Mayor Whitmire and Reliant will open 20 cooling centers this coming Monday, supplying hundreds of portable ACs and expanded bill-assistance across Houston.

A midday armed robbery at a Raywood Exxon left a clerk pistol‑whipped and a suspect on foot. Deputies are reviewing surveillance footage and asking for tips.

Mayor John Whitmire will brief media on Tuesday about how Houston plans to secure the city during the FIFA World Cup. Officials will outline coordination, funding and traffic plans.

Erin Brockovich launched a crowdsourced map to track AI data‑center projects and community complaints; Texas is the top source of reports, with Sulphur Springs the loudest cluster.

Fort Bend County investigators are probing a man's death on Quarry Ridge Road in Richmond; deputies have called it a homicide and urged residents to avoid the area.

A Harris County Precinct 4 deputy arrested an adult wanted for homicide in Monroe, Louisiana, in Atascocita; the suspect is being held pending extradition.

Patchy morning fog may slow Saturday commutes before a hot, humid day with highs near 93. Storm chances return Monday, June 1.

A Precinct 3 deputy was fired and arrested after officials say he used state and national criminal databases for personal use. Authorities charged the deputy with misuse of official information and placed him in the county jail.

METRO will reopen the Westpark HOV/HOT ramps on June 1, restoring a key Park & Ride access point before World Cup crowds. The ramps will operate during daily peak windows to reduce delays on the Southwest Freeway.

A CDC analysis of the 2025 West Texas measles outbreak found nearly one in five confirmed cases needed hospital care, and most hospitalized patients were unvaccinated children.

Aldine ISD will start a roughly $116M rebuild of George Washington Carver High and is moving ahead on a separately budgeted Education & Performing Arts Center.

Harris County deputies say hundreds of images described as “child erotica” were seized in a Hockley search and 31-year-old Sergio Guel was arrested on a state-jail felony charge.

EagleRock Land priced an IPO and says it will be an "active investor" in the Permian, using 236,000 acres to back water, power and data‑center projects. The company argues its land can unlock infrastructure bottlenecks for operators.