Graze Craze opened June 8 at Pearland’s Shadow Creek Center, offering curated charcuterie boards, picnic boxes and catering just in time for summer. Owners plan workshops and wine-pairings.

Meta named Houston a pilot city for a $115M workforce academy that offers free training and a job guarantee for skilled‑trade roles tied to data‑center work.

TerraFlow Energy unveiled a 100,000-square-foot headquarters and pilot manufacturing campus in Katy, pairing offices with vanadium flow-battery assembly as it scales. The site will house both TerraFlow operations and a Storion production footprint.

Two teens were rushed to hospitals after a shooting near Remington Ridge Drive in northwest Harris County. Deputies say both victims are in critical condition and investigators are working the scene.

A visitor damaged a painting in Clarence Heyward’s EDEN at the Houston Museum of African American Culture; the museum removed the work and filed a police report.

Spring Branch ISD says a TEA funding formula change cut $9.6M in expected state revenue, forcing reserves to be tapped and a community budget committee to be formed.

Harris County Precinct 4 warns residents that 'ghost tapping' contactless-payment scams are appearing in crowds. Officials urge people to enable bank alerts and check statements.

Galveston County prosecutors charged Brooklyn Pace with murder after investigators say she sold fentanyl that killed 21-year-old Chase Boone last year.

A Houston man is in custody after police say he handed a 3-year-old to a stranger on the Southwest Freeway and fled with a woman; officers arrested him after a short pursuit.

A San Antonio hearing kept Logan Paul’s defamation case against Coffeezilla alive as judges weigh whether CryptoZoo criticism crossed into false, damaging claims. The suit seeks damages and opens a test of online investigative reporting versus opinion.

A halal smash-burger truck from Smash City has opened at 2601 W. Braker Lane, parked in the Sunoco lot near Q2 Stadium and serving late-night smash burgers, tacos and shakes.

Bleecker Partners bought an 880,000-sf, 28-building industrial portfolio around Houston’s I‑610 loop, expanding the Dallas firm’s Texas infill footprint.

State filings show Dave's Hot Chicken will take a 2,500‑sq‑ft space at The Market at The Groves in Humble, with construction slated from late July to late October.