Celebrate National Soup Month with Avonglemono

Celebrating her heritage and armed with family recipes, Mary Cuclis serves a variety of tasty Greek dishes and will be featuring many of them on the 2026 Eat Drink HTX fixed price menu! 

Unpack your bags and eat around the world at Traveler’s Cart

Featuring modern global street food, Traveler’s Cart is the “little sister" to Matt and Thy Mitchell’s restaurant Traveler’s Table.

TABC finalizes new rules for Texas hemp industry

The new permanent rules are similar to the temporary ones they replace, adding an age limit in Texas for buying and selling hemp consumables and strengthening identification procedures.

Deadline to apply for SNAP replacement benefits extended in Texas

The deadline to apply for SNAP replacement benefits has been extended in Texas following the widespread winter storm. 

Judge orders release of 5-year-old, father from Texas ICE facility

Judge Fred Biery called the Trump administration's deportation policy an "ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas."

2 charged in deadly Channelview motel shooting

Two people are facing murder charges in the shooting death of a man found in a Channelview motel room Wednesday.

Bicyclist killed in east Harris County crash

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a bicyclist was killed in a crash involving two vehicles Friday night.

Houston election: Texas' 18th Congressional District runoff Saturday

A special runoff election is being held Saturday to fill the vacant U.S. House seat in Texas' 18th Congressional District. Houston-area voters will decide between Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards. Here's what you need to know.

Texas' 18th Congressional District runoff: Election Day voting locations

Voters will head to the polls Saturday for a special runoff election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat in Texas' 18th Congressional District, deciding between Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards. Here's where to vote.

Houston mother says 4-year-old mistakenly placed in wrong car during HISD dismissal

A Houston mother says her 4-year-old daughter was mistakenly placed into a stranger’s car during dismissal at an elementary school in the Houston Independent School District, prompting a police report and renewed concerns about student safety.

Michael ‘5000’ Watts, Swishahouse founder and Houston hip-hop pioneer, dies at 52

Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization. A central figure in Texas music history, Watts is credited with launching the careers of stars like Slim Thug, Paul Wall, and Mike Jones, forever changing the landscape of Southern rap.

Sharia Law, property taxes headline Texas Senate leader's priorities for next session

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the president of the state senate, has released his first round of interim changes for committees in the next legislative session. 

Houston Police: Sewage flowing from online grocery giant into Brays Bayou

HPD executes a search warrant at a Weee! Distribution warehouse in Houston after they say a red-dye test reveals raw sewage flowing into Brays Bayou.

2 arrested after dressing as construction workers to try to enter the US, CBP says

Two people were arrested after they attempted to unlawfully enter the United States by dressing up as construction workers and blending in with other workers, Customs and Border Protection said.

Galveston plane crash: NTSB releases preliminary report following December 2025 plane crash that killed 6

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report following a December 2025 plane crash that killed six people and seriously injured two others in Galveston.