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.
A driver is dead after losing control of a white Porsche coupe this morning on Houston’s South Loop feeder road, Houston Police Department confirmed. The crash happened around 1:12 a.m. at 2500 South Loop West, in front of Pappasito’s Cantina. According to HPD, the driver exited ...
A Columbia Police Department officer died and another was injured after exchanging fire with a suspect at a park on Saturday morning.
A Silver Alert has been canceled for 72-year-old Juan Ramirez, who was last seen Friday morning in Houston, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety....
The Tomball Police Department is investigating a fire which occurred at the Hobby Lobby store at around 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The store is located at 27706 Tomball Parkway. The agency says both the Tomball Fire Marshal’s Office and the Tomball Police Department Criminal Inve...
A witness reportedly heard gunshots Friday night, then saw a vehicle leave the complex before crashing across the street.
Ecstasy pills designed to look like U.S. President Donald Trump spurred a “Red Alert" warning from a Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute that is worried the drug could be deadly....
First responders were called to a southwest Houston home on Saturday after a report of a woman who went into cardiac arrest. HPD officials later confirmed that the woman had been shot multiple times....
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom after U.S. immigration authorities accused him of overstaying his visa....
The Ross Fire in Palo Pinto and Jack counties is 31% contained as firefighters work to stop new growth.
Montclair Police are investigating two potentially linked cargo thefts at an Anheuser-Busch facility involving $70,000 in missing Pabst Blue Ribbon inventory....
A fight between wedding guests in Westlake, Ohio, left at least two people injured and led to charges against three men in their 40s, police said.
Officials say an ICE agent and people in a separate vehicle were hurt in the Saturday morning crash.
Willowfork firefighters who were assisting with a North Texas wildfire were injured after being involved in a collision on Thursday.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said a driver was killed after they were hit head-on by another driver on the Eastex Freeway early Saturday morning....
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Juvenile fatally hit by train in Independence Heights, police say Houston Chronicle
The Houston Police Department is on the scene following a deadly train-pedestrian incident on Friday night.
Several railroad crossings in Houston’s Independence Heights area are currently blocked as police investigate a fatal collision involving a train. The Houston Police Department said the incident happened in the 7600 block of N. Main Street. North officers are working a fatal trai...
Authorities are on the scene after a lightning strike sparked a house fire on Friday evening.
The U.S. Army is expanding its plan to build over 20 off-grid nuclear microreactors across military bases to guarantee independent power during emergency grid failures....
Humble City Council amends fire code to update water main piping requirements Community Impact
Intersections on US 90 in Sugar Land reopen after 18-wheeler and train crash Houston Chronicle
State Representative Christina Morales and Houstonians for Justice hosted a press conference to show support for Congressman Al Green following his filing of H.Res.1486, Articles of Impeachment against President Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors....
The city of Houston is weighing approval of a $13 million project to overhaul Telephone Road, addressing long-standing safety and infrastructure concerns that have made the corridor one of the city’s most dangerous stretches for drivers and pedestrians alike. KPRC 2 has reported ...
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