Fort Worth‑based HTeaO has filed state permits for four Rio Grande Valley shops, starting with a $1.15M Brownsville build. Timelines put construction this year.

Texas AG Ken Paxton launched [email protected] and issued a 'Protect Your Vote' advisory that warns against vote harvesting and outlines potential penalties ahead of the March primary.

Randalls will shutter its Uptown Houston store at 5161 San Felipe St.; the pharmacy will close earlier and staff will be offered transfers. The company cites lease timing and nearby stores.

UHD will automatically admit qualifying HISD seniors under a new guaranteed-admission program designed to expand college access and keep more students in Houston.

Deputies found an adult woman dead inside a home on Grassy Creek Drive in west Harris County; CSI and homicide detectives are on scene. Officials have released few details.

Judge Natalia Cornelio will ask an Austin tribunal to overturn a public reprimand tied to a secretive transfer of death-row inmate Ronald Haskell for a brain scan.

Harris County Precinct 4 says deputies arrested a woman after a theft at an Academy store; officers say she had an open felony warrant from Florida.

Pearland City Council awarded $289,500 in PEDC funds to hire TBG Partners to design the Grand Link festival street — the first implementation step of the Old Town plan.

Family of Elijah Edwards says the man charged in his killing tampered with an ankle monitor and violated bond conditions twice, yet the court left his bond unchanged. Relatives and advocates say that raises safety questions.

Precinct 4 deputies arrested a man after he allegedly tried to use his deceased brother’s ID and was found to have an open warrant for failing to register as a sex offender.

Precinct 4 deputies say they detained a suspect wanted on an aggravated robbery warrant Monday in the 3000 block of FM 1960 Road. The office says the man also had additional warrants.

State filings show SpaceX plans a nearly $14M Starship Park at Starbase — a 115,000-sq-ft monument and amenities building slated for mid‑2026.

Court documents say a north Houston intruder told a resident he would "kill, cook and eat" her; investigators have the suspect named in the papers. Detectives are reviewing the case.