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A heavy truck and hazmat incident blocked multiple southbound lanes at the SH 146 and SH 225 interchange Tuesday morning.

A Beaumont driver escaped after a water-main break opened a 20-foot sinkhole beneath his pickup. The truck plunged at an angle but was pulled out later Sunday.

Metal pipes appeared to spear through a big rig's cab on Houston's North Loop, closing lanes and snarling traffic near Fulton Street.

Houston City Council approved $5.09 million for survivor services, pedestrian safety, street upgrades and SH 35 utility work.

Hazmat crews worked to clear two large transformers that fell from an 18‑wheeler on Cunningham Road, shutting part of the route in northwest Houston.

An overturned 18-wheeler closed SH-99 westbound at Cypress Rosehill on Monday as hazmat crews and LifeFlight responded.

TxDOT will shift traffic at the Texas City Wye starting July 31, closing a key SH‑146 connector and routing southbound drivers via FM‑519 for roughly two years.

A car plunged from the HOV lane onto I‑69 northbound at Beltway 8, closing lanes and causing hours of backups while crews worked the scene.

Neighbors in Houston’s East End say crossing gates and bells have triggered for minutes or hours with no train, videos and reporting show. Residents are urging faster fixes and reporting channels.

Austin-Bergstrom has gone live with the FAA’s Terminal Flight Data Manager, replacing paper flight strips with touchscreen displays to modernize tower operations.

A driver was killed after a vehicle struck the Central Plaza toll booth on Beltway 8, leaving the car burned and several northbound lanes closed while deputies investigate.

A Woodland Heights man says raw sewage pools on Wrightwood Street after storms; the city lists a Wrightwood SSO project but neighbors say fixes have been slow.