Fort Bend County News

A baby boy is one of two more Houston residents who have died from swine flu, according to the city's Website.

A dog's sniff helped put Curvis Bickham in jail for eight months. Now that the case against him has been dropped, he wants to tell the world that the investigative technique that justified his arrest smells to high heaven.

Three men who spent months in jail after a dog's sense of smell linked them to crimes they did not commit are filing a lawsuit claiming that Texas authorities falsely arrested and imprisoned them.

Houston police on Monday arrested a woman in the Sept. 13 shooting death of a man who had been linked to the brutal slaying of a Rice University student more than 20 years ago.

A public-private coalition forged in Fort Bend County will pool about $2.5 million over the next five years to fund the first-ever marketing and branding campaign aimed at attracting new business to the area.

State transportation officials announced the approval of seven projects around the state that will be funded by TxDOT's pass-through program.

Fort Bend County has received almost 17,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine, but they're mostly available at private health care providers.

Angelina County commissioners on Tuesday accepted a $100,000 energy efficiency block grant.

It was a dramatic end to what police are calling an unbelievable act. A Sugarland man accused of stabbing his own one-week-old son had to be dragged out by SWAT team members after barricading himself in his apartment.

A week-old boy was in critical condition Saturday after his father stabbed him while holding the family hostage, officials in Fort Bend County said.

Fort Bend police responded to a burglary call Saturday, but instead of finding robbers, they found a house full of illegal immigrants.

A former employee at the Fort Bend County Juvenile Detention Center who blew the whistle over alleged crimes she claims to have witnessed believes she was fired in retaliation and has filed a lawsuit against the county.

A former employee at the Fort Bend County Juvenile Detention Center who blew the whistle over alleged crimes she claims to have witnessed believes she was fired in retaliation and has filed a lawsuit against the county.

Originally published October 18, 2009 at 11:27 a.m., updated October 18, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. Courts have failed to weed out junk science like scent lineups, so it's time for the Legislature to step in, those pressing for a legislative solution say.

The H1N1 death toll in the Houston area is now up to 13, FOX 26 News has learned.

The Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force, which is a Houston HIDTA Initiative , conducted a narcotic investigation targeting organized drug traffickers transporting illegal narcotics into Fort Bend County.

Federal and local authorities are searching a Fort Bend County thicket near the Brazoria County line for two suspects in connection with a kidnapping.

A local couple has filed a lawsuit against the city of Stafford and its police department.

A Pasadena high school student has died after catching the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

It was back on July 4 when 30-year-old Syulvanus Okhueleigbe died. Investigators say the Nigerian national got into a fight with a veteran Houston police officer in a Stafford bar.