Taste Kitchen + Bar opened a lakefront Sugar Land location Wednesday, bringing Chef Don Bowie's Southern menu, chicken-and-waffles and private dining to Lake Pointe. The outpost joins the downtown spot and aims to serve brunch, dinner and events.

Aldine ISD started construction on a rebuilt Aldine Middle School and a new Lane School for special‑needs students under its $1.8B bond. Openings are targeted in 2028.

PNC provided $202M in debt and equity to help Fairstead acquire and rehab Haverstock Hills, preserving 700 Section 8 apartments in East Aldine under long-term covenants.

Venus Aerospace is building an RDRE engine test range at the Houston Spaceport as the city advances a taxiway to better link Ellington and grow aerospace jobs. The work signals a move from pilot projects to heavy infrastructure at Ellington.

Precinct 4 is investing more than $20 million to add miles of new sidewalks near schools and busy corridors, with a new $16M phase targeting Katy and Cy‑Fair routes. The program builds on an earlier 50-mile effort and aims to close dangerous gaps in student routes.

Three men have been charged with capital murder in a 2022 home-invasion shooting on Avenue Q. Authorities say the arrests close a multi-year HPD investigation.

SLS Properties has acquired the vacant I.M. Pei–designed TwentyFour25 at 2425 W. Loop South and is rehabbing the nearly 285K‑square‑foot tower for new tenants.

EOG's $5.6B Encino purchase vaulted the company into the Utica shale and reshaped its production outlook. The deal changed EOG's inventory and nudged Houston's deal scene.

A $7.5M gift from the Jerold B. Katz Foundation boosts funding for Memorial Groves and pushes the project's budget to about $50.5M. The 100‑acre redesign will add thousands of trees and a visitors' center.

The state now lets sexual-assault survivors get forensic exams and DNA testing without filing a police report. Results appear in Track-Kit and evidence is held up to five years.

Deputies in Harris County rescued a 5-year-old special needs child found wandering alone in 40-degree weather. The boy is safe, and it is unclear if parents will face charges.

A judge reset the next pretrial conference for Patrick Clark — accused in Takeoff’s 2022 killing — as attorneys continue to trade evidence and press discovery.

An appeals court again dismissed the Barnes family’s wrongful-death suit over a 2016 Harris County deputy shooting. The family is weighing whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.