Permit filings show a Wingstop at Champions Village on FM 1960, with construction slated for late May and a franchisee‑hoped June opening. The TDLR record gives a longer timeline but the operator expects a summer launch.

Houston police say a child was shot near 8500 Gulf Freeway in an apparent negligent discharge. The child is expected to survive.

Renovated legacy towers and mid‑rise offices in Houston are finally recording net move‑ins as trophy space tightens and conversions reshape supply.

A federal judge on April 3, 2026 sentenced Cyrus Boujabadi to 240 months after prosecutors said he ran a multiyear MDMA and multi‑drug distribution ring that laundered proceeds into Tennessee properties.

A shooting early Saturday at Paradise City Gentleman's Club on the Gulf Freeway left one person dead and another wounded, police say.

Three years after six cows were found mutilated across east‑central Texas, investigators still have no answers and the case remains open.

WWE's Monday Night RAW lands in Houston on April 6 with Brock Lesnar and rising star Je'Von Evans. Group discounts and early doors are in effect.

Officer Aaron Botello, shot in the head during a traffic stop last week in South Houston, has been released from the hospital and is awake, his union says.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely Saturday in Houston with a marginal severe threat and coastal rip currents. Cooler, breezy conditions arrive Sunday.

A woman arrested on a DWI warrant in north Harris County was hit with an aggravated-assault charge after deputies say a stabbing victim arrived at a nearby ER. The Constable’s office posted the update on Facebook.

Kevin Durant scored 25 as the Rockets thumped the Jazz 140-106 for a fifth straight win, keeping Houston in the Western Conference seeding hunt.

A TDLR permit shows a 986‑sq‑ft Dutch Bros planned at 5005 Richmond Ave near the Galleria, a likely second inner‑loop Houston shop. Construction is listed through May 19, 2027.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas filed more than 500 immigration-related cases in the final week of March as part of Operation Take Back America. The filings include human smuggling, illegal-entry complaints and felony reentry charges.