A North Carolina family pleaded guilty in Del Rio after prosecutors say they trafficked firearms to a Mexican cartel; ATF and DOJ flagged the case.

Crews demolished rice silos in Spring Branch on Tuesday as the owner prepares to clear and market the parcel for sale. The move erases a local industrial landmark.

Six South Texas physicians agreed to pay $4.86M to settle allegations they billed federal health programs for unnecessary or unperformed critical‑care and pulmonary tests.

Sika will expand its Sealy plant with more than $90M in capital and 60 new jobs, state officials announced. The project qualified for Texas' JETI incentives.

A judge ordered Wilson Elser to pay six figures after finding the firm ignored court orders in a lawsuit over a 2022 fall outside Toyota Center that left a man quadriplegic.

A predawn house fire on Glenwolde Drive forced residents into the street and left one woman with leg burns as investigators work the scene.

A Spring man is accused of secretly giving his pregnant partner abortion medication; the baby was delivered stillborn and named Presley Mae.

Burger Fresh temporarily closed its Will Clayton Parkway Humble spot citing rent challenges and says it will reopen at 1502 First St. E.; date TBD.

A Precinct 4 drone and K-9 teams searched Spring Creek after witnesses reported people rifling through a car and a bag tossed into the bayou.

New York's H&H Bagels is opening its first Texas shop in River Oaks Village; a permit shows a May–August buildout and the company lists a nearby Westheimer address.

Two Iranian church members in Houston were detained by ICE after a check‑in; congregants say deportation to Iran could be deadly given their conversion and protest history.

A federal jury in Corpus Christi convicted 63‑year‑old Ludivina Vasquez‑Salinas of transporting an illegal alien; sentencing is set for May 27.

The City of Houston says crime is down and credits a hiring surge that added more than 400 HPD officers; independent data and reporting show a mixed but improving picture.