Texas City teacher arrested, accused of planning to take minor to hotel

John Derrick Taylor was arrested and charged after he was accused of planning to meet with a female he thought was a minor at a hotel room.

Couple killed in Kingwood crash; suspect charged with intoxication manslaughter

Alleged impaired driver John Nathan Dool has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter for a deadly Kingwood crash on West Lake Houston Parkway.

Ex-MLB pitcher convicted in Lake Tahoe ambush attack

Former Major League Baseball player Daniel Serafini, who grew up in the Bay Area, was convicted of murdering his father-in-law and attempting to kill his mother-in-law in a 2021 ambush attack in Lake Tahoe.

David Adickes, artist behind iconic Houston sculptures, dies at 98

Renowned Texas painter and sculptor David Adickes, the creator of the massive Sam Houston statue in Huntsville and the We Love Houston sculpture, has passed away.

NORAD sends fighter plane after latest unauthorized flight over Kerrville floods

The military had to send an F-16 fighter jet to the skies over Texas after private aircraft repeatedly violated a temporary no-fly zone around the deadly floods.

Florida reports four deaths from flesh-eating bacteria so far in 2025

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, brackish water.

Neighbors of new Katy housing development concerned about water runoff

In recent years, the Katy Prairie has become home to significant residential development, with hundreds of new homes. A new one under construction is Bergamo, on Stockdick School Road, near Porter Road. It will include more than 250 homes on about 70 acres. Like many developments, the area has been built up several feet to limit potential flooding.

Houston weather: Showers storms possible through Monday, warmer weather on the way this week

More scattered showers and storms will be possible throughout the evening on Monday in the Houston area. Then the warm weather will move in. However, we are watching an area of possible tropical development that could form in the Gulf later in the week.

ICE announces 1,361 Houston-area immigration arrests in June

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrests of more than 1,300 immigrants in the Houston area last month who were charged with, or have been convicted of, a criminal offense after illegally entering the U.S.

9 dead in Massachusetts assisted living facility fire, officials say

Officials say nine people died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows screaming for help.