Crime and Public Safety

After the news broke Monday of the charges against two former funeral directors at a Houston mortuary, FOX 26 spoke with family members affected by the alleged crimes.

The Travis County District Attorney's Office is dismissing cases against two people involved in alleged "experiments" on corpses at a North Austin mortuary.

The shooting and mass killing happened last weekend as people celebrated homecoming in a small Mississippi town. Six died and more than a dozen others were hurt.

The mother of a 15-year-old boy with autism wants her son returned home to her after he went missing in Houston earlier this month and ended up being placed with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement.

A woman seen in a surveillance video that appeared to show her being forcibly pulled away by a man outside a Wichita home on Sunday has contacted police, they said Tuesday afternoon.

The U.S. has recorded 340 mass shootings so far in 2025, according to the Gun Violence Archive

In north Harris County, drivers should expect traffic delays as a major crash has caused road closures, according to Harris County officials.

A Houston teen with autism who went missing for almost a week has been in ICE custody for several days, according to a local organization. An ICE spokesperson sent a statement to FOX 26 denying the claim.

Funeral directors at Richardson Mortuary facing multiple charges of abuse of corpse after bodies were found in various stages of decomposition in a storage room with no working air conditioner and some covered in bugs.

Harris County officials are searching for a contractor who allegedly took payment without finishing a project and called 911 dispatchers being abusive to operators.

Three juveniles, ages 14,14, and one under 10, were accused of robbing a male at gunpoint in the 14500 block of Tomball Parkway, Harris County officials say.

Federal and local authorities rescued more than 30 missing children and uncovered multiple trafficking operations targeting vulnerable youth during a coordinated crackdown across Texas

A stolen vehicle out of Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana was located at a Walmart parking lot near Channelview along with two fugitives.

Texas A&M police reported a high number of game-day incidents, highlighted by one fan who was found with a dangerous 0.337 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) after allegedly drinking whiskey from a water jug, leading to a charge of public intoxication and transfer to EMS.

The latest in a series of disturbances at St. Peter’s Basilica prompted swift intervention by plainclothes police when a man was accused of urinating on the main altar.

Pasadena police are requesting the public's assistance to find 18-year-old Angel Daniel Fernandez, who has been missing since October 3rd, with his personal items found near his home.

Michael Morris allegedly left a group home on Autumn Springs Lane through a window.

Former NFL quarterback and FOX Sports analyst Mark Sanchez was released from custody on Sunday, nearly a week after being stabbed during a fight with a truck driver outside an Indiana hotel.

A teen allegedly led a chase for a mile before crashing into a fence.