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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — Former Houston mayor and ... RELATED: TIMELINE: Sylvester Turner, from Acres Homes to Congress “A remarkable public servant who impacted millions of people," Whitmire said during ...

He grew up in Acres Homes as the sixth oldest of nine ... READ HERE: University of Houston remembers alumnus Sylvester Turner, class of '77 “He was a natural-born leader, humble servant and ...

36,494 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?36,494 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others? In-N-Out’s ...

News of former Houston Mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's death traveled quickly ... but he never forgot his roots in Acres Homes," Harvey said. "He was a tireless advocate for the underserved." ...

The late Sylvester Turner was a business-friendly Democrat ... Turner was born and raised in Houston’s Acres Homes neighborhood. He went on to have a robust political career, including ...

Houston's former mayor, Congressman Sylvester Turner, passed away at 70 years ... He was born and raised in Acres Homes, Houston, and attended the University of Houston and Harvard Law School.

HOUSTON — Sylvester ... out there whose homes are flooded?’ That’s all he ever thought about," former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said of his time serving alongside Turner.

Sylvester Turner of Texas says he has died just ... Turner was born and raised in Houston’s Acres Homes, a historic Black neighborhood. He earned degrees from the University of Houston and ...

U.S. Representative and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner died Wednesday ... I came out of the northwest side, Acres Homes. Much of your leadership in the African-American community back ...