A campus parking dispute turned violent on April 6 when a man allegedly waved a machete and took a visitor’s spot; court records name a suspect and a warrant has been issued.

Willowbrook Mall will require visitors 17 and younger to be accompanied by adults after 2 p.m. on May 2 and May 9 amid concerns about social-media-organized gatherings.

Susan Wright, paroled in 2020 after serving 16 years for the 2003 killing of her husband, was arrested in Harris County on a hit‑and‑run charge, court records show.

A Cy‑Fair ISD behavioral specialist faces a felony charge after a non‑verbal student at the Carlton Center suffered a medical emergency and later died.

A 10-month-old dog named Phineas was pulled from Houston's BARC shelter with severe head trauma and bite wounds; prosecutors are now weighing possible cruelty charges.

Multi‑agency raids in Houston recovered about $700,000, two luxury cars and roughly 150 pounds of marijuana; three people were charged in the operation.

Five Houston men were sentenced to long federal terms after a Homeland Security Task Force probe tied them to multi‑state meth and fentanyl shipments. Authorities say the case dismantled a Houston supply line.

Detectives want help identifying a masked man who displayed a gun and took cash at a W. FM 1960 gas station on Feb. 28. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5K.

A multi‑agency sweep in Houston on April 29 recovered 31 firearms — some modified — and a haul of narcotics, officials said. Two arrests were made.

A Galveston County inmate, Crystal Walker, was charged with murder after an assault inside the county jail left 58-year-old Bessie Burgan dead at UTMB.

Texas Gatorfest was canceled after reports of alleged credit‑card misuse at the Anahuac Area Chamber of Commerce sparked a Chambers County fraud probe.

Hazmat crews responded to an asphalt tank failure in South Houston Wednesday; officials reported a possible fatality.

Court filings say a Houston man punched his court‑appointed lawyer right after receiving a 50‑year sentence for a 2024 balcony shooting. The case traces back to a Sunbury Street apartment killing.