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Golf legend Frank Wharton dead after long Fairlawn Country Club career - FOGOLF - FOLLOW GOLF

Frank Wharton, a golf legend from Texas who shared his love of the sport with Greater Akron for decades, recently died at the age of 90.

University of Houston ranked second in AP preseason college basketball poll

Kelvin Sampson’s Cougars earned 16 first-place votes to match the program’s best-ever preseason Associated Press ranking after last year's finals run. The other No. 2 appearance was by the 1967-68 team led by Elvin Hayes.

Uphill effort to recall Whitmire kicks off with single canvasser, misspelled signature forms

On the first day of the long-awaited, highly publicized sprint to collect more than 63,000 signatures within 30 days, only one person canvassed at the main signature collection event. The forms contained a misspelling of “petition.” 

Houston residents divided politically about what’s causing climate change, survey finds

A new survey released by the University of Houston's Hobby School of Public Affairs found that while the vast majority of Houstonians believe in climate change, there is a political divide about whether they think it's being caused primarily by “human activities.”

5 bodies pulled from Houston bayous in past week. Police say they’re not connected

The string of recent deaths has raised safety concerns and fueled speculation on social media.

Ohio State and University of Houston Researchers Launch $25M Study on Preventing Nearsightedness in Kids

Researchers from Ohio State University and the University of Houston study if atropine eye drops can prevent nearsightedness in high-risk children, funded by a $25 million NIH grant.

Foul play not suspected in death of University of Houston student found in Brays Bayou, police say

Tributes have poured in for Jade McKissic, the 20-year-old student who was found dead this week. As of Friday, police were still investigating the cause of her death.