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June 18, 2024

Texas man convicted of threatening to kill Rep Maxine Waters gets nearly 3 years in prison

A Houston man was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison on Monday after his criminal conviction for leaving threatening and racist voicemails with Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.

June 14, 2024

Texas authorities apprehend 'armed and dangerous' inmate after nearly 12 hours on the run

Texas inmate Joshua Nigel Thomas Sanders, 35, is back in custody after nearly 12 hours on the run following an escape during transport from a court appearance in Houston.

June 12, 2024

Multiple illegal immigrants wanted for murder arrested in 2-week-span in Houston

ERO Houston announced that they were able to successfully detain five illegal immigrants who are fugitives and wanted in connection to murder or homicide in the US as well as other countries.

June 5, 2024

Houston boy, 6, grandmother suffered severe burns from downed power line in storm

Houston-area grandmother Charlotte Winters and her 6-year-old grandson were hospitalized with extensive burns from a downed power line that the woman was pointing to from a distance.

May 29, 2024

Southern US city tops list of dirtiest in the nation, study says

A list released by a lawn care service provider says that Houston is the dirtiest city in the nation out of more than 150 major U.S. cities studied.

May 22, 2024

Multibillion-dollar overhaul plans for Texas U.S. 59 may not solve flooding problem, officials warn

Proposals to overhaul U.S. Highway 59, a major Houston evacuation route, may not sufficiently address its predisposition for flooding, the Texas Department of Transportation says.

May 21, 2024

Lawsuit filed against cement company after deadly Houston crane collapse during storm

A survivor from a job site where cranes collapsed last week during a Houston storm filed a lawsuit against the cement plant operators, reports say.

May 12, 2024

Houston transgender suspect runs over, fatally stabs man: police

A transgender woman with a criminal past is accused of running over a 64-year-old man with a car twice before fatally stabbing him, and it was caught on video.

May 10, 2024

Houston police identify man wanted for killing attorney at McDonald's

Anthony Landry, 57, is wanted for murder after he was identified as the suspect in the shooting death of Houston-area attorney Jeffrey Limmer at McDonald's on May 4.

May 9, 2024

Houston police chief replaced amid investigation into hundreds of thousands of dropped cases

Thousands of sexual assault cases are among the hundreds of thousands of cases dropped by the Houston police department due to shortage of available investigators.