Fifth Ward

A major effort is getting launching to address poverty, unemployment, and crime in District B.

The Houston Health Department released new findings and have now started to notify residents of the Fifth Ward, the cancer causing chemical compound called Dioxin has been found in surface level soil.

Officials say six horses managed to survive but about 15-20 were killed as a result of the fire and a firefighter was also injured after he was kicked by one of the animals.

According to a press release, health officials found in their test samples a highly toxic chemical compound called dioxin, which is said to be associated with cancer and other serious health risks.

Pepsi Stronger Together made a final stop in Houston, hoping to encourage high school students to apply for scholarships for education in music and the arts.

Imam Jihad Muhammad and his wife, Kameelah Ahmad claim they were tricked by scammers posing as CenterPoint Energy representatives at a time when they had already not seen a bill and were preparing for Friday prayers.

Some Houston residents are asking city council members not to do business with an apartment complex owner that has a history of what many call poorly managing the buildings they have.

Fifth Ward apartment residents say they are living with rodents, bed bugs, and raw sewage while the complex owner is asking the city for millions to build a new complex.

An investigation is underway after a 15-year-old was killed in Houston's Fifth Ward on Monday evening.

At 15 he had his son. Both ended up seniors at the same time, one in high school, and one in law school. Days after the dad passed the bar however, his son passed away.

For the last nine months, a Houston man has been fighting the city on a water bill that he says was more than 17 times what he usually pays. On Tuesday, FOX 26 helped that man resolve the issue and get his money back. 

Isiah Carey spoke exclusively to Floyd’s brother, Philonise, just minutes following the news that two of the officers who were present during Floyd’s murder were found guilty of federal crimes and sentenced to just over three years in prison.

Harris County and the City of Houston announced they are ready to take legal action against Union Pacific over that cancer cluster in Fifth Ward. We are hearing more and more about lives potentially cut short by the railroad's pollution.

Longtime residents in the Kashmere Gardens area say this is the best news they’ve heard in a while.