Posted on · 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.
Posted on · Jacolby Poindexter, 29, allegedly said he wanted to “kill all the Muslims and Jews” during an April visit to the first Ismaili Center to open in the United States. Ismailis are a branch of Shia Muslims.
Posted on · Houston-area Congressman Al Green, who sits on the U.S. House Homeland Security committee, visited NRG Stadium as part of a “fact-finding” discussion over Houston’s preparations for the World Cup.
Posted on · A Harris County grand jury this week elevated the criminal charge against Gonzalo Leon Jr., a 43-year-old man who is accused of killing Julian Guzman last August.
Posted on · Rainfall throughout the month of April has brought nearly all of Harris County out of “moderate drought” conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
Posted on · Researchers at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research found a 30-percentage-point drop in residents rating job opportunities as “good or excellent” in the Houston area, the steepest one-year decline since the oil crisis of the early 1980s.
Posted on · In 2025, one in three children placed in foster care was sent to a different region, sometimes hundreds of miles away, a Texas Tribune analysis of state data shows.
Posted on · Though rates of tuberculosis have remained relatively stable in recent years, Harris County still surpasses the state- and nationwide averages, with 5.5 cases per 100,000 people.
Posted on · Harris County Judge Nathan Milliron had ordered attorney James Stafford to appear in court after Stafford called out the judge's behavior in an email.
Posted on · In July 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained Li at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport as he was planning to fly to China.
Posted on · The lawsuit against Kevin Granger claims he made sexual comments on several occasions and groped the woman during a late April 2025 meeting in his office.
Posted on · James Earl Johnson, 46, who was released from jail on bond after his March 6 arrest, faces felony charges of abandoning an elderly or disabled person and injury to a disabled person.
Posted on · The Houston-area district was redrawn to favor Republicans but could still be in play for Democrats in November, according to a local political expert.
Posted on · Fifteen percent of greater Houston residents said they personally knew someone who had been detained, or even deported, by federal immigration authorities. That percentage increases among Hispanic residents — and those near or below the poverty line.
Posted on · The total cost of the mixed-use development, expected to be completed in 2029, has not been revealed. Local taxpayers will foot the bill for the county’s infrastructure, including a community services hub within the 83-acre complex.
