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A new 2025 study finds that a single adult in a major Texas city needs an annual pre-tax income ranging from $93,355 to over $114,659 to live comfortably. The required salary for a single adult in Austin is the highest at $114,659, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth ($107,061), Houston ($93,818), and San Antonio ($93,355).

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, the wild-talking, high-betting and big-giving Texas furniture king, is getting his own movie. The biopic, simply titled Mattress Mack, is officially moving forward. Who Is Mattress Mack, Really?. His real name is James Franklin McIngvale, born on February 11, 1951, in Starkville,...

While prosperous areas average about 11 providers per ZIP code, distressed areas average only about two, and 39 ZIP codes, including Kashmere Gardens, Fifth Ward, and Sunnyside, have no licensed mental health professionals at all.

HOUSTON — Houston police have released the name of a 63-year-old woman who was killed in a shooting at a large party in southwest Houston over the weekend. On Monday, the Houston Police Department said the woman has been identified as 63-year-old Eleanor Williams. She was an innocent bystander who was leaving when...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is surveying the damage left behind by a radar-confirmed tornado that ripped apart homes in the northwest Houston suburbs, caused by severe thunderstorms that snarled Thanksgiving travel across Texas Monday.

HOUSTON, TX – An 18-wheeler struck low-hanging utility lines in a shopping center parking lot in the 1000 block of Federal on Tuesday morning. Houston Police Department officers responded, and CenterPoint Energy crews worked to untangle the 18-wheeler from the lines and make necessary repairs. It is not yet known if...

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On November 22, 2025, a Houston Police Department officer was injured in a shooting on the 6800 block of Gessner Road. Officer J. Parker, who joined HPD in March 2024 and works in the Northwest Patrol Division, was driving his personal vehicle. A confrontation occurred with another vehicle. The driver of the second...

Three Texas residents each claimed a $1 million top prize from three different Texas Lottery scratch ticket games this week. The winning tickets were purchased in Adkins, Longview, and Houston, with all three prize winners choosing to remain anonymous. The jackpots were won playing the 500X (11th prize claimed),...

HOUSTON — In the spirit of giving this Thanksgiving week, attorney Rodney Jones footed the bill after filling up hundreds of gas tanks in southwest Houston. Officers were on hand to direct traffic at the Exxon along the Southwest Freeway at Chimney Rock. Cars lined up to have their...