Arcola Mayor Fred Burton has been arrested and booked into the Fort Bend County jail on five felony charges, according to online records.Burton, 68, is facing multiple charges, including two counts of illegal voting, misuse of official information, tampering with government records, and fraudulen...
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A Houston woman's pole dancing ended in disaster after the pole hit a fire sprinkler and flooded her and a neighbor's apartment.
President Trump has overturned the temporary pause on ICE traffic stops, according to a source familiar with the discussion, allowing the traffic stops to resume.
A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said.
Arcola Mayor Fred Anthony Burton has been arrested on several charges, officials confirm.
Arcola Mayor Fred Burton has been arrested and booked into the Fort Bend County jail on five felony charges, according to online records.Burton, 68, is facing multiple charges, including two counts of illegal voting, misuse of official information, tampering with government records, and fraudulen...
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At least one person was killed, and three others are missing, after more than a dozen people were rescued from the water as a boat sank in the San Francisco Bay Tuesday afternoon.
Officials also said they anticipate cases of cyclosporiasis to continue increasing in the U.S., possibly through the end of August.
Another round of showers and storms will roll through Southeast Texas Wednesday, beginning in the morning and lasting through the early afternoon. While no flash flooding is expected this time, minor ponding on roads and street flooding could be a concern.
Tropical development is possible in the eastern Gulf. Tropical Storm Elida has formed in the Pacific.
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This comes after the latest order that ICE will not conduct vehicle stops anymore following Texas and Maine shootings.
Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East have shredded the interim deal to end the conflict and the region could tip back into all-out war.
The Senate passed a bill four years ago to make daylight saving time permanent, but it stalled in the House.
A woman whose husband was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair flight says she and others tried to hold on to him while half of his body was outside the window.
A northwest Harris County community that has spent years fighting to close a nearby landfill could be one step closer to seeing it shut down.Harris County Attorney Abbie Kamin announced Monday that her office has filed a Notice of Intent to Sue to move the Hawthorn Park Recycling & Disposal Facil...
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Webster police arrested two men accused of breaking into a collectibles store last week and stealing thousands of dollars worth of Pokémon cards.
A man is now dead after a shooting in Huffman on Tuesday, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
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A former employee of Houston immigration attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra is raising concerns about his handling of client cases as he faces pending felony charges in Texas and Florida.Balderas-Ibarra represents Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego and Daniel Tirado Pantoja, two of the men who were inside the...
One week after 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed during an ICE operation in Houston's East End, dozens of residents packed Houston City Hall to demand an independent investigation and greater accountability from local leaders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 20-year-old man at the Brownsville Port of Entry after discovering he was wanted on a warrant charging him with sexual assault of a child.
One person has been detained after a man was shot to death in Huffman Tuesday evening. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened in the 700 block of Rolling Creek Drive around 7:30 p.m.@HCSOTexas deputies responded to a shooting in the 700 block of Rolling Creek Drive. One man...
Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz say they have requested the Texas Rangers to conduct an independent investigation following a deadly ICE shooting last week in Houston that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
A man was critically injured in a shooting on Rolling Creek Drive in northeast Harris County, and homicide detectives are investigating.
Houston Police Department Chief J. Noe Diaz sent a letter to the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety requesting the Texas Rangers conduct their own investigation into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent.“During the past week, Chief Diaz and Mayor Whitmire have spo...
A Houston woman accidentally flooded her apartment after a dance pole came loose during practice and struck a fire sprinkler, with the entire incident captured on video.
Calls for accountability over last week’s deadly shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent reached Houston City Hall on Wednesday, where nearly 100 people signed up to address City Council.
More rainfall is possible across the Houston area on Wednesday as a FOX 26 Storm Alert has been extended.
Grayson Fox is the No.1 player for a UH wheelchair tennis program that won the national title in 2024, and he's overcome a lot to find his place after the car accident that changed his life.
According to Houston police, 31-year-old Roman Brewington is accused of intentionally recording and hiding his phone in the bathroom at the Dandelion Cafe in the Heights.
Tensions ran high at Houston City Hall Tuesday as dozens of community members demanded more action from city leaders, one week after an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.Residents filled council chambers with pointed criticism, grief, and calls for accountability. Chants from demonstr...
After Fort Bend County election officials said a clerical error impacted all voting sites during the May primary runoff, they're eyeing changes ahead of November.
The Texas Attorney General's office is investigating LinkedIn over claims the platform misleads users and profits from fake or inactive "ghost jobs."
Houston is done hosting our seven matches. And now, we're finally getting our first hard numbers, showing just how many people came to our city for the World Cup, but results seem to be mixed.
Officials said the box provides a secure, anonymous option for the legal surrender of a baby. Once the baby is placed inside, a silent alarm alerts firefighters, and personnel respond within minutes.
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