Government shutdown leaves AmeriCorps team stranded in Houston without pay
A group of young AmeriCorps members serving in Houston have found themselves stuck in the city — unable to move on to their next assignment after the ongoing government shutdown halted their pay and travel funds. The eight-member team, ages 17 to 26, came to Houston from across the...
Houston Paintball Prank Escalates Into All-Out High School ‘War’ With 6 Teens Arrested: ‘They...
High school rivalries are not uncommon, but it appears some students take them too seriously, as is the case between two groups in Houston, Texas. What started as a high school prank between rival Houston schools has now landed six teenagers in jail, and their “paintball war” is being called a felony crime spree...
‘Get to Split the Proceeds’: Texas Won’t Return Over $40K Cops Seized from Black...
Without their badges, the Texas deputies who seized more than $40,000 in cash from a Black man named Ameal Woods during a traffic stop in […] ‘Get to Split the Proceeds’: Texas Won’t Return Over $40K Cops Seized from Black Business Owner on His Way to Buy a New Truck
ICE Arrests An Illegal Immigrant Convicted Of Rape And Impregnating His Minor Sister
An illegal immigrant convicted of raping and impregnating his younger sister was apprehended as part of a 10-day ICE Houston operation. Selvin Joel Lara Diaz, 35, a Mexican Mafia gang member, was apprehended by ICE officials and federal partners on October 29 after previously being deported. Lara Diaz is also wanted...
Girl, 5, dies after man drove into oncoming traffic in northeast Houston, sheriff’s office...
The man, 20, struck the girl and a woman who is believed to be her mother nearly head-on Friday evening. Alcohol is believed to have been involved.
Rare case against City of Houston and officer who killed a man in a...
Four years after an HPD officer crashed into and killed Charles Payne, his family will finally have their case heard in federal court starting Monday.
Texas’s Richest City Has 20 Billionaires, Fifth Richest in U.S.
You won't believe how many billionaires call the U.S. home—especially in Texas, where wealth seems to be just around every corner.
Man arrested in 2016 murder of man outside north Houston house, court records show
An arrest has been made in a murder that's sat unsolved for more than nine years.
Once a Leader in Reducing Homelessness, Houston Reports Fewest Shelter Beds in 2 Decades
The number of available shelter beds for Houston’s unhoused residents is at the lowest level in at least two decades, according to data from the federal Housing Inventory Count. According to an article by John Brannen and Jacob Carpenter in the Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Edge, “About...
No injuries reported after multiple buildings catch fire in east Houston, HFD says
No injuries were reported after multiple buildings caught fire in east Houston on Friday evening, according to the Houston Fire Department.
