Community leaders in this increasingly popular sport open their doors to kids of all shapes, sizes, and abilities.

Some kids are born athletes. Others, not so much. Too short for basketball and volleyball? Can’t throw a baseball? Need more speed to make the track team? Give wrestling a try!

Local teen trains puppy for Gold.

It’s impossible not to fall head over heels in love with an adorable puppy. But what if you knew that, after putting a year’s worth of love, time, and patience into training your puppy, you would have to give it away to a new owner? It’s a love affair that requires a total investment and is guaranteed to end in heartache and loss, but that is the ultimate goal of Clear Lake High School junior Hannah Kelly.

Richard Cunningham’s first novel inspired by turn-of-the-century photo.

Local Author’s Mystery Set in 1918 Galveston

With a photographer’s eye for fine detail and a storyteller’s ear for dialogue, Houstonian Richard Cunningham instantly draws readers into the historical mystery Maude Brown’s Baby.

League City’s founding father leaves a lasting legacy.

It’s hard to imagine that, 180 years ago, Karankawa Indians inhabited the bustling community we now call League City. A sparse few settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, most notably a boy named George Washington Butler and several of his extended family members—all ranchers from Louisiana who became acquainted with Galveston County after having made several cattle drives here.

Plan stellar weddings, perfect parties, and industrial-sized occasions with the Keesler family and their team.

When it comes to keeping their business fresh, Mark and Karen Keesler, owners of One Stop Tents & Events, and their two sons, Chris and Kevin, know what to do.

Look to the beauty of Kemah Gardens for romantic getaways and life’s most precious occasions

Kemah residents, Ciria Rybicki and her husband Dan, have created a warm and scenic venue to host your special private events. Their hospitality goes beyond the ordinary, with Ciria personally attending to every wish and detail.

Rice University’s Centennial Historian treasure-troves through history.

Melissa Kean didn’t set out to be an archivist or historian. In fact, she didn’t even know such a job existed. As a stay-at-home mom in Omaha,

Happy cows and healthy beef for over 60 years.

Third installment in our “Farmer Crawl” series, introducing you to local food producers and the benefits choosing locally grown food.

When you own a cattle ranch, there are certain intangibles that come with the territory, like passing on a family legacy of treating animals—even animals that are destined to be slaughtered—with respect and care.

10 acres, six kids, Joe, Jody, and an obsession with real food Second Installment in our "Farmer Crawl" Series

Joe Winter, owner of Winter Family Farm in Santa Fe, Texas, says one of the best gifts a parent can give his or her child is the experience of watching a vegetable grow from a seed.

Award-winning wine, tours, fresh food and good times at the Bay Area’s only working winery.

Award-winning wine from a winery in Kemah, Texas? Seriously? You bet!

Local tea rooms are perfect for bonding with mom, friends.

Legend has it that Chinese Emperor Shen Nong discovered the beverage now known as tea in 2737 BC. The accidental discovery was made when camellia bush leaves fell into his pot of boiling water—he liked the aroma and taste of the beverage and began to promote it as a health-boosting drink.

The Bay Area’s First Farm-to-Table Restaurant.

LO-CA-VORE (local + -vore, as in carnivore): a person interested in eating food that is locally produced, not moved long distances to market. The locavore movement in the United States and elsewhere was spawned as interest in healthy and sustainability became more prevalent.

Tommy’s is the place for the freshest local fare in town.

Tommy Tollett understands ecosystems. Both the environmental one that exists in Galveston Bay, where he buys fresh oysters for his landmark Bay Area restaurant, and the eco-nomic system of local business, in which he participates by buying locally and encouraging others to do the same.

Annual Gulf Coast Film Festival spotlights talent and teamwork.

Most people in the Houston area know Hal Wixon as the founding director of The Gulf Coast Film and Video Festival, now in its 13th year, but he’s played many other ‘roles.’

Entertaining’s easy when you know who to call.

Planning your company’s holiday event? Elegant dinner party for special guests? Wedding, reunion or birthday bash? Then you must place Cardinal Special Occasions at the top of your “to do” list.

Locals in-the-know share advice for great vino.

“When it comes to wine, there are only four questions that really matter,” says Paul Bonarrigo, the larger-than-life character and force behind Messina Hof Winery in College Station, Texas.

There’s good news and there’s better news. The good news is that there’s a restaurant called the Magnolia Café & Bakery in Pasadena that serves the freshest and most delicious soups, sandwiches, salads, Paninis and desserts you’ll find anywhere in the area. The better news is (and how could it get better you ask) they’ve opened a second location in Webster!

Fine dining in Alvin? You better believe it! Imagine the best home-cooked meal you ever had, created by brilliant chefs with local, organic ingredients and served by the friendliest, most knowledgeable people you’ve ever met—now you’ve got dinner at The Barbed Rose.

There’s a Chinese food restaurant on almost every corner in the Bay Area but few standout as being different. At 888 Bistro the difference is evident in the choices owner Andy Chen makes, from his basic ingredients (which include many exotic and authentic items—spices and herbs passed down for generations) to his staff (chefs, bartenders and wait staff all chosen for their excellence).Andy is one of the owners of a family business with four locations in the Houston area.

EAT LOCAL at the Greek Deli Café & Imports

Many restaurateurs spend a great deal of time coming up with slogans and catch phrases to attract customers. Some even hire fancy marketing firms to help them say all the right things.Christos Katerinakis, owner of the Greek Deli Café & Imports on Bay Area Blvd., has a better plan—tell it like it is! Which is why, when you walk into his new, spacious location in the Star Plaza (corner of Space Center and Bay Area, he was formerly on El Dorado), you might hear him say, “This is the best Greek food in the United States.”