The Houston Police Department is investigating a shooting at a Burger King in the Denver Harbor community in northeast Houston. Officers responded to the restaurant in the 6200 block of the East Freeway shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, police confirmed. One person was transported to...
About 32,400 XO Poppy Power Trip Magnetic Wireless Power Banks sold exclusively at TJX and Marshalls stores have been recalled because their lithium-ion batteries can overheat and ignite....
The Houston Police Department has released a police sketch of a man accused of asking an 8-year-old girl to get into his vehicle in the 6200 block of Haskell Street on Aug. 16. According to HPD, the man is described as bald, Black and having tattoos on his face and arms. Man, wom...
The revelation comes two months before Houston voters could force the department to deprioritize misdemeanor marijuana enforcement.
Pasadena Police are investigating a shooting reported around 6:20 a.m. Friday in the 200 block of West Jackson Avenue. Officers found an adult woman inside a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to a hospital, where her condition is currently unknown. Man, woman fo...
A suspect is detained after allegedly driving the wrong-way then crashing into multiple vehicles during a chase in Tomball.
A Houston man is dead following a kitchen fire Friday morning at an apartment on Cattails Lane. Houston Fire Department crews responded to 6313 Cattails Lane at 11:43 p.m. Friday after a neighbor reported smelling smoke coming from the adjacent apartment. “First due company had l...
Houston crime: Driver shot during argument with pedestrian in The Heights, HPD says ABC13 Houston
Houston police detectives are investigating a double homicide at an apartment complex on Ella Lee Lane. Officers responded to the apartment complex located on S Gessner and Westheimer around 6:45 p.m. Thursday. When officers arrived, they found a man and woman shot to death insid...
Men arrested, accused of stealing $400,000 in jewelry from southwest Houston pawn shop, records show ABC13 Houston
Police investigate fatal shooting of man inside vehicle in Heights area Houston Chronicle
When someone calls 911 during a mental health crisis, police may be the first to arrive. But Houston has built specialized programs designed to connect people in crisis with the right kind of help — including mental health professionals who can work alongside first responders or,...
One person is dead after a shooting and a crash in north Houston, officials confirm.
A woman was hospitalized after a medical emergency caused her to lose control of her vehicle and crash into the side of a Cypresswood home. The homeowner Mark Griffis tells KPRC 2 he was lying in bed watching TV when he heard a loud bang and felt the entire house shake. “I saw a ...
Houston police detained a possible suspect on Thursday evening hours after he allegedly walked up to a driver and fired several shots into a vehicle on the far east side of The Heights. The shooting happened just after 1 p.m. in the 700 block of Cottage Street. A man who investig...
A Dickinson police officer rescued a driver from a burning vehicle early Wednesday morning after emergency calls came in about a major crash on Interstate 45. Officer Brown arrived near Exit 19 around 2:56 a.m. and found flames coming from the vehicle’s engine area. As the fire s...
19-year-old arrested after driver shot, killed in north Houston, HPD says KHOU
A man and a woman traveling Monday from Philadelphia International Airport to the Dominican Republic ended up traveling a little lighter after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) currency detector K9 alerted officers to thousands of dollars of undeclared currency....
Texas has been approved for federal disaster assistance following severe storms and flooding that damaged communities across the state in July, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved its Public Assistance program for 19 Texas cou...
Christian Castro was released from a Texas jail last week as Minnesota continues its effort to extradite him on separate state charges.
An Oregon man is accused of firing toward tree workers and sheriff’s drones during an incident in which investigators believe he may have fired more than 200 rounds....
A mystery animal attacked a man in a Lebanon, New Hampshire, parking lot, surveillance video released by police shows.
Katy Freeway crash: Driver was seen swerving before slamming into 18-wheeler on I-10 at Bunker Hill, HPD says ABC13 Houston
A Mississippi police chief was fired following reports of racist text messages and amid continuing scrutiny of a police shooting that killed a 1-year-old boy....
Mia Ortiz says the lightning hit her bedroom while she was there with her 3-month-old son. Homeowners can take steps to protect their homes as officials say there's been an uptick in house fires caused by lightning....
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While some parts of the Houston area saw little to no rain from Tropical Storm Edouard, families in East Livingston woke up to flooded roads, widespread power outages and trees crashing onto their homes. For Jackie Polk and her family, the storm’s impact came suddenly at about 1 ...
Emergency Management Coordinator Antwyne Johnson warned residents to stay out of floodwaters due to hazardous debris, sharp objects, and wildlife like gators and snakes....
Emergency crews in Polk County responded to rescue residents trapped in waist-deep floodwaters caused by heavy rain from Tropical Depression Edouard, which overflowed local waterways. Although some parts of Texas saw minimal or no rain from the storm, Livingston experienced heavy...
