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A 59-year-old woman died after being hit by a vehicle at 7300 Dixie Drive in Houston on August 23, 2025. Police say a 17-year-old male was driving a red Toyota Tacoma and struck the woman as she crossed at the intersection with Telephone Road. Officers cited the driver for failing to yield the right of way to a...

A veteran HISD teacher, Jamie Russo, is fighting nonrenewal of her contract after the district flagged a Facebook comment criticizing leadership and cited alleged instructional deficiencies. A state-appointed independent hearing examiner recommended her contract should be renewed, but HISD is still moving forward...

Immigrant-rights groups in Houston say that cooperation between the Houston Police Department and federal immigration agents after traffic stops is causing fear in some neighborhoods. They report that this fear is making some families hesitant to call the police for emergencies or to report crimes. Organizers are...

ICE Houston conducted a major law enforcement operation during the federal government shutdown, arresting over 3,500 individuals with criminal convictions or charges across Southeast Texas, including murderers, child predators, gang members, and repeat offenders. The arrests, which took place from October 1 to...

HOUSTON, Texas — We've covered random gunfire in the Sharpstown Country Club Estates community for nearly a year, including the time shots were fired a block from where we were doing a live report. "This is just getting crazy at this point," one homeowner previously told us. This week,...

HOUSTON – After two months of waiting for heavy trash pickup — and after receiving a warning letter from her homeowners association — a Southwest Houston resident finally saw her overflowing curbside pile disappear Wednesday, just minutes after a visit from our newsroom. The resident, Diamne Angert,...

Seven people were charged for allegedly stealing power and/or water from a building on Houston's West Bellfort Avenue. Records say some suspects installed their personal power lines to the building's lines, and they allegedly hooked a hose to the building's water supply. Centerpoint Energy confirms that they are...

A third suspect, Isaiah Crooms, 19, has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Kenneth Leaks, 18, and the wounding of another male. The incident took place on May 24, 2025, at 5410 North Braeswood Boulevard in Houston. Leaks was shot during a transaction in the parking lot of an apartment...

Houston police have arrested 20-year-old William H. Jackson in connection with the 2023 killing of 26-year-old Hope Renee Saenz, a mother of two, inside an apartment on Fleming Drive. Investigators say the attack, which left two children unharmed, was linked to a robbery. Jackson was taken into custody on Tuesday...

HOUSTON, TX – Houston police have filed charges against a fourth suspect in the fatal The post Fourth Suspect Charged in June Houston Fatal Shooting in Greater Fifth Ward first appeared on Texas Herald News - Texas News, covers news and events in Houston, Austin, West Texas .