The article details a lawsuit against the University of Houston and Pi Kappa Phi fraternity over alleged hazing and resultant harm to Leonel Bermudez.

Houston Police disrupted a funeral at an unlicensed funeral home during an identity theft probe, detaining the director and finding cremains but no bodies.

A Houston County man wanted for continuous sexual abuse shot himself and later died after a roughly 30‑minute chase that began in Crockett and ended west of Grapeland.

A federal indictment unsealed this week adds five child‑sex counts to the case against former HPD captain Daryn Edwards, who was arrested by FBI agents at the Galveston County Courthouse.

Federal prosecutors in Houston filed 318 immigration and border‑security cases in one week, including reentry, illegal‑entry and human‑smuggling counts tied to a DOJ initiative.

Wokker says repeated break-ins and vandalism have cost the Heights restaurant thousands; owner Man Dao is asking for catering bookings and orders to help cover losses.

Two men died in a shooting at an apartment in Houston; the case goes to Grand Jury. The resident shot intruders and was unharmed. Drugs and weapons found; two men face narcotics charges.

A dispute over tree limbs in Kristen Park Lane led to Martin Okonzak pointing a gun at a neighbor; he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Two fatal pedestrian accidents occurred on Westheimer Road in Houston; one involved a woman hit by a white truck and possibly a sedan, the other a man struck outside 9501 Westheimer. Investigations are underway.

The Harris County Constable's Office is searching for suspects after break-ins on Butterfly Bush Lane, Harris County, with the culprits entering unlocked homes and stealing from a garage freezer.

Police raided Las Potrancas Bar and Hookah in Harris County, arresting four individuals and closing the establishment for illegal alcohol sales and other suspected activities.

A U.S. citizen pleaded guilty to possessing meth with intent to distribute after being stopped at a Texas checkpoint with 47.5 kg of the drug hidden in his vehicle.

A man was killed Friday in an apparent auto-pedestrian crash on Westheimer Road near Tanglewilde. Houston police listed the scene as a major fatality while investigators work the case.