Cesar Martinez

A man was found dead and a woman critically injured from apparent gunshot wounds after Harris County deputies responded around 5:47 a.m. to the 5400 block of North Redell Road near Baytown.

Westbury High students and staff returned to campus after 17-year-old senior and athlete LePaul Warren was shot and killed near the school; crisis counselors were made available and additional support.

A man in his mid-20s died after being stabbed at a Houston apartment complex Wednesday night, police said. A woman who was in a relationship with him was taken into custody and hospitalized for treatment. The circumstances remain under investigation, and no charges have been announced.

Harris County commissioners will vote on a proposed property tax rate increase—the largest in county history if approved—that would raise county spending by about $327 million.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a major immigration rule that could have affected thousands of international students attending universities in Houston.

Deputies attempted to stop one of the vehicles, but the driver fled, heading eastbound on FM 1960 before turning south onto Ella Boulevard.

A plan to transform a former Budweiser bottling plant into an artificial intelligence data center is drawing opposition from Jacinto City leaders, who say they may have limited power to stop the project if it moves forward.

Houston police detectives are investigating a possible double homicide at an apartment complex on Ella Lee Lane.

Victor Salgado Araujo, who was sitting next to his brother Lorenzo when an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo during a July 7 enforcement operation in Houston, was released from immigration detention on a

Five people, including three U.S. Postal Service mail carriers, are facing federal charges in an alleged stolen-check operation prosecutors say involved nearly $24 million worth of checks.

A 19-year-old woman is facing an aggravated assault charge after investigators say she stabbed a pregnant woman who was dating her ex-boyfriend at a northeast Houston home.

Houston City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a proposed ordinance that would require rental properties to provide working refrigerated air conditioning, as one council member launches a separate effort to provide free portable A/C units to vulnerable Houstonians.