but as our friends at Curbed put it, that would be "totally accurate if said master... Continue Reading »

Dana Nance of Houston Says She Unwittingly Rented Home to Marijuana Grow Operation

Dana Nance thought that for the last couple of years she was renting her Houston-area home to a nice woman with a child and two younger brothers. Then, this week, the home was raided by the Drug Enforcement Agency as part of a takedown of major marijuana grow operations. Nance's home was one of 50 filled with pot plants... Continue Reading »

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