Sizzling Spicy Pizza and Wings plans a Pearland location on W. Broadway, offering halal and zabiha pies, wings and South Asian–inspired sides.

MARA is buying more than 1,200 acres in Matagorda County from HIF Global to develop a powered digital‑infrastructure campus; HIF will stay involved and keep building e‑fuels elsewhere.

Texas AG Ken Paxton says Walmart will pay more than $13 million after finding Spark Driver pay and tip misrepresentations. Roughly half has been returned to drivers and new transparency rules are required.

Dallas investor Kyle Bass sued to lift a moratorium that halted permits for his East Texas well projects. The move escalates a months‑long fight over the Carrizo‑Wilcox aquifer.

An anonymous Pasadena resident claimed a $1 million Premier Play scratch-off bought at Motu Food Mart, the Texas Lottery said in a July 8 release.

McIntyre's is opening a riverside sports bar at 478 Porter St. in Milltown; filings show work starting this summer with a February 2027 wrap-up target.

Houston police named a suspect and released surveillance images after a June 4 Leeland Street robbery; Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for tips.

Mitsubishi signed a roughly 91,761 sq. ft. lease at 1100 Louisiana, moving from Houston Center — one of downtown’s biggest office deals as vacancy stays high.

The Lozano family behind viral Doña Leti’s opens Buenos Dias on Washington Ave, a 110‑seat breakfast spot mixing Mexican and Salvadoran morning plates and soft‑serve mimosas.

A female passenger died after a pickup and a dump truck collided near Bammel Road and Greenbrook Drive in north Harris County, deputies say.

Police released images for a man wanted in an April 26, 2025 robbery on Jensen Drive. Tips to Crime Stoppers could qualify for up to $5,000.

NAWA Coffee House opened June 9 in Friendswood, serving lattes, matcha and Middle Eastern treats like kunafa. The new shop joins a string of local cafés reshaping the neighborhood.

A U.S. Attorney’s Office release says a South Texas man used child sexual abuse material to persuade a minor into making explicit content and has been sent to federal prison.