Barry & Loewy LLP has experience and a record of success in representing people injured or killed in truck accidents in Harris County, TX. If you are involved in a crash with a tractor trailer or 18 wheeler in Harris County, it is important that you obtain a lawyer that is experienced in handling Texas truck accidents to represent you.
Harris County, Texas encompasses the heart of the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. This massive metropolitan area includes ten counties and a total population of 5.3 million citizens. Situated in Southeast TX, west of the Golden Triangle, the metropolitan area is the seventh largest in the United States.
Census 2000 data shows that the Harris County, TX population was 3.4 million, although 2005 estimates place the current population at nearly 3.7 million residents. Harris is Texas’ most populous county and is the third most populated county in the nation. Numerous cities, towns and other unincorporated areas comprise Harris County. Its largest urban areas include Houston and Pasadena. Other large urban areas such as Baytown, League City and Missouri City share their populations with Harris County, Texas as well as other surrounding counties.
Houston serves as the center of commerce, culture, economy and education for the region and is the seat of Harris County. As a significant port and financial center for oil and other petrochemicals, Houston’s energy sector dominates the flourishing economy. Aeronautics, biomedical research and the Port of Houston also play a major role in the region’s financial and industrial base.
Houston, TX is also home to several outstanding facilities for higher education, which include Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and a number of campuses associated with the University of Houston. Houston is home to nearly two million residents.
Often referred to as “Space City”, Houston plays host to NASA’s renowned Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Home of Mission Control, the space center is also the site of the largest IMAX Theater in Texas. Additional sites of interest in Houston include the cosmopolitan Theater District, which claims 17 blocks in the heart of downtown Houston, the Galleria, Galveston Island, Hermann Park, the Reliant Center and Sam Houston Historical Park. Houston also hosts several college level sporting events and such professional sports teams as the Astros and Texans.
Pasadena, TX, population 141,674, is the largest suburb of the Houston metro area. Pasadena’s base of employment, linked closely with the deepwater port in Houston and the affiliated industrial sectors, remains prosperous. This historic city is home to numerous museums such as the Armand Bayou Nature Center, the Bay Area Museum and the Pasadena Historical Museum. Pasadena also offers a quaint community theater venue, the Pasadena Philharmonic Orchestra and a rodeo. Facilities for higher learning in Pasadena include the San Jacinto College System, Texas Chiropractic College and a portion of the University of Houston Clear Lake. Pasadena was also the site of the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy, which starred John Travolta and Debra Winger.
Harris County, Texas, the largest TX County east of the Nueces River, covers nearly 1,800 square miles of land.
From its coastal prairies and rolling timberlands to the beautiful shores of the Gulf of Mexico, Harris County, Texas and its encompassing communities are a lovely area in which to live and work.
Harris County, TX News Headlines
Slain mom’s kids plead for help finding killer (MSNBC) - Wed, 02 Jul 2008
The man who stabbed Texas mom Tina Davila to death when she wouldn’t relinquish the car containing her infant daughter is still at large, and Davila’s grief-ravaged children want him caught. “She was the coolest mom," her daughter Patricia said tearfully.
Sheriff’s Office Blotter (The Conroe Courier) - Mon, 30 Jun 2008 District 1 – North County...
Obituaries June 29, 2008 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - Sun, 29 Jun 2008 Dr. Robert Emmon Tyson Sr. Dr. Robert Emmon Tyson, 80, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, died at his home "Happy Hill" in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on Friday, June 27, 2008. Bob is survived by his loving wide of fifty years, Carolyn Louise Tyson (nee Anderson).
Separate accidents kill two (The Conroe Courier) - Fri, 27 Jun 2008 Traffic accidents led to the deaths of two Montgomery County residents early Thursday as they drove along different sections of Interstate 45....
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Weekly blotter (The Conroe Courier) - Wed, 25 Jun 2008 On 6/18/08 at 2:35 PM Deputy Peckne was dispatched to the 15,000 block of Bart Lake Road, in Conroe, in reference to a Disturbance - Family Violence in Progress. The two parents had reportedly been arguing and physically fighting.
Four vehicle accident caused by smoke from farm (Newport Independent) - Wed, 25 Jun 2008 Two separate vehicle accidents occurred last Thursday when a local farmer neglected to provide flaggers to notify motorists of smoke on the interstate.
Obituaries June 20, 2008 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) - Fri, 20 Jun 2008 Ronnie White SALTILLO – Ronald Lynn "Ronnie" White, 55, died Sunday, June 15, 2008, at his home in Saltillo. He was born Dec. 24, 1952, to Floyd Terrell White and Ethel Eva Vaughn Waldrup in West Point. He lived in West Point most of his life and in Saltillo for the past six months.
Readers' good Samaritan stories (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5) - Fri, 20 Jun 2008 Our request for good Samaritan stories from San Antonio Express-News readers resulted in dozens of submissions from grateful people, virtually all of them filled with touching tales of help given and received from neighbors, friends and total strangers.
Sports Briefs: Wimbledon seeds conform to rankings (Winston-Salem Journal) - Thu, 19 Jun 2008 Five-time champion Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic , the new No. 1-ranked women's player, were named the No. 1 singles seeds for Wimbledon yesterday.
James Byrd family says, 'We will never forget' on 10th Anniversary of dragging death (Louisiana Weekly) - Mon, 16 Jun 2008 JASPER, Texas (Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner) - Last week, a small east Texas town comes to a moment of truth and close evaluation, whether it wants to or not or whether it deserves such nationwide scrutiny or not.
