Harris County News

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - One person was killed Saturday in a house fire in east Harris County.Cloverleaf Volunteer firefighters said the fire started at 13403 Highland Castle Lane at 11:45 a.m.Firefighters believe the person was trapped during the house fire.Investigators are not sure what started the fire.The person's name was not immediately ... (more)

We don't know if it's quite time to look for Noah and his ark, but here in Houston we're certainly experiencing a wet few days, and that's a good thing.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas Authorities are investigating after a man was found shot to death inside his vehicle in northeast Harris County early Saturday.

Roaches, gnats and flies. If it's got legs and a mention in our restaurant report card, you know it's not good.

A 23-year-old Katy man is accused of forcing his stepsister to perform oral sex on him and making a video of the incident, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

The statistics are staggering. In the United States, between 1.6 and 2.8 million children and young people are homeless, and according to a spokesperson for Covenant House Texas in Houston, thousands of them live Harris County.

One of our more illustrious citizens decided to test the police a the Harris County Sheriff's Office that is.

Located in Harris County's Spring Valley area, this home was built in 2008 and offers 6,551 square feet of living space spread over the course of just over a third of an acre.

A man in federal prison on unrelated charges has been accused of killing another man who went missing from the Houston area and whose body was reportedly buried more than five years ago, according to court records.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas Investigators have made an arrest in a home invasion near Lake Houston, thanks in part to fingerprints left at the crime scene.

The long reach of disgraced Chelsea Housing Authority executive director Mike McLaughlin's perfidy has led to Iowa Senator Charles Grassley and our Senator Scott Brown demanding full explanations about policies at the CHA.

A Louisiana man has been charged in the 2011 rape of a Houston woman that he met through an online dating service, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

The woman says she was home with her 10-year-old son when two men broke into their home and tried to steal several items.

Texas was drier than Tatooine last year but with widespread, unexpected rains this winter parts of the state have made a nice recovery.

LA PORTE, Texas - An elementary school student has been diagnosed with viral meningitis.Lomax Elementary in the La Porte Independent School District sent a letter home to parents Tuesday to inform them about the diagnosis.

Harris County Precinct 3 deputy constables said two men broke into the garage of a home in the 28500 block of Yonder Way in Huffman about 7:30 a.m. and piled up some of the residents' belongings.

Defense lawyers for Carl Wayne Buntion , whose death penalty retrial is set to start next week, want to postpone the case - or get a special prosecutor.

Harris County Housing Authority leaders have received steep salary increases and staggering bonuses in recent years, nearly tripling some executives' pay since 2004.

BAYTOWN, Texas - Two teens were taken by Life Flight medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital after the car they were in rolled into a ditch and crashed through a fence in northeast Harris County.

The Airline Improvement District Board of Directors is working in conjunction with the Houston-Galveston Area Council and Harris County Community Services Department on a Livable Centers study aimed at facilitating the creation of a vision plan to provide multi-modal transportation options, improve quality of life for the residents of the District, ... (more)