The University of Houston System Board of Regents voted Aug. 20 to remove 133 courses from the school's core curriculum, cutting it nearly in half to comply with a new state law.
Three deaths in eleven days along southeast Houston's Telephone Road, including a hit-and-run killing of a man in a wheelchair, have residents pushing for speed bumps and other fixes on a corridor with tight sidewalks and heavy traffic.
Conroe police are investigating death threats and harassing calls made to city council members and their families days after the council voted against a ballot measure on Flock camera use.
Memorial Villages police say five residents lost more than $250,000 combined to fraud schemes in one week, including a $207,000 bank account takeover that may be tied to a San Diego crime group.
Deer Park police suspended officer Brandon Williams for 10 days after he ran license plates 165 times for personal reasons. The department has since added new safeguards and a public transparency portal.
A 19-year-old woman is charged with aggravated assault after investigators say she stabbed a pregnant woman she had invited to a northeast Houston home, allegedly over the victim dating her ex-boyfriend.
A federal lawsuit alleges the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association quietly reduced Hurricane Beryl damage estimates after field inspections. Attorneys for the homeowners say the practice could affect up to 25,000 coastal policyholders.
The FBI's Houston office says it is investigating four credible threats against area schools, with four juveniles already arrested in three of the cases tied to Pasadena ISD and Huntsville High School.
A fishing YouTuber known as Captain Crunch was stabbed from behind while livestreaming at a Clear Lake public boat ramp, the Harris County Sheriff's Office says, and investigators are still working to identify the attacker.
A man died and four others were hurt when gunfire broke out early Sunday among a crowd of hundreds gathered at a southeast Houston shopping center on Cullen Boulevard, police said.