A Houston man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor is now held on a $5 million bond after more than 500 local residents signed a petition requesting he be denied bail.

A Houston man, Christopher Braziel, is charged with capital murder and held on a $5 million bond after allegedly shooting his neighbor, Heather Smith, during a home invasion.

Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will reopen.

Family and community members in northwest Harris County gathered to mourn Heather Smith, a beloved mother found shot to death in her home.

A suspect has been arrested, accused of shooting a killing a woman who was found dead by her boyfriend at a northwest Harris County home.

The Greater Houston Athletic Trainers’ Society recently honored three Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District athletic trainers who worked together to save an injured student athlete’s life during a wrestling invitational back in January. The organization awarded Cypress Park High School Head Athletic Trainer Alain Dorval, Cypress Lakes High School Head Athletic Trainer Heather Smith and Cypress Falls High School Assistant Athletic Trainer Ross Little with G“HATS” Off Awards. The award recognizes the actions taken by an athletic trainer under unusual circumstances to protect those in his or her care, according to a release from the district. During the district’s 18th annual wrestling invitational in January, Dorval, Smith and Little worked together to help stabilize a student athlete who suffered spinal and neck injuries. “Their actions led to the life of a student-athlete being preserved,” said R. Joseph Hebert, Langham Creek High School head athletic trainer and GHATS honors and awards committee chairman.