Harris County Flood Control Director resigns from her position

Dr. Tina Petersen, the Harris County Flood Control District Director, has resigned after a push to remove her from office due to severe project backlogs.

New Harris County Flood District leader needed ahead of Thursday vote, local expert says

Chronically behind schedule, Dr. Tina Peterson, leader of the Harris County Flood Control District, will tell Commissioner's Court that she has a plan to get work on more than two dozen projects back on track and completed within 18 months without losing federal dollars.

19-year-old arrested for murder in Harris County apartment shooting

A 19-year-old woman is charged with murder after her alleged role in the deadly shooting of a man at a Harris County apartment complex.

Texas funeral fraudster Javian Major sentenced to 2 years in prison after violating probation

A man repeatedly accused of exploiting grieving families through an unlicensed funeral business has been sentenced to two years in prison after violating probation by continuing to work in the funeral industry despite a court order barring him from doing so.

Teen dead, another injured after shooting in north Harris County

One teen is dead and another has been charged with murder after a shooting at a home in north Harris County, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

Texas GLO chief warns Harris County likely to lose massive flood control grants

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is warning Houston-area residents that Harris County is in danger of losing nearly $1 billion in federal flood mitigation funding.

Family says Houston man died saving teen in recent carjacking incident

A Houston mother and her five children are demanding accountability from the Texas justice system following the shooting death of a youth baseball coach, a tragedy community advocates on Monday labeled a "cataclysmic failure" of the courts.

1 dead, 3 injured in Pasadena crash on Beltway 8 Service Road

One person was killed and three others were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on the Beltway 8 service road in Pasadena=.