First $1M Lawsuit Filed In 'Horrible – Yet Preventable Tragedy' At Astroworld Festival
Manuel Souza of Harris County has filed the first lawsuit against several entities involved in Friday's mass casualty event at the Astroworld Festival in Houston.
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Manuel Souza of Harris County has filed the first lawsuit against several entities involved in Friday's mass casualty event at the Astroworld Festival in Houston.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the teen was hit by a car, which did not stop. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
A grand jury is investigating after a father shot a man who was allegedly peeping inside his young daughters window "inappropriately touching himself."
Trevor Gernon was taken into custody Thursday during a traffic stop in Harris County for warrants for possession of a controlled substance and fraud.
Eleven employees with a Texas sheriff's office have been fired and six others suspended following the death of an inmate who was hit multiple times in the head by detention officers.
The deputies alleged women were subjected to unwarranted touching and kissing, molestation and sexual ridicule during their work with the office's human trafficking unit.
Houston area officials expressed shock and anger on Friday after learning that their communities, which suffered the brunt of damage from Hurricane Harvey, would be getting only a small part of the $1 billion in flood mitigation aid.
Authorities say it is a deadly case of mistaken identity, now four members of a Texas family have been charged with murder.
Jaime Javier Ruelas Mirele had an outstanding arrest warrant for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14, according to law enforcement officials.
When the story begins with an official saying "Only in Texas" you know the story is going to be good. That quote came from a sheriff in Texas after a pet cow broke through a fence and went for a stroll on the interstate.
Two people were killed in the fiery crash of a Tesla in Texas and authorities say there was no one in the driver's seat, although it is not clear whether the car's driver-assist system was being used.
It took hours, but a massive fire at a chemical warehouse in Texas, that forced shelter-in-place orders for two nearby neighborhoods, is finally out.
Utility workers trying to repair a broken gas line north of Houston struck another one, causing an explosion that injured six of them, including one critically, authorities said.
The attorney for a Houston officer charged with murder in a botched 2019 raid says his client is being targeted by a district attorney looking to score political points.
A second police officer has been charged with murder and is among more than 10 other current and former officers who have been indicted as part of an ongoing investigation into the Houston Police Department narcotics unit following a deadly 2019 drug raid.
A couple found a body while looking at a house under construction Saturday in Texas.
A former county public health doctor in Texas has been charged for allegedly stealing a vial of COVID-19 vaccine in late December, officials said Thursday.
The economic damage in Texas from the coronavirus pandemic has left a nearly $1 billion deficit in the state budget.
A sergeant with a Texas sheriff's office was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon as he was on his way home after completing a funeral escort, authorities said.
Police are investigating a believed domestic violence situation in Texas that left four people dead.
Paxton accused officials in Harris County of misusing up to $12 million of the federal funding and violating state law with their plans to expand the use of mail-in ballots for the presidential election.
A Texas man killed by police last week was shot in the back, according to an autopsy commissioned by the family of the slain man.
As more and more people are online shopping this year, authorities in Texas are being extra vigilant of package thieves.
Police in Texas are investigating a possible human smuggling operation after nearly 30 people were found in a home in Harris County. The group was found after a man was seen running down a street in his underwear.
Police in Houston, Texas have confirmed the body of Alexis Robinault, a 26-year-old Instagram influencer, was found near the Interstate-10 frontage road.
