TPWD data show 84% of boating-fatality victims in 2025 weren’t wearing life jackets; officials are urging USCG-approved PFDs and sober boating.

K-9 teams and DPS air support searched the 17500 block of Huffmeister Road after a reported vehicle theft; one suspect was arrested and another remains sought.

Harris County Precinct 4 says deputies arrested a woman on Wednesday in the 13100 block of Kuykendahl Road on terroristic-threat and assault-on-officer allegations.

A man in his 30s was found dead after a homeowner shot him during an alleged trespassing confrontation near the 9600 block of Tidwell in northeast Houston. Investigation is ongoing.

Precinct 4 deputies arrested Steven Anthony Delafuente after a traffic stop in the 4800 block of Louetta Road; deputies say he had three active first‑degree child‑pornography warrants.

Houston police say a man was found shot to death outside a southwest Houston apartment complex. Homicide detectives are investigating and asking anyone with tips or video to call in.

Houston police and school leaders responded to a reported threat at YES Prep Northline on Wednesday; dismissal was staggered and officers remained on campus while investigators probed the report.

A 42-year-old woman and her 69-year-old husband were stabbed outside an SE Houston apartment; a 40-year-old woman is in custody as police investigate.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans plans to strip Father Anthony Odiong's name from a Luling chapel as he faces felony sexual-assault and child-pornography charges in Texas.

Court filings say oil from old transformers at a McCarty Street steel yard leaked into nearby storm drains and onto HISD property. Prosecutors have filed felony charges as investigators press for cleanup.

Nine break‑ins at 8181 Med Center Apartments since March have left renters shaken and demanding better security.

A small single-engine plane came down near Conroe–North Houston Regional Airport on Wednesday; nearby trainees and airport crews reached the scene and all aboard were uninjured.

A longtime Port of Galveston security official was arrested and charged with two counts of indecency with a child after two adults reported past assaults.