A Harris County deputy was involved in a major two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon on Highway 249, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

An overturned dump truck has blocked the westbound lanes of the Northwest Freeway service road in Jersey Village.

A Houston-area parent has been detained by Harris County Constable deputies after two young children were left in a hot car.

A woman and her boyfriend are now in the hospital after authorities said her brother shot both of them on Tuesday morning.

According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 8 a.m., they responded to the Avaya apartment complex located at 9001 Jones Road.

More than 20 years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency listed a Northwest Harris County shopping center at the 11600 block of Jones Road as a superfund site after county officials say a former dry cleaning business spent more than a decade improperly dumping toxic waste.

HOUSTON It was an organized show of support outside the Cy-Fair Independent School District Instructional Center with the occasional show of support from passersby on Jones Road in northwest Houston. About a dozen protesters gathered outside the districts headquarters to voice opposition to the school boards plan to reopen schools on September 8th. During the meeting, teachers opposed to face-to-face instruction and their supporters took their chance to speak to the board. They also have children who attend Cy-Fair schools. After no changes made to reopening plans Monday night, school is scheduled to start in Cy-Fair ISD on Sept. 8 with a virtual and in-person option.