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Youth baseball umpire in possession of crystal meth arrested at Conroe sports complex, police say
Read full article: Youth baseball umpire in possession of crystal meth arrested at Conroe sports complex, police sayYouth baseball umpire was arrested Sunday after being tackled by a parent at a sports complex in Conroe, officials said.
A Memorial Park makeover: Houston is working to improve one of the nation’s largest urban parks
Read full article: A Memorial Park makeover: Houston is working to improve one of the nation’s largest urban parksAnd now the city is channeling its self-improvement impulse to Memorial Park, a 1,500-acre green space near the center of town. The nonprofit Memorial Park Conservancy—in partnership with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Uptown Development Authority, and Kinder Foundationis—is in the midst of a $200 million Memorial Park Master Park with capital improvement projects slated through 2028. The city established Memorial Park in 1924 with bridle paths, a golf course, and hiking trails. Over the years, the park gained a golf course, the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, and a nearly 3-mile running loop. Today, Memorial Park ranks among the largest within a U.S. urban center (nearly twice as large as New York’s Central Park) and draws about 4 million visitors a year.