Galena Park ISD is increasing patrols after a Woodland Acres Middle School student reported being followed home by a stranger this week.

A recent spike in violent incidents at Eleanor Tinsley Park has sparked urgent safety discussions between the Buffalo Bayou Partnership and the Houston Police Department (HPD).

The arrests were the result of the second police crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrations at UT-Austin. The first protest, on April 24, resulted in 57 arrests, which were also dismissed.

Three women are dead after law enforcement officers say they got into an argument with either their boyfriend or male friend inside of a car last week.

In a difficult cycle for Democrats, the race was widely seen as the most competitive statewide election because of Paxton’s laundry list of legal troubles.

A third suspect is still on the run and two others were arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of a woman in north Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.

Garza, a civil rights attorney from Brownsville, beat former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski during Tuesday’s primary runoff and will face the Republican nominee in the general election. A Democrat has not led the Texas attorney general’s office since 1994.

Rochelle Garza sued the Trump administration in 2017, seeking access to an abortion for an undocumented teenager. Joe Jaworski, a former Galveston mayor and a trial attorney for over three decades, presents himself as the more experienced candidate.

A suspect accused of killing a woman Feb. 23 in a north Houston shooting is still on the run, according to the Houston Police Department.

Aldine’s Aislinn Garza is one of the only women that serves as a full-time strength and conditioning coach in the Houston area.

HOUSTON – A whistle sounds, cutting through the August air over the sound of the band warming up and music blaring from the stadium speakers. Members of the Aldine football team run back and forth in their pregame routine across the turf on the first Friday night of the season.

Merritt endorsed the top vote-getter, Rochelle Garza, who will face Joe Jaworski in the Democratic runoff for attorney general on May 24.

Former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski and civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt are in a heated battle for second place and a spot in a runoff in May.

Garza, a former lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, had been running to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville. U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, is now running for Vela's seat after redistricting made Gonzalez's seat more competitive for Republicans.

The number of defendants on electronic monitoring in Harris County has surged from double-digits just a couple of years ago, to just over 4,000 as of this week, according to Harris County Pretrial Services.

Congressional Democrats are going bigger than ever on the environment, with a spending package they're trying to muscle through.

Texans were asked to cut back on their electricity use for a week because of “tight” power grid conditions, according to ERCOT officials. They still haven’t said what caused the plant outages.

CYPRESS – The Garza family is finally back home in Cypress after spending about a week in Nashville trying to retrieve their belongings located near the site of a Christmas Day explosion. “There was smoke, black smoke, fire, debris, bricks all over the floor it was just a scene from a movie,” Garza said. The family evacuated the area and was forced to leave behind their SUV, clothing and Christmas presents. The Garza’s were relocated to different Airbnb but couldn’t get back to their belongings because they located in the crime scene area. The family has been in contact with the FBI and expect to travel back to Nashville over the next few days.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nicole Garza and her husband, cousin and 4-year-old daughter packed their car and arrived in Nashville on Tuesday for a spur-of-the-moment holiday getaway. “Christmas Eve we baked cookies with my daughter, and we served chocolate milk and we set them out for Santa,” Garza said. A window in the Airbnb where Garza was staying popped out of the frame due to the explosion. “(The dispatcher) didn’t have answers for us. Garza said a few minutes later, they heard two smaller explosions, a woman screaming and police banging on doors nearby.

CYPRESS, Texas – The man accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend in Cypress has been taken into custody without incident on Wednesday, Harris County Sheriff’s Office Ed Gonzales announced. The charges against Mann Austin Hayes have been upgraded to murder, according to Gonzales. Authorities said the victim, 20-year-old Julie Dela Garza, died on Monday. The initial charge is being upgraded to Murder. Picture of shooting victim, Julie Dela Garza.

When Delicia Garza’s newborn daughter underwent surgery, an operation that required an overnight hospital stay, the San Antonio woman said it felt like the walls were closing in on her.

Anna Garza, 46, poses with her three children at their home in Weslaco. Garza is facing eviction if her unemployment benefits dont come through soon. After so many months of isolation and job loss, hundreds of thousands of Texans, like Anna Garza, are just trying to stay afloat financially and emotionally. Garza has anxiety and depression and could be facing eviction from her Weslaco rental after losing her job. How to get helpTexas COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line: 833-986-1919National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas: 512-693-2000Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations National Helpline: 800-662-4357