Sunny and warm today with highs near 84°F and upper‑80s by midweek. Humidity rises late week with isolated shower chances this weekend.

Two Harris County men charged with capital murder missed court after posting bond, triggering bond‑forfeiture actions and arrest orders. Courts and prosecutors are moving to recover bonds and find the defendants.

A Fort Bend agrihood is pairing homes with a working farm while researchers from Texas A&M study whether the design changes diet, activity and neighbor connections.

A state audit found the Texas DMV left drivers’ data vulnerable through weak contract language and gaps in governance. The agency says it has started re‑vetting users and updating 2,002 agreements.

A 66-year-old woman was found dead inside a Quitman Street home during a welfare check Friday. HPD homicide detectives are investigating and ask the public to call 713-308-3600 with tips.

Deputies responded after a Channelview man allegedly pointed a pistol and barricaded himself inside a home. Officials called the report preliminary as detectives processed the scene.

Two people — a man and a child — were critically injured after an Amtrak train struck their car at a Lockwood Drive crossing in northeast Harris County. Investigators are working the scene.

Kenric Henry was sentenced to 30 years after pleading guilty to aggravated assault for a December 2021 shooting and pistol‑whipping; the state's high court has allowed a limited review.

Harris County Treasurer Dr. Carla Wyatt was arrested in Galveston County and booked on a DWI charge. The arrest follows earlier legal trouble, including a dismissed 2023 DWI and a no‑billed December burglary case.

A two‑story warehouse at 8310 Castleford St. in northwest Houston caught fire Thursday evening; HFD reports no injuries and arson investigators are on scene.

A Laredo man who admitted gang ties was sentenced to 55 months after a failed human-smuggling pickup near La Bota Ranch.

A small alligator was photographed outside Scanlan Oaks Elementary in Sienna on May 8. Neighbors say the reptile wandered off before anyone intervened.

Harris County Precinct 4 says deputies arrested Robert Tschida after an attempted vehicle burglary and recovered a stolen white truck in Humble.