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A Crosby High School educator is under investigation after allegations of an improper relationship with a student surfaced Tuesday night, rattling the tight-knit Crosby community and prompting a law enforcement review. According to a brief update from FOX 26 Houston, a short bulletin posted Feb. 27 stated that school...

An anonymous donor has swooped in to wipe out the $8,927 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program overpayment bill hanging over a Houston woman who was told the state mistakenly approved her benefits for more than three years. Jerralee King, who turns 85 next month, had been bracing for monthly cuts to her Social...

The payments were possible through a “stronger than expected” underwriting performance in 2025, the company says.

Houston police said officers arrived at the scene and found the man shot to death in a parking lot outside of a business in the Alief area.

There was a substantial shortfall in Whitmire’s fundraising goal, and criminal enforcement has outpaced housing and service referrals. At the Navigation Center in Houston's Fifth Ward, Thomas Romero spent October and November sleeping in a small room with two twin beds. The privacy curtain separating him from his...

Houston-based Shipley Do-Nuts is expanding to Rosharon with a new location opening this week. The location opens Saturday, February 28, with grand opening festivities planned throughout the day. The event will feature food giveaways, face painting, and branded merchandise. Shipley Do-Nuts Expands Presence in Texas....

Some Iranian Americans in the Houston area are celebrating reports of U.S. military action in Iran, saying it could mark the first real opportunity in decades to one day return to their home country. At the Motahari family’s home in Katy on Saturday, the news spread quickly through social media...

Denny’s celebrates newly remodeled restaurants in Houston and Humble with free mugs and meal specials.

As of March 2026, the focus of these closures is centered on the Houston metro area, where rising real estate costs and a shift toward digital-first shopping are forcing legacy brands to consolidate. Here are the major grocery chains closing or scaling back in the Lone Star State this spring.

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"...