Government Shutdown 2025: Dems vote down Republican funding bill

Senate Democrats voted down a Republican funding bill to keep the government open Tuesday evening; with this development, the federal government will shut down just past midnight on Wednesday. 

Texas man sentenced for abusing minors in Mexico

The El Paso resident was found to have abused at least three minors in Mexico and recorded the crimes on his phone, officials say.

Sarah Hartsfield murder trial: Opening statements, testimony Tuesday

Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of Sarah Jean Hartsfield, who is charged with the murder of her husband in Chambers County.

Texas Children's Hospital celebrate two child cancer patients being cancer free

Sophia Gomez and Nicole Longoria, both treated for neuroblastoma at Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center, celebrate being cancer-free in a double bell ringing.

Montgomery County man sentenced to life in prison for girlfriend's death

Joshua Andru Perkins has been sentenced to life in prison in relation to the 2023 death of his 20-year-old girlfriend, Jada Loggins, in Montgomery County.

Jury selected in Sarah Hartsfield murder trial

The murder trial for Sarah Jean Hartsfield starts this week in Chambers County in the death of Joseph Hartsfield, her fifth husband.

Liberty County mother, 3 children hospitalized; investigation at family's pond

Authorities in Liberty County are trying to piece together what transpired at a pond in front of a family’s home that left a mother and 11-year-old girl in critical condition and two other children in the hospital.

Federal electric vehicle incentives end this week, sales expected to slump this fall

If you're in the market for an electric vehicle, you have two days left before federal incentives end. After that, analysts say there could be a slump in the EV car market.

Decapitated California sea lion: $20K reward issued

The National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday announced a $20,000 reward for information leading to a balding man with a hunting knife whom they say was observed decapitating a dead sea lion.