Jersey Village is a city in west-central Harris County,Texas,United States,located at U.S. Highway 290,Farm to Market Road 529,and the Southern Pacific Railroad. The city is located in the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 7,921 at the 2020 census.
Kingwood is a 14,000-acre (57 km2) master-planned community located in northeast Houston,Texas,United States. The majority of the community is located in Harris County with a small portion in Montgomery County. Known as the "Livable Forest," it is the largest master-planned community in Harris County and second-largest within the 10-county Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area. It was classified as a "census-designated place" during the 1990 census,when the population recorded was 37,397. It is on the east fork of the San Jacinto River.
Lee Patrick Brown is an American politician,criminologist and businessman;in 1997 he was the first African-American to be elected mayor of Houston,Texas. He was re-elected twice to serve the maximum of three terms from 1998 to 2004.
Kathryn Jean Whitmire is an American politician,businesswoman,and accountant best known as the first woman to serve as Mayor of Houston,serving for five consecutive two-year terms from 1982 to 1992. From 1977 to 1981,she was the city controller,a position which made her the first woman elected to any office in the city. Whitmire drew national attention when she defeated former Harris County Sheriff Jack Heard in her election as mayor. The election drew national focus because it symbolized a major political realignment in the fourth-largest city in the United States.
Sharpstown is a master-planned community in the Southwest Management District,Southwest Houston,Texas. It was one of the first communities to be built as a master-planned,automobile centered community and the first in Houston. Frank Sharp (1906–1993),the developer of the subdivision,made provisions not only for homes but also for schools,shopping and recreation areas. While this model has been duplicated countless times in the past fifty years,at the time it was quite revolutionary,attracting national media attention. The development was dedicated on March 13,1955.
Westbury is a neighborhood in the Brays Oaks district of Southwest Houston,Texas,United States. It is located east of Bob White Road,north of U.S. Highway 90 Alternate,and west of South Post Oak Road,adjacent to the Fondren Southwest and Meyerland neighborhoods,just west of the southwest corner of the 610 Loop.
John Harris Whitmire is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd mayor of Houston,the most populous city in Texas,since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,Whitmire was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 until 1983,and the Texas State Senate from 1983 to 2023. In the state senate,he represented District 15,which included much of northern Houston.
The Houston Police Department (HPD) is the primary municipal law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston,Texas,United States and some surrounding areas. With approximately 5,300 officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel it is the fifth-largest municipal police department,serving the fourth-largest city in the United States. Its headquarters are at 1200 Travis in Downtown Houston.
Upper Kirby is a commercial district in Houston,Texas,United States. It is named after Kirby Drive,so indirectly takes its name from John Henry Kirby.
Rodney Glenn Ellis is an American politician who has served on the Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 1 since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Gulfton is a community in Southwest Houston,Texas,United States3.2 sq mi (8.3 km2). It is located between the 610 Loop and Beltway 8,west of the City of Bellaire,southeast of Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59,and north of Bellaire Boulevard.
Bordersville is a predominantly African American community on Farm to Market Road 1960 in northeast Harris County,Texas,United States. The community,located less than one half-mile from George Bush Intercontinental Airport,has about 80% of its territory in the City of Houston and the rest in an unincorporated area.
The history of the Houston Police Department started with the founding of the City of Houston. While the department's beginning was humble,it grew more advanced as technology became available and was able to handle the various challenges that would plague various cities as well as some of the more distinctive aspects of its geography.
Willowbrook is an area in northwest Houston,Texas,United States,bordered by the Cutten Road to the east,Grant to the north,Rockland to the west,and Beltway 8 to the south. Sam Houston Race Park is one mile away.
Fairbanks is a community along U.S. Highway 290 and the Southern Pacific Railroad in Western Houston,Texas,United States. At one point it was a distinct unincorporated area within Harris County.
Adrian Garcia is an American politician and the current County Commissioner for Precinct 2 in Harris County,Texas. Garcia spent 23 years with the Houston Police Department,before becoming a city councilman. Garcia served six years as a Houston City Councilman,eventually becoming Mayor Pro-Tempore under former Mayor Bill White. In 2008,he became Sheriff of Harris County. In 2015,Garcia stepped down from post as Sheriff to run for Mayor of the City of Houston. Garcia won the general election to be Commissioner of Precinct 2 for Harris County on November 6,2018,after advancing from the primary on March 6,2018. Garcia ran for re-election in 2022 and won the election against former Precinct 2 commissioner Jack Morman,with 52.6% of the vote.
Anne Clutterbuck is an attorney and former elected official living in Houston,Texas. She is a member of the board of managers of the Harris County Hospital District,the governing body that oversees the public health system in the Harris County,Texas region.
Charles A. McClelland Jr. was the police chief of the Houston Police Department (HPD) from 2010 through 2016. Joining the department in May 1977,McClelland worked his way up through the ranks,from rookie to assistant chief in 1998,before being asked to step in as acting chief. A graduate of the University of Houston–Downtown,University of Houston–Clear Lake,and the FBI National Academy,he oversaw the department's implementation of tasers and a real-time crime analysis program.
Arthur Louis Schechter is an American politician,diplomat,attorney,and philanthropist.
The 2023 Houston mayoral election was held on November 7,2023,with a runoff on December 9 because no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round. It was held to elect the mayor of Houston,Texas. Incumbent Democratic mayor Sylvester Turner was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Municipal elections in Texas are officially nonpartisan.
