Thursday, September 17, 2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Meet the Houston area Facebook food critic who posts reviews to help struggling local restaurants

The Food Happenings page was created about three years ago and just surpassed 20,000 followers. HOUSTON — As America celebrates its 250th birthday this year, KHOU 11 is highlighting everyday Americans doing extraordinary things through the “America 250: Red, White & YOU” series. One of those Americans is a Houston area Facebook food critic who has quietly turned her social media presence into a lifeline for local restaurants. Ashley Brasher created the “Food Happenings” page on Facebook in 2023. She quietly visits restaurants around southeast Texas, primarily north of Houston. While her page is online, it is having a very real impact for several small businesses. Brasher posts detailed reviews of the establishments she visits, evaluating them in several different categories. “Food quality, customer service, cleanliness of the restaurant, parking, everything that you could think of as a customer," Brasher said. "I’m very honest.” As her audience has grown, Brasher is beginning to step out from behind the anonymity. This is the first time she has publicly connected herself to the page.  » Read More

Read moreDetails

Hull Legacy funeral fraudster motivated by money, says ex-worker – BBC News

Image caption, Patrick Moore went to Humberside Police about Robert Bush By News correspondent, BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire "I think he was living beyond his means," says Patrick Moore about disgraced undertaker Robert Bush. Moore is trying to explain why his former boss hoarded 30 bodies and half a tonne of human ashes at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull. A judge at the city's crown court earlier told Bush he is going to prison for preventing the burials of 30 people and giving grieving families the wrong ashes. He also fraudulently sold funeral plans and stole from 12 charities, including the Salvation Army and Macmillan Cancer Support. Image source, Legacy Independent Funeral DirectorsImage caption, Robert Bush wrote on social media that his funeral home was a "special place" Moore, 65, says he was a "general dogsbody" at Legacy. And he insists he did not know Bush had kept 30 bodies after their families had held funeral services.  » Read More

Read moreDetails

2 arrested in Columbus shooting; another charged in Facebook Marketplace scam

By Braden Simmons • 2 hours ago   • 2 mins to read Two suspects are in custody in connection with a March 24 shooting, while a suspect in a separate case was arrested Monday for running a Facebook Marketplace car scam. Laquantavious Perry, 26, was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Nicole Young, 43, was arrested Wednesday and charged with accessory after the fact in that case. Laquantavious Perry Nicole Young At about 2:09 a.m. March 24, officers responded to reports of a shooting near an apartment complex at the 2200 block of Eighth Avenue South, a press release issued Tuesday said. After interviewing several witnesses, officers determined Perry to be a person of interest in the alleged shooting between Perry and another individual who escaped unharmed, Public Information Officer Bryan Moore told The Dispatch. Investigators also collected evidence at the scene that made Perry their prime suspect,  » Read More

Read moreDetails

American journalist kidnapped in Iraq – NBC News

An American journalist was kidnapped in Iraq on Tuesday by suspected Iranian-backed militants, according to the State Department and the country's Interior Ministry. The journalist was identified in the hours after her kidnapping came to light as freelancer Shelly Kittleson, with Al-Monitor, one of the publications she works for, calling for her "safe and immediate release." Dylan Johnson, the assistant secretary of state for global affairs, said in a post on X that the State Department was "aware of the reported kidnapping of an American journalist in Baghdad, Iraq." He said the State Department had "previously fulfilled our duty to warn this individual of threats against them" and would "continue to coordinate with the FBI to ensure their release as quickly as possible." Shelly Kittleson.via FacebookHe said that an individual believed to have been involved in the kidnapping had been captured and was in Iraqi custody. This person had ties to the Iranian-aligned militia group Kataib Hezbollah, Johnson said. He added that Iraq remained at a Level 4 Travel Advisory,  » Read More

Read moreDetails

Ethics Committee deadlocks on complaint against Iowa Sen. Scott Webster

April 1, 2026, 5:17 a.m. CT An Iowa Senate committee has deadlocked on an ethics complaint against Sen. Scott Webster, meaning it will take no action. The six-member Senate Ethics Committee, which is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, lacked majority support for motions to dismiss the complaint or reprimand Webster for sharing a screenshot of a constituent's email, including her contact information, in a Facebook post.  » Read More

Read moreDetails

How a fake garden seeds offer on Facebook almost cost a Full Fact reader over £500

A Full Fact reader who was fooled by a fake gardening offer on Facebook has told us how the bogus post nearly cost her over £500. Sandy Hillery, 79, from Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, contacted us to share her story after reading some of the fact checks we’ve written about fake offers circulating on social media. Sandy told us that she was tricked by a Facebook post claiming that the home improvement retailer Wickes was offering 96 packs of seeds for just £3. She said she “took the bait” and attempted to order after seeing the post, only to be contacted by her bank hours later who had stopped two suspicious transactions. Sandy is a keen gardener, and often sits browsing online in the mornings, having a cup of tea. One Sunday in early February she stumbled across a Facebook post that she said claimed to be from someone who had been queuing for the cashier in Wickes and had heard someone say people can get packs of seeds for free,  » Read More

Read moreDetails
Page 34 of 339 1 33 34 35 339

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Add New Playlist

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?