A Houston judge gave a 30‑year sentence after a March 24, 2025 wrong‑way crash on I‑45 that killed a mother and her 9‑year‑old son and left a daughter paralyzed.

The Rustic is returning to downtown in a new Houston First–owned venue at 1718 Jackson as the GRB convention‑center overhaul reshapes the area. Construction has already started and timelines differ across state filings and company posts.

Deputies with Harris County Precinct 4 say they arrested an adult male Wednesday near the 12400 block of Berry Lane; he faces a felon-in-possession charge, the office says.

Playa Bowls is coming to Sugar Land Town Square at 2735 Town Center Blvd. N.; permits show a summer build‑out and the franchisee teases an August grand opening with giveaways.

SLTX Capital is converting the historic Scanlan Building into Houston’s first Canopy by Hilton, tying a roughly 140‑room hotel to downtown’s Main Street upgrades. The project moves from design into construction with state filings showing work beginning this spring.

New data show more middle‑aged Houstonians are sharing homes and shifting room searches to the suburbs as housing costs squeeze budgets. The roommate market is getting older—and moving outward.

Shareholders approved a plan to move Exxon’s legal domicile from New Jersey to Texas with preliminary support above 70%.

ICE arrested a Vietnamese national in Houston who had a final 1997 removal order; officials say repatriation limits that kept him here have changed.

A 34-year-old driver was killed after her Chevrolet Malibu crashed and caught fire on Martin Luther King Boulevard; police say the vehicle struck a bollard, a fence and a tree.

Port Houston crews responded after a person was reported in the Houston Ship Channel near La Porte. Officials say a woman was seen in the water and crews are working to rescue her.

BP's board removed Chairman Albert Manifold, citing serious governance and conduct concerns; Ian Tyler was named interim as shares fell and Houston watched closely.

A new peer‑reviewed paper using Wisconsin Longitudinal Study data finds older adults who vote had markedly lower mortality up to 15 years later — but authors caution the link is associative, not causal.

A 40-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a pickup truck on Houston’s southwest side and remains in critical condition, police say.