A maintenance worker was shot multiple times outside a southeast Houston apartment complex on Old Spanish Trail. Police are searching for four suspects and asking for tips.

A Saturday blaze gutted Frank's Grill on Mangum Road, leaving the longtime Houston breakfast spot devastated and patrons mourning.

Wildrye North will add about 998 homes on roughly 420 acres along the U.S. 290 corridor in Waller County, joining a wave of master‑planned projects and raising infrastructure questions.

After a chaotic New Braunfels debut, In A Pickle Festival is moving to Helotes on Sept. 19–20 with promises to fix parking, lines and restroom access.

An early‑morning blaze on Cypresswood Drive left one person dead and multiple residents hurt, with crews and deputies responding to the scene.

Layne’s Chicken Fingers opened July 18 at 9850 Fry Rd in Cypress, adding jobs and free‑chicken giveaways as the chain ramps up expansion across Greater Houston.

A report says F.B.I. field managers were told to stop investigating alleged assaults by immigration agents; DOJ and DHS have publicly denied a change. Local killings in Houston and Maine have sharpened scrutiny.

A quick local roundup: NHC upgraded a Gulf system as investigators responded to a North Freeway shooting, a SW Freeway deadly crash, a northwest Houston fire and the death of boxer Hannah Rapp.

Cabo Bob's filed permits to take over the former Taco Cabana at 3905 Kirby Dr., planning a $500,000 renovation and a late-year opening. The move will be the chain's first Inner‑Loop Houston location.

A 67-year-old Bridge City man died after a pickup hit his parked minivan and pushed it into a home near TX‑62 and TX‑87; a resident was treated and DPS is investigating.

NASA will outfit Orion with two Starlink mini laser terminals to downlink 4K imagery to Mission Control in Houston as part of the Artemis III relay demo.

Harris County deputies say a woman was found shot and pronounced dead in the 11100 block of Maritime Drive; one person has been detained. Investigators are processing the scene.

A pre‑dawn rear‑end crash on the Southwest Freeway near Chimney Rock left one passenger dead and another critically injured; investigators say impairment is suspected.