Tim Gerber

On the first day of summer vacation in 2013, 16-year-old Max Menchaca and his friends decided to spend part of their day at a Houston-area indoor trampoline park.

Now home to FEMA's Region 6 Headquarters, the facility houses mobile response vehicles and personnel that have responded to everything from the Oklahoma City bombing to numerous floods and major hurricanes.

DPS created a basic safety course to teach troopers lifesaving skills and provide them with the right equipment to keep them safe during floods. Roughly 800 of the department’s 3,000 highway patrol troopers have been through the swift water awareness class.

Bridget Dickens said she knows what it's like to wake up without presents on Christmas morning. Her efforts to make the holidays brighter for some East Side residents has earned her the name "the Christmas Lady."

An army of volunteers braved the cold rain Saturday to take part in what has become an annual holiday tradition at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

Some coastal communities that took a direct hit from Harvey are slowly beginning to come back to life.

Crews were actively trying to pinpoint the problem Thursday, searching for any leaks or breaks in the water lines and testing the irrigation system.