HARRIS COUNTY

An investigation is underway after a man stabbed his wife to death near Katy Friday morning, Harris County sheriff’s deputies said.

A driver is dead after their vehicle struck the back of a dump truck, which was later engulfed in flames at a north Harris County intersection, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

Tammie Galloway, a mother of two, lost her job last year during the height of the pandemic and hasn’t been able to find steady work since.

The teen, who is possibly 14 years old, was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez discussed the results of the county’s ShotSpotter after a year of being installed.

Harris County, Texas – Four people have been found shot in an apartment near Cypresswood Drive and Cutten Road. The incident is unfolding in the 9700 block of Cypresswood Drive at the Commons at Vintage Park Apartments. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded and found four people shot inside an apartment. This is an active and developing scene. No active threat within the complex.” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales

An investigation is underway after four people, including one child, were found shot to death inside a northwest Harris County home Thursday morning, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

In her first one-on-one interview about the Elevate Strategies investigation, Hidalgo lays out her case for why she accused the DA of a political vendetta.

An 18-year-old was arrested in connection to the death of a man who was shot after reportedly being harassed by a group of teens, according to the Houston Police Department.

In a Wednesday morning tweet posted by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the 31-year-old made it clear that she expects to face criminal charges in an ongoing investigation involving the Texas Rangers and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.

The horror began shortly after 7 a.m. on a weekday morning when Carlin knocked on the woman’s front door. After she refused to let him in, he went around the back of the house and used a lawn statuette to smash through the sliding glass door.

An investigation is underway after Harris County sheriff’s deputies said a man shot his ex-girlfriend and her daughter before turning the gun on himself Tuesday.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is urging child care providers across the county to take advantage of millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds before time runs out. Hidalgo is holding the discussion after visiting a child care facility Tuesday afternoon.

Harris County Pct. 4 Commissioner R. Jack Cagle and former U.S. Representative Ted Poe will hold the 8th annual Police Memorial Ceremony on Monday.

Despite an admonition from federal authorities, Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s plan still steers aid disproportionately to whiter, inland counties at less risk of natural disasters.

Despite an admonition from federal authorities, Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s plan still steers aid disproportionately to whiter, inland counties at less risk of natural disasters.

A deadly shooting at a popular north Harris County flea market left two people dead and three others injured Sunday, Harris County sheriff’s deputies said.

Harris County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a hit-and-run that left one man dead early Sunday.

Precinct 4 deputy constables are investigating a road rage shooting that left three women injured late Saturday.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection to a drive-by shooting that left a mother and her 11-year-old son wounded inside their north Harris County home early Sunday, HCSO said

Frustration and panic are growing for many formula-feeding parents as many store shelves continue to be empty or low on supply following the recall by formula maker Abbott, stemming from contamination concerns.

The funeral arrangements for the Harris County Sherriff’s Office deputy who was tragically killed in a crash have been released.

The deputy is survived by his wife and two young children.

A procession will be held Friday morning for Harris County Deputy Robert Adam Howard.

A suspect is in custody after leading officers on a chase from Polk County, ending in a standoff that caused a shutdown on the Eastex Freeway.

A family nanny died after she was trapped in a northeast Harris County house fire early Friday, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office.

Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the man who they say fatally shot an air conditioning repairman in southwest Harris County on Thursday.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the rash of shootings involving children across our area is reaching a crisis point.

Loved ones remember the life of a hero, 27-year-old Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Adam Howard, who passed away Wednesday afternoon after a crash on SH-249.

Several local law enforcement agencies united Thursday to educate the community about the importance of Missing in Harris County Day.

Condolences from other agencies as well as Houston and Texas leaders are pouring in after a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a crash involving an 18-wheeler on SH-249 Wednesday afternoon.

Weeks after property tax appraisals were sent out across the state, many property owners still cannot believe what they are seeing. Nearly every homeowner is experiencing a big increase in their property value.

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case between Harris County Election Administrator Isabel Longoria and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Bond has been set at $750,000 for the teen accused in the murder of Harris County Deputy Darren Almendarez, who was shot and killed trying to stop a trio of catalytic converter thieves in late March.

HCSO Sheriff Ed Gonzalez identified the deputy as 27-year-old Harris County native Robert Adam Howard. Howard was a Cypress Woods High School graduate.

An investigation is underway after a man stabbed his wife to death in Atascocita Tuesday, Harris County sheriff’s deputies said.

Cypress Creek EMS has been the subject of multiple investigations by both KPRC2 Investigates and law enforcement.

Victor Cuevas, the man whose name drew national headlines after he fled with a tiger from a west Houston neighborhood in 2021, has learned his fate for murdering a man in Fort Bend County nearly five years ago.

