HOUSTON — Residents of Acres Homes gathered Tuesday evening to honor the late Sylvester Turner with a memorial vigil held at the park that bears his name. Turner, who lived in Acres Homes throughout ...

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who rose from a child in Acres Homes to serve as Houston’s mayor for eight years and was elected to Congress last year, has died. He was 70. His death was confirmed ...

to make sure Houston would not be, as he put it, a city of haves and have-nots. He remained, until his final days serving in Congress, a kid from Acres Homes. Always ready to cut the rug with a ...

Turner was remembered as a "remarkable public servant" whose career spanned decades. He led Houston through challenges like ...

Man arrested 2 months after woman killed in front of 3-year-old son Houston police looking for man tied to deadly shooting in Acres Homes Man charged in deadly shooting of family member in Acres ...

Board of Education ended school segregation, Sylvester Turner grew up in the Acres Homes area of northwest Houston. "I was bused 18 miles one way, 36 miles a day to the Klein Independent School ...

He was born and raised in Houston’s Acres Homes neighborhood, Turner earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Houston and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

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