The University of Houston will begin construction this weekend as part of its centennial project, which will affect traffic along University Drive into 2026. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/05/30/522714/uh-centennial-project-construction-to-affect-campus-traffic-beginning-june-1/

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A dilapidated building at the corner of Elgin and Ennis streets in Houston's Third Ward, which included a mural of George Floyd, was demolished just days before the fifth anniversary of his murder.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/05/23/522238/george-floyd-houston-mural-demolished-days-before-fifth-anniversary-of-his-death/

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Five years after the murder of George Floyd, his family in Houston is helping to put on a four-day event to honor his legacy and reflect on the nationwide social justice movement inspired by his death.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/05/22/522035/george-floyd-inspired-festival-to-be-held-in-houston-five-years-after-his-murder/

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A former owner of the famed and shuttered Third Ward restaurant Turkey Leg Hut was arrested and charged for allegedly conspiring with others to burn down a bar in 2020. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/04/28/519912/former-turkey-leg-hut-owner-arrested-charged-in-connection-to-2020-bar-fire/

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A historic facility that was once used as a hospital in the Third Ward will soon serve the community again after a groundbreaking on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/09/09/499259/the-third-wards-riverside-hospital-will-be-revitalized-after-its-groundbreaking-on-monday/

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Houston is mourning the death of Rev. William Lawson, a local civil rights leader and the founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the Third Ward. Community remembrances at the church begin next Tuesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/05/16/487701/community-remembrances-planned-for-houston-civil-rights-leader-rev-william-lawson/

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A new marker sits at the corner of Webster and Emancipation in Houston's Third Ward, just above the intersection's street signs, to honor Rev. Edward Coates.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2024/05/13/487273/new-marker-in-the-3rd-ward-to-honor-rev-edward-coates-who-pastored-at-wesley-a-m-e-church-for-nearly-forty-years/

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Turkey Leg Hut owes more than $4.7 million to a total of 19 different creditors, including nearly $782,000 to owner Nakia Price, according to its bankruptcy filing this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2024/03/27/481840/houstons-turkey-leg-hut-files-for-bankruptcy/

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