Soil tests reveal toxins that exceed EPA screening levels, though they are not high enough to cause immediate health risks.

A total of 176 properties near a contaminated rail yard site were tested for toxic chemicals. Forty-one locations were found ...

Council member Duane Perkins, D-5th Ward, said the process is more procedural than anything else. But he said he is skeptical that the new maps will give council members the “opportunity to ...

Newcomer Ethan Dorr currently has 106 votes, just one more vote than current 5th Ward representative, Kristina Crites at 105. Dorr, 22, said he decided to run for city council after the public ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Fifth Ward job training program designed to lift people out of poverty has had its funding cut, as the Trump Administration cuts and suspends EPA grant money.

Fifth Ward Brewing Company in Oshkosh will host the B’Gosh It’s Good Breweriana Show on April 26. The free event runs from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and features vendors selling brewery ...

Weidl said the location of Wednesday’s meeting was intentional. “(The 5th Ward) is a community that has seen probably some of the most dramatic impacts of environmental inequity,” Weidl said.

Ethan Dorr, 22, is running against Kristina Crites, 51, who currently holds the 5th Ward position. Dorr has been on the frontlines of anti-abortion and pro-Second Amendment movements for years and ...