A Houston resident was ordered to 234 months in federal prison for leading a cartel-linked trafficking network that moved narcotics and firearms across state lines.

Tejas Burger Joint will relocate to 306 Market St. and relaunch as Wise Guys Pizza & Burgers, adding wood‑fired pizza, wings and a full bar while keeping the Smokehouse Burger.

Rice won conditional approval for a $14.1M Texas Space Commission grant to create a Center for Space Technologies focused on lunar research and workforce training.

Humble ISD has signed an agreement to pilot OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teachers through 2027, promising training and privacy protections while testing whether the AI can cut paperwork for staff.

Conroe ISD trustees unanimously declined to adopt a districtwide 'period of prayer' allowed by Texas SB 11, citing scheduling and legal concerns.

Omar Pereney is opening Petite Lucie, a French bistro at Market Square Park that will serve Love Croissants pastries, day‑to‑night bistro meals and parkside drinks.

Precinct 4 deputies set a perimeter near FM 1960 Road West at Mills Road while a drone and other units search for a man who fled a traffic stop. One person was detained.

Two Southeast Texas players each claimed $1 million on Texas Lottery scratch-offs; winning tickets were sold in Conroe and the Plum Grove area. Retailers may be eligible for bonuses.

Aramco Trading agreed to buy 1 Mtpa from Commonwealth LNG's proposed 9.5 Mtpa Cameron Parish terminal for 20 years; the sale hinges on an affirmative FID and pending permit challenges.

Randalls will shutter its Uptown Houston store at 5161 San Felipe St.; the pharmacy will close earlier and staff will be offered transfers. The company cites lease timing and nearby stores.

Judge Natalia Cornelio will ask an Austin tribunal to overturn a public reprimand tied to a secretive transfer of death-row inmate Ronald Haskell for a brain scan.

Pearland City Council awarded $289,500 in PEDC funds to hire TBG Partners to design the Grand Link festival street — the first implementation step of the Old Town plan.

Police say burglars are using ladders to reach unprotected second‑story windows across Houston. Experts urge storing ladders and adding glass‑break sensors and cameras.