These parks are in the Houston area or not too far from it.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will introduce a resolution Tuesday to Harris County Commissioners Court opposing the draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade.

Harris County officials have found a 15-year-old who was reported missing Sunday.

Officials announced that Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.

A cleanup is underway after an 18-wheeler carrying fruit overturned in north Harris County Sunday, Precinct 4 deputies said.

The May 7, 2022 election brought voters to the polls to weigh in on state propositions related to property taxes, a special election for Texas House District 147, and numerous municipal races and issues.

A 52-year-old man was sentenced to serve 22 years in prison for molesting a 9-year-old at a local thrift store in 2016, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.

A serial killer who admitted on Friday that he murdered his aunt and uncle in Houston in 2018 also admitted to five other slayings and seven assaults in California in exchange for a sentence of life without parole in California, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.

The call discussing a "citizen’s arrest" occurred days before an investigator working for donor Steven F. Hotze’s nonprofit in Houston allegedly rammed a van and held an air-conditioning repairman at gunpoint in a futile search for bogus ballots, a new court filing details.

An armored car guard was transported to the hospital Friday after being shot by a robbery suspect in the parking lot of a Chase Bank in north Houston, police said.

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A man who attacked a bailiff in 2021 after receiving a six-year prison sentence will now have to serve at least double that amount of time before he is eligible for parole on new convictions, according to court documents.

A 4-year-old boy who was accidentally shot by a 9-year-old at a home near Katy has died, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

Harris County, Texas – There will be a total closure of the northbound and southbound mainlanes between Boudreaux and the Grand Parkway on the Tomball Tollway beginning Friday, May 6 at 9 p.m. through Monday, May 9 at 5 a.m. The northbound Northpointe entrance ramp will be closed. Drivers traveling northbound will be detoured to the frontage road at the Boudreaux exit ramp and may re-enter the tollway using the Grand Parkway entrance ramp. Drivers traveling southbound will be detoured to the frontage road at the Grand Parkway exit ramp and may re-enter the tollway using the Boudreaux entrance ramp. Don’t forget to visit houstontranstar.org to plan your route.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s Office announced Thursday that it will announce an initiative aimed at reducing crime across Harris County.

A person was reportedly shot and killed in northeast Harris County after a gunman opened fire into their vehicle Wednesday night, officials from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.

More than 120 pieces of stolen mail and a U.S. Postal Office master key along with several drugs were found during a traffic stop in northeast Harris County, according to deputies with Constable Mark Herman’s Office.

The grandmother to eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren lost two front teeth and suffered a skull fracture.

The suspect who was accused of fleeing with a tiger in a west Houston neighborhood in 2021, has been found guilty of a murder in 2017.

The alligator greeted her with his mouth open.

Remains found in Texas have been identified as missing 29-year-old Taylor Christine...

Local leaders have waged a nearly year-long battle with the owner of a deteriorating...

But for now, her two GOP challengers are busy slashing at each other before the May 24 runoff election.  The GOP race to face Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is getting nasty.

The charges stem from Hotze’s hiring of more than a dozen private investigators to look for voter fraud in Harris County ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

The waste pits were built in east Harris County on the San Jacinto River in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill.

Houston, Texas – Homicide Investigators with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are on the scene after a fisherman found a deceased body along the banks of Cypress Creek. The incident is unfolding near Mossforest and Shady Stream Drive. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says the body of a female, possibly in her 20’s, was found with obvious signs of trauma. The body was located by a fisherman who called 911. No further details were available at the time of print.

Harris County Democrats are criticizing their Republican counterparts for what they say is a lack of transparency in some election decisions.

HOUSTON (AP) — Three people who have worked for the top elected official in Harris County were indicted on Monday after being accused by prosecutors of steering a nearly $11 million contract for COVID[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Hidalgo said that believed the "unfair" accusations were politically motivated, since she's running for reelection in November.

On Tuesday's show: Two senior staffers for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and one former one have been indicted in connection with a COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract. Plus: City Council Member Mary Nan Huffman answers your questions. And we hear from a Houstonian who served as an interpreter for U.S. forces in his native Afghanistan.

Hidalgo has not been indicted, and has denied any wrongdoing.

Representatives from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality heard testimony from several community members who were concerned about the potential pollution from the facility.

On Wednesday's show: We learn about some recent strife in Harris County Commissioners Court, we discuss the week in politics, food writers discuss their favorite places to eat in Chinatown and Katy Asia Town, and we chat with comedian Cheech Marin.

