A man died at Westheimer and Hillcroft after a high-speed crash knocked down a power pole; one victim was critical.

The 12th annual festival comes to Buffalo Bayou Park this weekend with cultural performances, art and food.

A 70-year-old man was shot in the chest at 218 E. 44th Street and later died at a hospital. A suspect fled the scene; police had not released a description.

Avani Communities must redesign its 1,200-lot Aurelia project to meet Manvel's 1-acre zoning rule before trying again.

HCSO deputies found a man with a gunshot wound on Rippling Fields Drive after a Thursday night call; he is in critical condition.

A self-formed commission says Houston ISD's state takeover devastated classrooms and families, even as the district touts rising grades.

Rachel Hoffman, 37, allegedly substituted over-the-counter medicines, including Aleve and loratadine, for elementary students' ADHD prescriptions while pocketing the prescribed pills, prosecutors say.

Attorney Mario Harper and banker Ifeoma Harper are bringing the Atlanta-born brunch chain to Mason Knolls Shopping Center.

The snowball shop is remodeling a former A-Max Auto Insurance office on Main Street with city grant money.

D.R. Horton's Katy-Fulshear megadevelopment logged 1,102 home starts over the 12-month period ending in June.

Reginald Harrell, 17, died in a restroom at a Louetta Road McDonald's after a dispute with a 16-year-old colleague turned violent.

A Chevrolet Equinox crossed into a no-passing zone and hit an Impala head-on near Navasota, officials say.

Angelik Sims says a family-court judge ordered a child returned to her allegedly abusive father.