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Investigators say Zepeda, who was dating the child’s mother, bought her a gun as a gift.

Court documents allege the 67-year-old stole nearly $70,000 from 14 people after telling them he could fix their bad credit to help them get a car.

A $500K bond has been set for a woman accused of murder after her daughter was found dead in an extremely hot car in July. The mother’s bond was lowered from $1 million. Gbemisola G. Akayinode, 36, was arrested and charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, Oluwasikemi Akayinode.

Police said the two women are dead after they got into a fight and ended up on the road. That's when they were hit by a car, and police said the driver took off.

Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the creation of the Texas Repeat Offender Program, or TxROP — a new multi-agency task force aimed at cracking down on violent crimes committed by repeat offenders in the Houston area. “We are putting violent repeat offenders on notice,” Abbott said during a recent...

HOUSTON — On Monday, city officials provided a firsthand look inside a $16 million facility planned to serve as the “front door” to Houston’s homeless response system. The city has announced plans to purchase the former migrant shelter at 419 Emancipation Avenue and convert it into a 24-hour center, that some have...

A Houston 18-wheeler driver is in custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash along I-10 in Acadia Parish earlier this month that left a Rayne man dead. Thomas Smith, 49, of Houston, is accused of leaving the scene of a deadly crash. Jeremy Thomas, 38, of Rayne, was killed in the wreck. Authorities said he was...

One of the bodies found in the bayous over the summer has since been identified as a 34-year-old man from South Houston. FOX 26's Angie Rodriguez spoke with the victim's mother.

A passenger in Kristina Chambers' car met her minutes before the deadly 2023 crash and jumped at a chance to ride in her brand new Porsche Carrera to her Montrose townhome.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is headhunting in Houston as the city tries to fill hundreds of vacant police officer positions. Why it matters: The city of Houston is working toward closing the police staffing gap, but the introduction of federal recruitment could make the job all the more difficult.