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Multiple vehicles struck a home and ruptured a gas line on Mayside Lane, closing the road at Fairbloom as crews secure the leak.
HPD released surveillance images after a Feb. 19 robbery on Bissonnet. Crime Stoppers offers up to $5,000 for tips.
Two TDCJ officers at Hospital Galveston were placed on leave after two female inmates alleged sexual assault. TDCJ and the Office of Inspector General have opened probes.
A man wanted in the aggravated robbery of a postal worker was arrested without incident after a warrant service on Hufsmith-Kohrville Road.
A Houston Medicare recipient says more than $10,000 in catheter charges appeared on her account and kept returning after she reported them to the fraud hotline. Federal takedowns show similar schemes nationwide.
A warehouse fire in southeast Houston sent thick black smoke across neighborhoods Thursday; early reports say the building was reportedly full of recycled computers. HazMat teams were on scene.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez posted a media staging area at Highland Creek Ranch near Fry Road and FM‑529; officials have released no further details.
A Houston man was sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison after an FBI Houston investigation found he distributed child sexual abuse material.
Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found shot in the 6700 block of Rusty Ridge Lane in Katy; a man believed to be the shooter remained at the scene.
A man was shot by HPD in the 6300 block of West Bellfort Avenue; police say no officers were injured and an OIS investigation is underway.
DEA Galveston agents say they seized about $250,000 and several firearms — one stolen — during a search of a southeast Houston home.
A Children's Museum Houston media director was arrested in a Manvel sting and faces an online solicitation charge. The museum says it acted immediately and is cooperating with investigators.
A Del Rio resident was sentenced to just over eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic firearms, prosecutors say.
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