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The Republican and Democratic primary elections are on Tuesday in Texas to decide the candidates for November's midterm election. Here's everything you need to know before you get out and vote in the Houston area, including polling locations, sample ballots and what you need to take to the polls.

The fire at the plastic barrel facility in Alvin was brought under control on Monday evening.

The Austin Police Department identified three of the victims killed in a deadly shooting at a downtown Austin bar. One of the victims was identified as 21-year-old Savitha Shan.

Four people were injured following a truck fire in southeast Houston on Monday afternoon.

Tuesday brings a few morning drizzles and a noticeable increase in humidity. That increasing moisture will set the stage for scattered showers or storms Wednesday as a higher risk for severe weather sets up across North Texas. Once that system passes, our rain chances will remain in the 20-30% range through Friday with otherwise pleasant weather in between occasional rain.

A Waymo self-driving car was caught on video temporarily blocking an ambulance responding to the deadly 6th Street shooting.

A rally in Houston brought out members of the Iranian-American community Sunday after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

An elderly man is dead after a hit-and-run crash near Houston's South Side and Astrodome area on Sunday evening, police say.

Three people, including the gunman, were killed, and 14 others were wounded in a mass shooting outside a bar in Austin's bustling Sixth Street entertainment district early Sunday morning that authorities said may have ties to terrorism.

Witnesses described a scene of "pandemonium and hysteria" as gunfire erupted inside a packed Austin bar, leaving several dead and many others clinging to life.

The story details a mass shooting in Austin's Sixth Street entertainment district that left three dead and 14 wounded, with investigators currently probing the gunman's potential ties to terrorism.

A crash was reported early Sunday on the ramp from I-59 North towards I-10.

A vehicle struck a tree Saturday night along Stella Link Road.

The intersection of Post Oak and Westheimer became a focal point of global tension as Houstonians gathered to react to the joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Iran.

18-year-old Cameron Washington was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Oct. 2025.

Information from the United States government continues to be released regarding the United States's joint military attack with Israel on Iran. Some Iranian-Americans and Iranians living in the city of Houston have expressed celebration at the attacks.

With the 2026 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo just days away, officials are urging fans to swap their stress for a strategy. From live parking lot trackers to interactive food maps, the Rodeo is leaning into technology to manage the millions of fans expected to descend on NRG Park.

Police say a man was found shot in a parking lot near Bissonnet Street.

A woman is accused of posing as a Wells Fargo employee to scam two Houston residents out of more than $30,000 combined in an elaborate scheme FOX 26 reported on last year.