The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a Corpus Christi man received the statutory maximum after a federal firearms conviction linked to the attempted murder of a police officer.

A 33-year-old man was arrested after an hours‑long standoff at the Revl Heights apartments in the Heights. Police say he threatened to burn the building; management says it is cooperating.

ICE detained a twice‑deported Mexican national at a Klein home Wednesday amid a targeted enforcement operation. The arrest follows a fatal ICE shooting in Houston and federal investigators are reviewing both incidents.

Connor Murphy, a Texas‑born fitness influencer, reportedly drowned in a Samut Prakan lake near his rented home. Authorities found vandalism at the property and have ordered forensic testing.

A 71-year-old Bacliff man was ordered to more than 15 years in federal prison after investigators found thousands of child sexual abuse images and videos.

HPD released surveillance stills after a May 25 gas-station robbery on Jensen Drive. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for tips.

ICE agents surrounded a Spring home Wednesday morning after a man barricaded himself; a man emerged and was detained midmorning.

A driver died after a yellow Camaro struck a light pole and caught fire on the Eastex feeder in north Houston. Deputies are investigating speed, alcohol and possible racing.

A 37-year-old man was arrested in Houston County after a child's outcry led deputies to make an arrest near Latexo. He was booked on a $300,000 bond and his parole was revoked.

A Conroe youth pastor was arrested after investigators say devices seized in a CyberTip-driven probe contained thousands of suspected child sexual-abuse images. Detectives say forensic review is ongoing.

An ICE officer shot and killed a man during a vehicle stop on Canal Street in Houston's East End; ICE says the driver tried to ram an agent and the FBI is investigating.

Negotiators ended a SWAT standoff in southwest Houston after a man who’d threatened maintenance workers barricaded himself inside a building; no injuries were reported.

HPD homicide detectives are investigating after skeletal remains were found Monday in a vacant lot along Greens Road; Harris County forensics testing is pending.