The James Beard Foundation's Taste America Culinary Series is happening this week and bringing together some of the best chefs in Houston. Chef Sergio Hidalgo and James Beard nominee Chris Williams of Late August spoke to us about the event and its mission. They also showed us the crudo recipe they plan to "wow" tastebuds with at the event.

City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday.

Tumbleweeds, the gnarled icon of the Old West, rolled in over the weekend and kept rolling until blanketing some homes and streets in suburban Salt Lake City.

In this episode of “Eat Like a Local with Chris Shepherd”, Shepherd sits down with Williams to hear the stories of Lucille’s, his nonprofit organization Lucille’s 1913, Eldorado Ballroom and Rado Market which sit next to Houston’s Emancipation Park, and Williams’ most recent endeavor Late August.

The holiday travel rush is already on, and it could spread out over more days than usual this year.

This week’s new entertainment releases include two lost albums from rock superstars Neil Young and Elton John, more than two dozen contestants of reality shows like “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “Big Brother” facing off in the contest “The Challenge: USA,” and Netflix’s “The Sea Beast” brings a “Moby Dick”-like tale down to kid size.

The Indianapolis Colts activated quarterback Carson Wentz from the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday and he should be able to start against Las Vegas on Sunday.

Lucille’s 1913, chef Chris Williams’ non-profit that has donated more than 200,000 meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, will host its inaugural golf tournament on Monday, April 12, at Hermann Park. Proceeds will benefit Lucille’s 1913 and The Imani School.

On Monday, his nonprofit organization, Lucille 1913, set out to fed 3,000 people in three Houston-area communities. “It’s just an opportunity for us to give back, give thanks and involve the community in the process,” Williams said. “We all dream about an ideal world and he also dreamed about an ideal world,” George said. His Lucille 1913 nonprofit also unveiled its second community garden in Houston’s Fifth Ward on Monday. Anyone that would like to volunteer or donate to Lucille 1913 can go to lucilles1913.org.

Lemiley Lane, a Bountiful junior who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, poses for a photograph at Bountiful High School, July 21, 2020, in Bountiful, Utah. It's an honor, they say, but not to many Native Americans who see the portrayals throughout high school, collegiate and professional sports. Maine lawmakers last year banned Native American mascots in public schools. Attempts in other states to govern the use of Native American mascots have failed in recent years. At the college level, Native American mascots seen as hostile and abusive have been banned in championship play since 2005.

Lets get the lids, Williams said to a staff of three, preparing nearly 400 to-go meals for some of Houstons most vulnerable. He serves meals daily at his restaurant, Lucilles, located in Houstons Museum District. Each morning, Williams and his team prepare hundreds of to-go meals that are delivered to local senior living facilities. Each week, the 1913 Community Catering Initiative delivers thousands of meals. A little bit under 5,000 meals per week out of this kitchen and were doing it on our own dime, he said.