HISD's board approved contracts allowing nonprofits to manage four A‑rated high schools, shifting daily control while the campuses remain part of the district.

Vicki Hollub is reportedly preparing to step down as Occidental CEO, with COO Richard Jackson seen as the likely successor after a planned transition. The move follows a string of major deals that reshaped the company.

Williams Sonoma will open a roughly 5,000‑sq‑ft shop at Hughes Landing Retail Row this fall, the developer announced.

Constable Precinct 4 arrested Terry Benton after an NCMEC CyberTip led investigators to files traced to a Lazy Meadows Drive home. He faces three counts and is held on $150,000 bond.

Deputies responded Thursday to a reported shooting in the 10900 block of West Sam Houston Parkway North. One man was hospitalized in serious condition.

A 64-year-old man was arrested and charged with capital murder in the 1990 Lovers' Lane killings, a major break in a decades-old Houston cold case.

Patchy fog trims Thursday morning visibility in Houston; sunshine returns with highs near 83°F and gusty south winds into the afternoon.

A viral Instagram reel shows a security guard firing at two urban explorers inside a vacant Crowne Plaza off the Southwest Freeway in Houston.

Bar Bludorn is heading to The Woodlands Waterway; crews start next Wednesday on a $2.5M renovation at 25 Waterway. The project targets a summer 2026 opening window.

Two people were shot on Reed Road in southeast Houston Wednesday; one person detained as police investigate.

Precinct 4 deputies say they stopped an active break-in on Louetta Road Wednesday and detained a suspect on alleged trespassing and criminal mischief charges.

Galveston’s wharves rolled out a roughly $2.4 billion, 20-year master plan that would add cruise terminals, hotels and a waterfront commercial node as passenger traffic booms.

A 50-year-old driver was hospitalized after his car went off Seawall Boulevard into the Gulf; ABC13 also reported a pawn-shop shooting in Aldine and a southwest Houston home‑invasion.