Houston Flu Wave Slams Kids as Parents Skip the Shot Line
Houston is riding out a heavy flu wave, with clinics, urgent cares and emergency rooms all reporting a steady surge of patients and sicker pediatric cases. Wastewater surveillance and hospital snapshots show influenza A as the main culprit behind the spike, and public health officials say the uptick started after...
SW Houston T-Shirt Meetup Over Online Deal Erupts in Gunfire
An online-arranged t-shirt sale in southwest Houston exploded into violence Friday afternoon when a disagreement between a buyer and a seller escalated into gunfire, leaving both people wounded, according to police. Officers responded to reports of shots fired and investigators worked the scene, trying to piece...
Prayers Pouring In After 2 U.S. Teenagers Involved In Fatal Pickup Truck Crash
On Saturday morning, a fatal accident involving two teenagers was reported in Houston, Texas. According to the Houston Police Department, a white pickup truck lost control, crashed into a freeway sign on I-610 near Broad Street and bursted into flames. There were three people inside the vehicle ...
Houston MLK parades unite for one event after decades
After 30+ years of conflict, two Houston-area organizations are coming together for one Martin Luther King Jr parade. FOX 26's Tom Zizka spoke to the Black Heritage Society, parade grand marshal Mad Hatta, and comedian Dave Lawson.
HISD Cop’s Passport Grab After Fender Bender Triggers Criminal Review
What started as a low-level September 2024 fender-bender turned into a criminal review after records showed a Houston ISD police officer lit up his personal car with red-and-blue lights, snapped photos of another driver "in the manner of a mugshot" and took the man’s passport. The incident drew a later referral to...
Man injured in suspected shootout at South Park gas station; 2 on the run,...
HOUSTON - Houston Police are looking for two suspects following a shooting that injured a man in the South Park area Friday night. The shooting was reported at about 9:30 p.m. Friday at a gas station on Martin Luther King Boulevard, near St. Lo Road. Officers went to the scene...
1 killed, another hurt following shooting outside bar near METRORail station in Midtown, HPD...
A homeless man was killed, and a security guard was hurt after a shooting outside a bar near a METRORail station in Midtown, HPD said.
RodeoHouston’s Black Heritage Night choice sparks widespread confusion online
"I genuinely do not understand it. Ruined my whole day fr."
Two men charged after fatal shooting on METRO Bus
Two men have been arrested and charged following a deadly shooting on a Metro bus in Houston, which resulted in the death of a female passenger and injury to a teenage passenger.
New food pyramid pushes meat and dairy: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the...
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly. A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week's news, we turn to a rotating panel of "non-experts"...

















