A sweeping federal indictment unsealed this week charges 20 alleged Free Money gang members in Houston with RICO, murder and drug‑trafficking offenses.

HSI says Mario Cardenas Jr. was sentenced to more than five years after a McAllen investigation into illegal exports of firearm parts to Mexico. The agency called the probe part of a broader effort to stop cross‑border weapons flows.

Harris County deputies found a man dead on Freeport Street and a man was detained, the sheriff's office said.

A man was killed early Thursday on Hufsmith Kohrville Road near Boudreaux Road; a woman has been detained and deputies say the investigation is ongoing.

Deputies say a wrong-way driver on Will Clayton Parkway had a child in the car and was arrested. The driver faces a DWI-with-child-passenger charge.

Authorities say a man used forged probate papers and a fake heir to transfer a late Friendswood woman's home and obtain a $61,290 cashier's check while her body was unclaimed.

A CBP supervisor was arrested in Laredo on suspicion of harboring an undocumented person, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

An Alvin couple says scammers posing as their bank drained about $70,000. Local and federal guidance explains the red flags and what to do next.

Two toddlers were believed to have drowned at a Katy home Wednesday; Life Flight was requested and detectives are investigating. Details remain limited as crews work the scene.

A man was shot and killed early Wednesday while visiting a friend's apartment in Houston's northside. HPD says witnesses heard shots and the case remains under investigation.

Houston robbery detectives released surveillance images after a Dec. 21 convenience-store robbery on MLK. Tips to Crime Stoppers could earn up to $5,000.

A small dog named Bailey was fatally attacked in the large-dog section of Johnny Steele Dog Park on Feb. 7. The family is asking witnesses to come forward.

A Houston defense attorney says he was duped into passing a K2‑soaked sheet to a client in court as investigators trace a broader smuggling ring inside the jail.