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March 20, 2024

Texas boys, dubbed ‘little rascals,’ arrested after Houston bank robbery

FBI Houston said the juveniles, aged 11, 12 and 16, were taken into custody on Tuesday, nearly a week after the trio allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo bank.

March 18, 2024

Uber driver hits, kills 1-year-old after dropping family off in Houston

A one-year-old girl died Sunday after being struck by an Uber driver, who had just dropped her family off at a Houston apartment complex.

March 14, 2024

Florida citrus capital was most moved-to US county last year as Americans leave more populous areas

Florida's Polk County, located between Tampa and Orlando, experienced the highest population growth of any U.S. county last year according to estimates released by the Census Bureau.

March 10, 2024

Man arrested, charged in deadly Galveston house fire that left 1 woman dead

Galveston Police announced on Saturday that they have made an arrest in connection to a deadly house fire that left one woman dead back on Feb. 29.

March 8, 2024

Houston police chief apologizes, vows improvement after 264K cases dropped due to staff shortage

Houston's police chief, Troy Finner, is addressing public outrage after it was revealed that over 264,000 cases were dropped in the past eight years due to a lack of personnel.

March 6, 2024

NASA engineer from viral music video charged with sex assaults in Texas

Eric Sim, a NASA engineer who appeared in a viral music video parody for Houston's Johnson Space Center, has been arrested in Texas on sex assault charges.

March 6, 2024

Houston-area sheriff scrutinized for mass shooting response loses re-election

Sheriff Greg Capers of San Jacinto County, Texas, has lost his bid for a fourth term in office. Capers was heavily scrutinized last year for his response to a mass shooting.

March 4, 2024

Texas man arrested in abduction of 12-year-old girl who was found safe after more than a week

Texas police have arrested Sirterryon Preston, 27, suspected in the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who was missing for eight days. Preston attempted to flee from officers.

February 28, 2024

Houston Lakewood Church shooter was previously arrested on gun charges

A police report from 2022 in Katy, Texas, details a previous weapons charges arrest for the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch earlier this month.

February 27, 2024

Over 260K Houston criminal cases suspended due to 'lack of personnel' code, police chief says

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner on Monday revealed that a “lack of personnel" code suspended about 264,000 criminal cases over the past eight years.