If this week's freezing temps have wreaked havoc on your greenery, there's still time for you to prevent further damage. Gardening expert Carol Burton with Urban Harvest stops by Houston Life with her expert tips to help protect your plants against winter's wrath.

Miles says school employees are essential workers and they need to be on campus and so do students.

In February 2021, a brutal winter storm battered the state, overwhelming its power grids and forcing millions of Texans to scavenge for the basic elements for survival — food, water, and shelter from record cold.

HOUSTON – A trio of Houston Texans has teamed up with a local plumber to provide free repairs after last month’s winter freeze. Former Houston Texan Chester Pitts, along with Texans Whitney Mercilus and Justin Reid, has donated $30,000 to fix homes throughout Houston. Amaro is a plumber and noticed many of the people who reached out to him for repairs could not afford to pay for the job. [Chester] did tell me he would reach back out,” said Amaro, owner of Superior Plumbing Solutions LLC. Ad“We linked up: me, Whit, and Justin and we were like hey this is something we can do,” Pitts said.