Hockley News

Ronnie and Lisa Clark of Houston are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Elizabeth Thomas, to Gabriel Ortega, son of George and Frances Ortega of Bryan.

Hermiston's Matt Funk and Benton City's Bucky Campbell won the third go-round of the National Finals Rodeo on Saturday, finishing at 4.0 seconds in the team roping event.

Five-time world champion tie-down roper Cody Ohl won the third round of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Saturday night, finishing just four-tenths shy of his NFR record.

Snow geese and other migratory birds arrive on their wintering grounds on the Katy Prairie.

A man convicted of the 1995 rape and murder of a 7-year-old Hockley resident was executed at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Walls Unit Tuesday, bringing the total number of death row inmates executed ...

Eric Nenno bristles at suggestions he's some kind of ogre. "So many articles I read depicted me as a monster," Nenno said softly from a visiting cage outside Texas death row.

It had been hours since 7-year-old Nicole Benton was last seen, and police were knocking on Eric Nenno's door.

Tom Rotello, Chairman of the Texas Soybean Board and a farmer from Navasota, announced the date of their upcoming election for board members.

A skinny escapee who slipped through a Waller County Jail air vent on Saturday is still on the loose .

A skinny escapee who slipped through a Waller County Jail air vent on Saturday is still on the loose .

Reason to do more Harris County commissioners voted for the Grand Parkway to extend through the Katy Prairie conservatory, which makes it even more vital to do as much as we can for the environment.

Three-year-old Anne Jessop sat on a pink-and-purple tricycle while 7-year-old brother Ephraim perched himself on a dolly, their heads together in whispered fun.

Commissioners Court is scheduled to vote today on a proposal to speed the start of construction on a segment of the planned Grand Parkway connecting the Katy Freeway and U.S. 290.