The Waller County Tax Office discovered unusual activity during a routine review, prompting a criminal investigation involving a former employee.

A Houston police officer is recovering after a shooting linked to a suspected road rage confrontation near Gessner and Hempstead late Wednesday night.

A Waller County judge enforces a temporary injunction to keep medical clinics owned by Maria Rojas closed.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s whirlwind agreement to meet for two presidential debates has upended the way the forums have been organized for nearly four decades.

A Hempstead area contractor is now facing first-degree felony theft charges that stems from a lengthy investigation into the town’s former mayor. Robert Glover was booked into the Waller County jail on a charge of theft by a government contractor.

The former Mayor of Hempstead is headed to prison after pleading guilty to a first degree felony of misapplication of fiduciary property. Michael Wolfe pleaded guilty in the middle of trial and was sentenced to six years in prison.

The organizers for a trail ride in Hempstead, Texas, where seven bystanders were injured in a shooting spoke out Tuesday.

Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said organizers for a trail ride in Hempstead, Texas, where seven bystanders were injured in a shooting near Prairie View A&M University Sunday didn’t meet permit conditions for the event.

Multiple bystanders were shot Sunday night after a gunman opened fire following an argument at a trail ride event near Praire View A&M University.

An independent panel says the Defense Department should implement a series of gun safety measures to reduce suicides in the force.

A suspect has been arrested after a double shooting in Hempstead Tuesday evening, according to police.

My cover photo today with a rolled bale of hay illustrates an important point: it’s rolled because it was purchased somewhere else and brought to the dry farm in Hempstead that obviously isn’t producing. Look at this drought shot on click2pins from Iamdan in Plantersville, between Magnolia and Navasota in Grimes County:

A 38-year-old woman was reported missing from the Hempstead area, police say.

The former mayor of Hempstead, Michael Wolfe, is facing new accusations stemming from his time in office. Wolfe was first charged in 2019 with abuse of official capacity.

Actor Lindsay Lohan’s mother has pleaded guilty to drunken driving.

Long-standing concerns over the maintenance of a city-owned, historically Black cemetery in Hempstead have reignited a debate over racial equity when it comes to municipal resting places.

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – A Hempstead man was injured Thursday night in a home explosion, officials said. At approximately 10:20 p.m. Thursday, fire crews with the Hempstead Fire Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1300 block of 5th Street on reports of an explosion. When he opened the door, “some type of explosion” occurred, said Dean Hensley, an investigator with Waller County Fire Marshal’s Office. A man at the scene said his uncle was the one injured in the explosion. “My uncle’s pretty burned,” said Saucedo.