Mike Akin

Investigators are working determine how a Houston Fire Department unit hit a METRORail train earlier this evening north of downtown Houston.

A 17-year-old named Nathan Lowery went missing after he and his 16-year-old brother used an inflatable raft to travel three miles out on the Texas City Dike early Saturday morning. The younger brother was rescued, but Nathan did not resurface after entering the water around 5:30 a.m.

A family disturbance between two brothers in southeast Houston escalated into a deadly altercation Friday night, according to police.

The FIFA Fan Festival closed early Saturday due to bad weather.

A man was killed Thursday morning after an alleged car thief stole his vehicle and struck him while fleeing the scene in northwest Houston, according to police.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 2-year-old died in the crash that happened earlier Saturday afternoon in the Hockley area.

Officers responded to a disturbance call a little before 11 p.m Friday night on E. Texas Avenue in the Goose Creek neighborhood. In a news release from the Baytown Police Department, they say officers located the suspect who then shot at one of the responding officers.

Montgomery County deputies responded to an active shooting on Nottingham Street in the eastern part of the county near I-69 and SH 99.

Harris County Treasurer Dr. Carla Wyatt was arrested in Galveston County and charged with driving while intoxicated, marking her second DWI arrest since 2023.

A suspect broke into an unmarked Galveston County sheriff’s office vehicle in Texas City on May 8, stealing a department-issued .300 Blackout AR-style rifle with a suppressor, a ballistic vest, and a duty belt.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal domestic violence shooting at a home in Cloverleaf that left a 39-year-old woman dead.

Detectives with the Houston Police Department are investigating a double shooting this afternoon on Fondren Road near South Braeswood.