Erica Ponder

Fire officials are investigating a two-alarm fire at a Dollar Store Plus in north Houston Friday.

An investigation is underway after a premature baby was found in southeast Houston Friday and later died, police said.

A Houston-area social media influencer who touted herself as an expert in how to land the perfect man plead guilty to tricking followers and acquaintances into fake real estate deals and was sentenced to five years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said Thursday.

A fuel truck rollover has shut down all of the lanes on Southwest Freeway going southbound near Bissonnet Thursday morning, TranStar says. Officials said the lanes are expected to reopen at least by Thursday afternoon.

An investigation is underway after police said a man was found dead with gunshot wounds inside his vehicle in northwest Houston Thursday.

TranStar held a news conference Wednesday on ways to help prevent heat injuries and hot car deaths this summer.

Crime Stoppers of Houston hosted a press conference Wednesday with Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and other area leaders to discuss public safety challenges and solutions.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee visited the location at Graffiti Wall Tuesday to discuss TxDOT’s plan to move forward with the demolition of 375 housing units, disregarding the federally mandated pause on the expansion of I-45.

The Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 3% pay increase for all employees in the district as part of the $357.5 million budget for the 2023 fiscal year. Trustees also approved the starting teacher pay of $62,000 for 2022-2023, the district said in a news release Tuesday.

An investigation is underway after a 20-year-old man was fatally shot during an argument in northwest Harris County Monday, deputies said.