The recent downpours are mostly gone, but sticky, steamy heat is likely to grip the Houston region for the next few days as moist air lingers and a strong ridge of high pressure spreads above the area.
A former Houston ISD employee was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges that she stole more than $100,000 while from the school district.
Scientists at the University of Houston are worried the $10 million renovation of an aging building near the western edge of campus will jeopardize expensive equipment and research projects.
Derek Townsend Sr. sat at a table in a diner with his wife Wednesday afternoon, sipping contentedly on a big mug of sweetened coffee without the slightest air of defeat.
Flanked by two area congressmen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin on Wednesday cut the ribbon for the launch of the nation's fourth base for operating border surveillance drones.
The sight of a 75-year-old man on a red scooter zipping through a north Baytown neighborhood had become so common that when he was gone for more than a week, residents called police.
The Texas Ethics Commission is investigating whether Gordon Quan, the Democratic candidate for county judge, has failed to report some campaign expenditures.
About 800 students who signed up for Houston ISD's virtual campus this year are left looking for a new school now that the state denied the district's plan to increase enrollment.
A documentary filmmaker from India who relied on the Department of Homeland Security's travel rules was convicted Wednesday of illegally carrying brass knuckles in his checked airport baggage.
The sudden death of a 22-year-old Hempstead man in June was ruled a homicide caused by an enlarged heart, drug intoxication and three jolts from a Taser, an autopsy report concluded after a three-month probe.
Mayor Annise Parker and her new Metro leadership team prepared Wednesday to confront the daunting financial, legal and logistical challenges posed by a federal finding that the agency's rail car procurement violated federal laws.
Authorities are asking the public to help them identify a man suspected of robbing two banks and then apparently hailing taxi cabs to get away. The latest heist occurred at a Chase bank in the 3400 block of Richmond near Buffalo Speedway and Greenway Plaza about 1 p.m. Tuesday. The previous robbery happened at a Chase bank in the 4300 block of Montrose about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Pinned beneath a car after he was intentionally struck by his wife, a Houston man screamed for help and threw his cell phone to witnesses moments before he died, authorities said.
One person died in a traffic wreck in northeast Harris County early Tuesday morning. The two-car crash occurred in the 24300 block of FM 2100 near FM 1960 in the Huffman area about 6:40 a.m., according to the Harris County Sheriff's office.
A man who broke into his former home in Manvel and fatally shot his estranged wife was gunned down by his son, investigators said. An ongoing divorce was a factor in the deaths on Saturday of Karla J. Boone, 70, and Stanley R. Boone, 63, officials said. A judge had issued a restraining order prohibiting the couple from contacting, or threatening to harm each other.
For Congregation Beth Jacob on Galveston Island, Hurricane Ike was a force from God, ruining much of its building with floodwaters, but — in the midst of destruction - renewing interest in the dying synagogue.
The 33 Chilean miners trapped half a mile beneath the earth's surface may be in excellent spirits for now, but they still face significant psychological hurdles.
Isabel Nuñez sees a slew of specialists, including an internist, cardiologist, gastroenterologist and allergist, her children explained during a recent appointment with a geriatric primary care physician at the UT Center for Healthy Aging. The 86-year-old has been to an emergency room twice in two months for roller coaster blood pressure, daughter Ruth N. Villarreal revealed.
