Bellaire voters will start returning to the polls today in the Dec. 9 runoff election for a new mayor, deciding between attorneys Gus Pappas and Aaron Perry. The two closest polling places are at HCC West Loop, 5601 West Loop South, and Bayland Park Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet St. Early voting will run through Dec. 5, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily except for Sunday, Dec. 3, … [Read more...] about Early voting starts today in runoff for Bellaire mayor
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Weslayan Plaza ‘Wig Shop Murder’ to be featured on TV documentary
On the Thanksgiving weekend 25 years after it happened, a notorious Weslayan Plaza murder by Bellaire teen Dror Goldberg is being featured on a national television broadcast executive-produced by NBC and the creator of the “Law & Order” TV franchise. The documentary, “The Wig Shop Murder,” part of the “Prosecuting Evil With Kelly Siegler” series, will begin … [Read more...] about Weslayan Plaza ‘Wig Shop Murder’ to be featured on TV documentary
Bellaire election results: Runoff for mayor, women sweep council seats
By Charlotte Aguilar Bellaire residents won’t know until Dec. 9 who their new mayor is, but women candidates have locked down the three council seats that were up for grabs Tuesday (Nov. 7). The showdown to become the city’s first new mayor in eight years is down to two attorneys: Top vote-getter Gus Pappas, a former two-term Bellaire councilman who served for four years as … [Read more...] about Bellaire election results: Runoff for mayor, women sweep council seats
Pappas in lead for Bellaire mayor, but Wesely, Perry jostle for a runoff
By Charlotte Aguilar With early results reported Tuesday night (Nov. 7) in Bellaire, former Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem Gus Pappas is in the lead for mayor but the two other candidates — newcomer Aaron Perry and incumbent Councilmember Nathan Wesely — are in a close race to force him into a Dec. 9 runoff. Here are the results, with 2,071 early in-person votes and mail-in … [Read more...] about Pappas in lead for Bellaire mayor, but Wesely, Perry jostle for a runoff
Details emerge: Parole board rules Weslayan Plaza killer is ‘a continuing threat to public safety’
By Charlotte Aguilar New information from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Monday (Oct. 30) shed light on the state parole board’s reasons for keeping convicted “Wig Shop Killer” Dror Goldberg in prison for at least another five years, the maximum allowable “set-off” for another review of his case. The board’s ruling on Goldberg’s first review, which was handed down … [Read more...] about Details emerge: Parole board rules Weslayan Plaza killer is ‘a continuing threat to public safety’