Kashmere Gardens and Fifth Ward residents have until Saturday, Nov. 30, to agree to let Union Pacific test their soil for contamination.

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

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

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 ...

When the Texas Department of State Health Services began identifying cancer clusters across Houston's historically Black ...

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 ...

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.

From these organizations, they recruited five Greater Fifth Ward residents who served as block captains during the study, based on a program coordinated by the Houston Health Department.

Fifth Ward Junior High School is a public school located in Bush, LA, which is in a distant rural setting. The student population of Fifth Ward Junior High School is 430 and the school serves PK-8.