Crime and Public Safety

Police have ended the official search for a Southern Methodist University law professor who disappeared while hiking in the mountains in Georgia three weeks ago. However, Charles Hosch’s family has not given up hope

Houston leaders unveiled SAFEWatch Houston, a real-time firearm injury dashboard that reveals rising accidental shootings involving children and young adults - despite overall gun violence declining across the city.

The death of 19-year-old Brianna Aguilera outside a West Campus apartment building over the weekend is not being investigated as a homicide, Austin police say. Her family said she was in town for the Aggie-Longhorn game.

The individual or individuals responsible removed the animal's head and left the rest of the carcass behind near County Road 301.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Tuesday as many as 100 federal immigration agents are in the Twin Cities with a specific target on undocumented Somali people living in the city.

An Amarillo woman, Katie Jo Pate, 43, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of selling fentanyl from her hospital room. Once in 2022 and then again in 2025.

Conroe mother Christina Michelle Hejl was sentenced to 40 years after getting into a driving drunk crash and killing two of her kids, injuring the other three.

Mass killings in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest level since 2006, with 17 incidents recorded so far in 2025, according to a new database.

A mayday call was sent out after a Houston firefighter became trapped and had to be rescued from an apartment fire in the Greenspoint-area. Eighteen units were impacted by the massive blaze.

A homeowner and suspect were both hospitalized after they were injured during an attempted home invasion in southeast Houston. Police are searching for a second suspect who left the scene.

Police say at least four GMC pickup trucks were stolen over the weekend in League City and investigators believe the same suspects may be responsible.

How is someone wanted in another state able to get probation and then bonds for crimes allegedly committed while serving probation? Ask the 263rd Criminal District Court and career criminal, Carlos Rusi.

He is the second of El Chapo’s sons facing similar charges to enter a plea deal.

Authorities released new surveillance video connected to a shooting that left a man dead outside My Bar in west Harris County this summer. They are still searching for those responsible.

The scene has since been cleared, but there have reportedly been other threats at other local stores.

Austrian beauty influencer Stefanie Pieper went missing after returning home from a Christmas party on Nov. 23, according to police.

Sheriff's officials in Stockton are urging witnesses of a deadly shooting at a child’s birthday party to come forward as the search for a suspect stretched into another day.

An officer shot a robbery suspect who held an employee at gunpoint at an ACE Cash Express in north Houston on Monday morning, police say.