GM Dana Brown says the Astros' top trade priority is a left-handed outfield bat as Houston juggles options and scouts the market before the Aug. 3 deadline.

A Conroe youth pastor was arrested after investigators say devices seized in a CyberTip-driven probe contained thousands of suspected child sexual-abuse images. Detectives say forensic review is ongoing.

A child was evaluated after lightning struck a Cypress home, sending current through wiring and igniting a small attic fire while EMS and firefighters responded.

An ICE officer shot and killed a man during a vehicle stop on Canal Street in Houston's East End; ICE says the driver tried to ram an agent and the FBI is investigating.

Highs near 97°F today with heat index into the 100s. Scattered afternoon storms possible.

Republican leaders are pushing to bar foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates; surrogacy attorneys warn the change could curb fertility options for Texans and spark legal fights.

A Fifth Circuit panel ruled Thursday that ICE can't hold many migrants past 90 days without a bond hearing, a decision that could free thousands held in Texas and Louisiana.

Mamba Hospitality is opening a Pho Prime in Garden Oaks and testing a Vietnamese barbecue concept while expanding catering and other locations across Houston.

New reporting and longtime mammal inventories show more than 100,000 free‑roaming exotic mammals in Texas — from nilgai to blackbuck — raising disease and regulatory questions. The split between free‑roaming animals and fenced game ranches complicates management.

Negotiators ended a SWAT standoff in southwest Houston after a man who’d threatened maintenance workers barricaded himself inside a building; no injuries were reported.

HPD homicide detectives are investigating after skeletal remains were found Monday in a vacant lot along Greens Road; Harris County forensics testing is pending.

Tempo, powered by Butter Funk, quietly opened on the Richmond Strip, bringing the Sunnyside restaurant’s Cajun‑Creole menu to a larger, music‑forward room.

Precinct 4 deputies searched a Spring neighborhood Tuesday after reports that three people tried to break into a home near McIver Drive and Willow Haven Drive. Residents were told to avoid the area while deputies searched.