Federal Court Ruling Leads to Handgun Age Limit Repeal for Young Adults in Texas The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has stopped enforcing a state law that prohibits adults under 21…
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Fatal Accident on Southwest Freeway at West Loop Results in Motorcyclist Being Thrown from Bike
A motorcyclist died in a crash on the inbound Southwest Freeway at the West 610 Loop in Houston, Texas. The crash caused lane closures and traffic delays for several hours as authorities…
Southeast Texas Declared a Disaster Area by Governor Greg Abbott
Houston Area Hit by EF2 and EF3 Tornadoes, Confirms National Weather Service Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has issued a disaster declaration for Southeast Texas communities affected by severe storms. The National…
Janitor faces lawsuit as 13 women allege contraction of incurable STDs from contaminated bottles.
A law firm in Houston, Texas has filed a civil lawsuit against multiple people after 13 women claim that they contracted incurable sexually-transmitted diseases from a janitor, Lucio Diaz, who is accused…
Business owner in Sugar Land indicted for fraud spanning nine years.
Sudhakar Kalaga, a 56-year-old business owner, is facing federal charges for conspiring to commit mail fraud. He is accused of engaging in a bribery and bid-rigging scheme for nine years in order…
Houston weather: More than 100k power outages reported in Greater Houston area
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, over 100,000 CenterPoint Energy customers were without power. The majority of the outages appeared to be concentrated in Fort Bend County and were spreading east towards Pasadena…
Houston Zoo to welcome penguins, sharks at first-of-its-kind Galápagos exhibit
The Houston Zoo will be opening a first-of-its-kind exhibit featuring the remarkable wildlife of the Galápagos Islands on April 7th. The exhibit will include four female California sea lions, seven giant Galápagos…
Flock camera helps identify suspect in shooting death of Alief ISD teacher in Sugar Land.
Sugar Land police have confirmed that a license plate recognition camera, known as a Flock camera, was instrumental in identifying the suspect in the shooting death of Alief ISD teacher Wendy Duan….
Pedestrian struck and killed while crossing Highway 6 in Sugar Land.
A man was hit and killed by a car while attempting to cross Highway 6 in Sugar Land, Texas on Thursday morning. The driver of the car stopped and is cooperating with…