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Constable Precinct 4 arrested Terry Benton after an NCMEC CyberTip led investigators to files traced to a Lazy Meadows Drive home. He faces three counts and is held on $150,000 bond.
Deputies responded Thursday to a reported shooting in the 10900 block of West Sam Houston Parkway North. One man was hospitalized in serious condition.
Harris County homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found dead inside a home on Lundwood Lane. The sheriff’s office posted an update on X.
A 64-year-old man was arrested and charged with capital murder in the 1990 Lovers' Lane killings, a major break in a decades-old Houston cold case.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Union Pacific train near the Washington Corridor early Thursday. Houston police are investigating at the scene of Cohn and Allen streets.
Parents and coaches are demanding answers after tax filings show a Katy American Little League director has a prior theft case. The discovery has raised questions about financial oversight.
Precinct 4 says deputies arrested a man after he allegedly threatened to kill a neighbor while brandishing a handgun in Spring. The office posted photos of the arrest.
Neighbors and business owners near the West Loop say a vacant office building has become a magnet for squatters, repeated police and fire calls. They want faster enforcement and clearer action from the city.
Houston police say a suspect died and no officers were injured after an officer-involved shooting near Renwick and Glenmont drives in the Gulfton neighborhood. Detectives remain on scene.
A viral Instagram reel shows a security guard firing at two urban explorers inside a vacant Crowne Plaza off the Southwest Freeway in Houston.
A teen was killed after a high-speed crash at Richcrest and West Hardy, deputies said. Harris County’s Vehicular Crimes Division is investigating.
Family and friends gathered to unveil a memorial bench for Eddie 'Tre' Lanier III as the investigation into his October 2022 death remains open.
Two people were shot on Reed Road in southeast Houston Wednesday; one person detained as police investigate.
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