The driver who was involved in a two-vehicle crash with a tractor-trailer died a day after the incident on I-10. The crash was reported on I-10 near the Bunker Hill Road exit Wednesday afternoon. Houston police said an SUV was wedged underneath the tractor-trailer. The SUV driver...
The U.S. State Department issued an advisory for this South American destination warning that violent crime occurs "in urban areas, day and night."
A Florida judge suspended Tiger Woods' driver's license for five years and ordered him to pay a $1,500 fine on Wednesday, part of a plea agreement reached with prosecutors following his March 2026 arrest for suspected DUI after a crash on Jupiter Island....
Smoke is seen billowing from a manufacturing facility in Mississippi after a chemical fire broke out.
A massive raid on a Memphis nightclub led to the arrest of more than one hundred people accused of being in the country illegally, including those who have a criminal record, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported....
La Marque officials are monitoring Tropical Storm Edouard and how it could impact their community. The City of La Marque’s Office of Emergency Management said elevated rainfall totals are the primary concern, with the greatest impacts expected Tuesday. A Tropical Storm Warning ha...
Entergy Texas says it activated its emergency operations center on Monday and have crews positioned to respond ahead of Tropical Storm Edouard. The company said Monday it has crews rotating shifts for 24-hour response coverage. It has also deployed more than 60 vegetation crews t...
A Georgia couple was arrested and charged with child neglect for allegedly abusing four children they kept confined in the cab of a tractor-trailer that frequently traveled through Florida....
An overturned tractor-trailer hauling industrial-sized metal pipes is causing a major traffic disruption Tuesday morning in southeast Houston. The crash happened along the ramp connecting southbound I-610 East Loop to State Highway 225. According to Houston TranStar, the heavy tr...
Houston Mayor John Whitmire held a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss the city’s preparedness efforts as Tropical Storm Edouard approaches the Houston area, saying the city is “better prepared today than ever in Houston’s history.” Whitmire was joined by Houston Office of...
A Cedartown police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a donkey was fatally shot in Polk County on Sunday.
The Bolivar Peninsula may be quiet tonight, but Galveston County emergency managers are already preparing for what is expected to arrive Tuesday as Tropical Storm Edouard approaches the Texas coast. The Bolivar Peninsula is under a tropical storm warning. Officials say they are n...
Gov. Greg Abbott activated state emergency response resources on Monday as a tropical system in the northern Gulf threatens the coast of Texas and Southeast Texas....
Abbott activates Texas emergency resources ahead of tropical weather threat fox26houston.com
The Manvel Police Department is responding after Mayor Dan Davis called for the city to end its contract with Flock, the license plate reader company used by law enforcement agencies across the greater Houston area. In a detailed statement responding to KPRC 2 News questions, the...
HOUSTON — Roads were flooding in East Texas and power lines were down as intense rain fell from the remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard on Wednesday morning, county emergency leaders said. Emergency officials were helping some people evacuate their homes. Life-threatening flash fl...
CenterPoint activates emergency center for Tropical Storm Edouard conditions CW39 Houston
Fire draws multiple agencies to Texas Renaissance Festival grounds Houston Chronicle
Heavy rainfall from Tropical Depression 5 could cause flash flooding across parts of southeast Texas, where rainfall rates may exceed 2 inches per hour in intense downpours. The National Weather Service expanded weather alerts across southeast Texas, issuing a widespread flood wa...
A 27-year-old Willis ISD employee has been arrested after an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship between the employee and a 14-year-old former WISD student. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says Austin Gwaltney is charged with online solicitation of a m...
A man has been arrested in Houston after allegedly recording someone in a bathroom at the Galleria Mall, according to court documents.
Northmarq snags three CBRE retail brokers to bolster Houston office firepower The Real Deal
A major crash in southeast Houston left one woman dead and two others in the hospital on Sunday evening.
CenterPoint Energy has activated its Emergency Operations Center as of Monday morning ahead of potential weather impacts from Invest 97L in the Gulf.
CenterPoint activates emergency center ahead of tropical disturbance in Gulf Houston Chronicle
CenterPoint Energy activated its Emergency Operations Center Monday morning as it prepares for potential impacts from Invest 97L across Southeast Texas, including the Greater Houston area, starting Tuesday. The weather system could bring several inches of heavy rainfall, localize...
CenterPoint Energy Activates Emergency Operations Center as it continues Taking Action to Prepare Ahead of Potential Impacts from Invest 97L Across Southeast Texas including Greater Houston PR Newswire...
A woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash Sunday night on East Orem Drive in Houston. The crash occurred around 9 p.m. near the intersection of East Orem Drive and Dawn View Lane. According to Houston Police Department, a Jeep SUV was traveling westbound on East Orem at a high ra...
President Trump Declares National Emergency To Protect U.S. Power Grid News Radio 1200 WOAI
Wrong Way Driver Fatal Crash, Houston, TX onscene.tv
Police say the driver was allegedly speeding on the feeder road before losing control of the vehicle.
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