The Environmental Protection Agency found “no concerns for human health” in the results of its background soil study ...

Hester House and Texas Southern University are engaged in an oral history project about what Hester House has meant to the ...

TXDOT's public hearing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and the Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center, 4014 Market St.

The Environmental Protection Agency is giving residents in the Fifth Ward more time to test their soil for cancer-causing ...

The contaminated railyard has been the source of contention for years after creosote, a likely human carcinogen, was ...

Read full article: Fifth Ward residents living in cancer cluster call out Mayor, state senators over campaign contributions from Union Pacific Ever since the first Fifth Ward cancer cluster was ...

Fifth Ward Elementary School is a public school located in Reserve, LA, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Fifth Ward Elementary School is 362 and the school serves PK-4.

According to a new study by Texas A&M researchers, soil in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward has "significantly elevated levels of heavy metal contaminants." In fact, some samples of Fifth Ward soil ...

Sandra Edwards trudged down Suez Street under Tuesday’s beating sun, knocking on doors less than half a block east of the Union Pacific rail yard in Fifth Ward. For decades, the yard was home ...