The proposed plant is near residential homes and a recently-built public park that accommodates kids and adults with disabilities.

County law enforcement officials have blamed the mass release on a network outage.

The computer system used for law enforcement in the Houston area crashed on March 24, preventing defendants from getting an initial court hearing within the legal timeframe.

On Tuesday's show: Why Texas added 5,100 upstream oil and gas jobs last month, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis answers your questions, and a conversation with poet Nikki Giovanni.

Harris County, Texas – On, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, Deputies responded to the Memorial Hills Townhomes located at 21506 Old Ranch Road in reference to a shooting. Witnesses stated they heard several gunshots and observed a black male lying on the ground with gunshot wounds. One witness observed a male, possibly light skinned enter the Audi and drive off. After further investigation it was found from surveillance footage the suspect vehicle is described as a dark colored newer model Audi four door sedan with ten spoke silver rims. If you have any information on the whereabouts of the suspect vehicle or suspect involved in this heinous crime please contact the Homicide office at 713-274-9100 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8411.

Watson, who has denied all illegal conduct, still faces civil lawsuits.

It comes after a Harris County grand jury declined to indict Watson on nine other criminal complaints two weeks ago.

Harris County Lina Hidalgo said she didn't believe there was enough information to justify firing her employees.

Lesly Garcia Mitchell Briones previously served as Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4...

No charges have been filed, and there have been no arrests, but the Texas Rangers confirmed Friday the investigation is ongoing.

At least 18,000 Texas mail-in votes were rejected in the first election under new rules

Many were rejected because of problems related to complying with Texas' new voting law.

By comparison, less than 0.3% of all mail ballots received for the 2018 primary were rejected for all causes, according to the Harris County Elections Administrator.

After elections officials in Harris County, Tex., admitted they failed to count 10,000 mail-in ballots in the March 1 primary, Democrats and Republicans have gone to war over who is to blame for a litany of elections shortfalls in the nation's third-most populous county.

The state's new "election integrity" law created headaches for voters, but the problems with election administration in Harris County run far deeper.

The bail bond industry says the measure amounts to illegal price fixing.

A fundraising email from Donald Trump’s Save America PAC seeks donations for a new plane.

On Thursday's show: The federal government says a Texas agency discriminated against communities of color in Houston and Harris County when choosing how to distribute Harvey recovery funds. And HISD Superintendent Millard House II joins us to discuss issues facing the school district and to answer your questions.

HOUSTON (AP) — The election administrator in Texas’ most populous county submitted her resignation Tuesday following problems with last week’s primary, including about 10,000 mail ballots that weren’t[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Austria suspends its mandatory Covid-19 vaccination law just a month after the legislation took effect in an EU first. Minister Karoline Edtstadler explains the government's decision, saying that just like the virus itself, it will remain "flexible and adaptable".

On Wednesday's show: Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria is resigning effective July 1. The news comes after a week of Republican demands for her ouster on the heels of a primary election marked by long delays in releasing vote totals.

The election administrator in Texas’ most populous county submitted her resignation Tuesday following problems with last week’s primary, including about 10,000 mail ballots that weren’t counted the day of the election, issues with voting machines and a lack of poll workers. Harris County Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria announced during a meeting of county commissioners she would resign on July 1. Longoria said she took responsibility for the problems during last Tuesday’s election in Harris County, where Houston is located.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found the GLO to be in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a law enacted to enforce the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Land Commissioner George P. Bush is in the middle of a fierce runoff in the Republican...

County Commissioner Tom Ramsey is seeking to oust Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria as the first step in reversing Democratic election reforms adopted in 2020.

The Harris County Republican Party sued Elections Administrator Isabel Longoria Monday over her management of the 2022 primary election. The lawsuit accuses Longoria of breach of contract and violating the Texas election code. The suit also calls for independent oversight of Harris County's upcoming elections.  Cindy Siegel, the chair of the Harris County GOP, said ...

About 10,000 mail ballots were tabulated but not counted in Texas' most populous county on the day of last week's election, officials said, adding to the delay in determining some winners in the nation's first primary of the 2022 midterms. Election officials in Harris County, home to Houston, said late Saturday that an “oversight” led to 10,000 ballots not being counted. “While the votes were scanned into our tabulation computer, they were not transferred and counted as a part of the unofficial final results as they should have been,” the Harris County Elections Office said in a statement.

Moscow is increasingly using harsh tactics to control information about the war in Ukraine, such as banning Facebook and passing a law that could jail journalists and others for promoting what it calls "fake news" about its military. Chris Krebs, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, joined CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the latest developments.

The county missed about 6,000 Democratic and 4,000 Republican votes.