Drivers should expect traffic backups as responders manage the crash and clear the roadway, and are advised to seek alternative routes.

Investigators say the suspects had just burglarized an AutoZone on Gessner Road, where they stole several car batteries before leaving the scene and crashing into a wall on the Katy Freeway

Authorities are searching for a man who has been missing since Saturday in the Spring Branch area of Houston.

Houston police officers are investigating after a man was killed in the Spring Branch area.

Houston police are investigating after a woman, who was possibly homeless, was struck and killed by a garbage truck early Tuesday.

A mother was thrown from her car and died after crashing off the Southwest Freeway early Thursday, according to Houston Police Department.

There is a major traffic alert in Houston.

There was a Jesus sighting along the northbound feeder lanes of U.S. 59 near Gessner Road Friday morning. The painting was challenging for any driver to miss. Even more difficult is the task of creating it.

All southbound mainlanes of U.S. 59 Southwest Freeway near Gessner Road are now open after a major crash involving a Houston Fire Department vehicle.

Houston police are pursuing a vehicle along U.S. 290 in Houston, officers say.

Houston police are pursuing a vehicle along U.S. 290 in Houston, officers say.

A pursuit ended in a major crash on U.S. 290 southbound and Gessner Road, authorities said.

Houston police are searching for an 11-year-old girl who was reported missing in the area.

KPRC 2 has learned a child has been shot Friday morning in west Houston.

HOUSTON – A husband and wife were shot and killed by the woman’s ex-husband on Wednesday in southwest Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. When HPD officers arrived, they found the man shot dead and lying on the ground. When officers went inside the apartment, they found the wife, who was also shot to death. “Man, that’s sad. I’m like, that’s sad.

HOUSTON Scary moments for crews at Houston Fire Department Station 49 on Gessner Road. Captain Andy Williamson said a crew was getting ready to relieve another crew when it happened. In a tweet, Chief Samuel Pea said HFD Station 49 was renovated in the early 2000s. Mayor Sylvester Turner said the ceiling collapse could be connected to an undetected leak at Station 49. Chief Pea said the department will evaluate what damage may have been done to the medic unit the ceiling fell on.

HOUSTON – Investigators believe a man was intoxicated at the time of a deadly crash on the Katy Freeway frontage road at Gessner Road on Sunday morning. “This defendant was just incredibly selfish and a woman is dead because of it,” Teare said. The woman was traveling southbound on Gessner Road at the time. We are in the process right now of obtaining a search warrant and getting that blood,” Teare said. Teare said the man is 33-years-old and facing a charge of intoxication manslaughter.

HOUSTON A Memorial Villages police officer shot a suspect on the 900 block of Gessner Road, according to the Houston Police Department. The incident occurred Wednesday night near a Memorial Hermann Memorial City parking garage. According to HPD, the shooting occurred when the suspect attempted to grab the officers weapon. The suspect was taken to the nearby Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital in an unknown condition. Memorial Villages Police Department and HPD are investigating.

Published: May 4, 2020, 5:33 pm Updated: May 4, 2020, 5:54 pmHOUSTON – A motorcyclist was involved in a fatal crash with an 18-wheeler Monday afternoon on the Northwest Freeway, Houston police said. The accident was reported around 3:45 p.m. on Highway 290 and Gessner Road. Police said one person was pronounced dead at the scene. The scene is being investigated into how the accident happened. Police ask drivers to see alternate routes.

HOUSTON – Parking issues at the Department of Public Safety office on Gessner Road will soon come to an end, as officials announced that the parking lot will soon be renovated. Starting Friday, DPS will begin upgrading the parking lot of the Houston Gessner DPS Mega Center on Gessner Road, officials announced in a news release. “The goal of this upgrade is to better serve our customers by expanding the total number of parking spaces while improving vehicle and pedestrian traffic flow,” Texas DPS said in a statement. Customers are advised to visit alternate driver’s license offices as the number of parking spaces at the Gessner location will be significantly reduced during the renovation. For more information and to find an alternate office near you, visit dps.texas.gov.

HOUSTON – An early-morning blast at a northwest Houston machining and manufacturing company Friday killed at least two people, according to officials. The blast happened around 4:20 a.m. at a business near Gessner Road and Clay Road. Some debris from the blast landed nearly half a mile away from the explosion site, Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted. Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, the site of the explosion, sustained significant damage. Photos of the northwest Houston business show the exterior before and after the massive blast.

HOUSTON – An explosion rocked northwest Houston awake early Friday morning. Video shared by a KPRC 2 viewer from their doorbell camera showed a flash followed by a plume of smoke at the time of the blast. Another video shared by a viewer recorded audio of the explosion. A Nest camera at a different home also recorded the sound of Friday morning’s explosion. Spring Branch Independent School District officials said they anticipate transportation delays for students in the area.

The explosion happened around 4:20 a.m. at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing located at 4525 Gessner Road. History of the business: It was founded as a grinding shop in 1960 by James Watson. In 2013, OSHA fined Watson Valve for 2 violations the agency categorized as “serious.” Watson paid a fine of $8,316. In 2008, another “serious” OSHA violation resulted in a fine of $5,250. Failure to ensure that employees who carry heavy loads wear steel-toe boots is an example of a serious violation.

According to rental site Zumper, median rents for a one bedroom in Spring Branch West are hovering around $779, compared to a $1,169 one-bedroom median for Houston as a whole. But how does the low-end pricing on a Spring Branch West rental look these days — and what might you get for your money? It's 13.5% less than the $694/month median rent for a studio in Spring Branch West. The building offers on-site management, on-site laundry and a swimming pool. This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide, then reviewed by an editor.