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A Crime Stoppers advocate says 37 capital murder suspects are on bond in Harris County, with some bonds as low as $50,000.
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Investigators said the man was shot by two suspects before he was later found lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead by authorities.
The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office confirmed it received several reports of gas odors on Thursday, but could not find a source. Officials with Precinct 4 said the reports ranged from Pasadena to Tomball.
A young man was shot and killed outside a north Harris County apartment complex as detectives review surveillance video and interview witnesses.
A man was shot multiple times and killed at an apartment complex in north Harris County, officials said.
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed outside a north Houston apartment complex Thursday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
A mother is in the Harris County Jail, and her girlfriend is wanted after being accused of abusing a two-year-old and a three-year-old, and then trying to conceal it from law enforcement, records show.
With early voting coming to an end and Election Day just days away, voters across Harris County are preparing to make one of the biggest decisions on the ballot, the race for Harris County judge.
The lawsuit filed last year by Rhea Young alleged she was fired in retaliation for refusing to segregate and limit access to books containing LGBTQ+ themes or ideas.
The updated maps were released in February 2026, but experts said they would likely not be officially adopted for a few years.
Police said the discovery is not all that uncommon. In April 2025, officials in nearby Jamaica Beach said packages containing drugs washed up on the west end of the island.
Last year the Trump administration launched a policy of keeping all immigrants arrested by ICE in detention without the right to request bond, reversing decades of established law.
In the past five years, there have been 976 West Nile virus cases reported in Texas, resulting in 106 deaths, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
The Traveler's Table co-owner, her two children and her husband were found dead in their River Oaks home earlier this month in what authorities have described as a murder-suicide.
Democrats Annise Parker and Letitia Plummer, along with Republicans Orlando Sanchez and Warren Howell, are vying for the position in next Tuesday's primary runoff elections. Early voting is this week.
Today: We celebrate Ernie Manouse’s 30th anniversary at Houston Public Media, talk with Congressman Al Green about the upcoming runoff election for TX-18, and our hosts share their latest Current Obsessions.
A draft of HISD’s budget proposal for next year reveals the district plans to increase salaries, but mostly to offset the rise in health insurance costs.
The autonomous ride-hailing service launched in Houston in February. Waymo subsequently issued a software recall after two of its vehicles got caught in floodwaters in San Antonio.
Dexter McCoy and Rachelle Carter are competing in the May 26 primary runoff, with the winner facing interim County Judge Daniel Wong in November's general election.
The proposed development in Galveston would sit just outside of Jamaica Beach and span 170 acres with hundreds of housing units, a lagoon pool and a lazy river. Nearby residents have expressed concerns about its potential impacts on wetlands, wildlife and traffic.
The case, which prosecutors say is the first of its kind since Texas outlawed abortions, involves a man whom law enforcement accuses of slipping an abortion-inducing medication into a pregnant woman’s water.
State regulators say Camp Mystic's chief health officer abandoned campers and staff as deadly floodwaters rose.
A mother is searching for answers after her 21-year-old son was shot and killed outside a north Houston apartment complex overnight.
The fossil fuel industry pumps millions into preparing high schoolers for jobs as lease operators, technicians and more. The president's call to "drill, baby, drill" has reinvigorated that work.
On Wednesday's show: President Trump has endorsed Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate primary runoff. We discuss that story and the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. And we reflect on 150 years of Prairie View A&M University, the state’s oldest public HBCU.
The Texas A&M urban flood study, analyzing more than 40,000 weather events in major Texas cities over two decades, found that cities can actually change the weather, depending on the type of weather event.
Crews are required by federal guidelines to wait on relocating the sargassum until it hits an average height accumulation of 2.5 feet or higher and a ground cover width of 10 feet or more.
Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in politics
Developers of the residential community northeast of Houston, which recently settled a lawsuit with the Department of Justice, accuse Jones and former Texas gubernatorial candidate Pete Chambers of false claims of being “occupied” by immigrants without legal status.
In an interview ahead of Comicpalooza, Matt Dinniman, the author of the popular "Dungeon Crawler Carl" books, which tell the story of a man and his ex-girlfriend's cat stuck on an alien game show, fittingly gets interrupted by his cat, Skye, while talking about the series, his...
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
The clash embodies the tension for Democrats who rely on large fundraising hauls to remain competitive, even as they denounce the outsized political influence of corporate cash.
On Friday's show: NOAA is predicting a below-average number of storms during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. We dive into the agency's annual forecast. And we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.
Episode: 1576 The wind and its technologies in the ancient mind. Today, wind and the medieval mind.
The festival, which organizers claim to be the biggest of its kind in Texas, takes place from Friday, May 22, until Sunday, May 24.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton visited the region for the first time since President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton on Tuesday.
For our busy Houston commuters, we have – The Commuter Cut – a special 40-minute version of our show to listen to during your journey home.
The forecast released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aligns with the prediction released earlier this year by researchers at Colorado State University. Hurricane season spans from June through November.
All of the Congo players and the team’s French coach are based outside of the central African country with most of them playing in France.
On Thursday's show: HISD Superintendent Mike Miles joins us to discuss the state of the district, changes in special education, and to address listener questions.