Harris County is putting $1.4 million toward around-the-clock ankle monitor oversight, a direct response to the high-profile case of a capital murder defendant who cut off his device and fled to Italy months before his scheduled trial. Commissioners approved the funding as part of the new budget...
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Images show the traffic mess created by a crash involving a variety of vehicles off of I-10 in Baytown on Thursday afternoon.
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Sugar Land homeowners were originally facing a property tax increase of about $96 a year — more than 6% — before City Council approved a lower tax rate this week....
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A brotherhood of men, most of them 50 years old and older, who gather before dawn every morning with one goal in mind: stay active, stay healthy, and
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Hot and dry conditions have left 93% of Texas in some level of drought, according to a new article by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.
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In total, the 2027 county tax rate has been set at $0.67 per $100 of valuation — a 7.6 percent increase from last year's tax rate of $0.62, according to agenda documents. It's one of the highest combined tax rates passed by Harris County in 20 years....
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Over a year after hidden cameras were discovered at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, the former employee responsible is facing prison time....
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Several women have been linked to the ongoing investigation centered around a 44-year-old and his late father and their home in Philadelphia's Olney section....
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The driver of an SUV who slammed into a Los Angeles bus will face murder charges, the district attorney said Thursday.
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Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick, will officially leave the program on Oct. 27.
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An F-16 fighter jet from Texas crashed in rural Michigan during a routine training exercise on Thursday, and the pilot ejected safely, a military spokesman said....
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Charles Spencer's new book "Swan Song: Diana, My Sister" is making headlines before its publication.
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The ban, which was reportedly requested by the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office, is in response to prolonged dry conditions in parts of unincorporated Harris County, officials said....
