Houston News
La Marque Man Charged With Killing Woman Inside Car
May. 12, 2008
A La Marque man shot a woman to death after chasing the vehicle she was in, ramming it and forcing it to stop, Galveston police said on Monday. Read the full article… »
Hpd Investigates Death Of Man Found Dumped In Trash
May. 12, 2008
The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office will perform an autopsy to determine a cause of death. Read the full article… »
Dna Linked Baytown Teen To Slaying, Police Say
May. 12, 2008
Police say the victim was selling drugs to Pedro Morfin, and Morfin shot the man after deciding to steal the drugs without paying. Read the full article… »
Houston School's Defibrillator Saves Man At Soccer Game
May. 12, 2008
A man's heart attack at his daughters' soccer game Sunday brought out the best in strangers who saved his life. Read the full article… »
Police Find Three Missing Sugar Land Girls In Galveston
May. 12, 2008
The Sugar Land Police Department located the three runaway girls Monday at a hotel in Galveston. The girls were unharmed and safe, said police spokesman Doug Adolph. The girls, believed to be runaways, were last seen early Saturday in Sugar Land. The three girls are identified as Ashley Mann, 15; Kyla Davenport, 14, and Lauren Watson, 13. Read the full article… »
China Quake Hits Home For Many Houston Residents
May. 12, 2008
Some Houston-area residents are trying to get information about relatives and friends back home in China after hearing of the earthquake that has caused thousands of deaths. Read the full article… »
Houston Man Gets Maximum Sentence For Sex Trafficking
May. 12, 2008
A Houston restaurant operator was given the maximum sentenced for his role in a sex trafficking ring that lured women and girls here from Central America and Mexico and forced them into prostitution. Read the full article… »
Weekend Drownings Raise Houston Toll To 4
May. 12, 2008
At least four people have drowned in Houston-area swimming pool accidents in the past two weeks, and a 13-year-old girl who knew how to swim is in critical condition after being pulled from her backyard pool. Read the full article… »
New Mayor In Dallas Suburb To Target Illegal Immigrants
May. 12, 2008
The newly elected mayor of Carrollton says his top priority will be ridding his suburb of illegal immigrants, the same focus that has drawn national attention in a neighboring city. Read the full article… »
Texas Schools Warn Inflation Could Bankrupt Many Districts
May. 11, 2008
The funding system approved by Texas lawmakers two years ago provides no new money to cover rising prices, educators say, and unless a fix is enacted, districts will be faced with difficult choices such as closing campuses or firing teachers. Read the full article… »
Holocaust Survivors In Houston Saluted For Courage
May. 11, 2008
The courage of the roughly 300 Holocaust survivors living in Houston will be saluted today as the Holocaust Museum Houston awards those survivors its 16th annual Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award. Read the full article… »
Hpd Hopes Busting Shopping Cart Crooks Cuts Other Crime
May. 11, 2008
Plainclothes officers hit the streets to see who's pushing carts. In their first 30 shifts, a milestone hit last week, officers rounded up more than 1,000 shopping carts. Read the full article… »
Friends Puzzled After 5 Die In Houston Murder-suicide
May. 11, 2008
Police and friends are searching for answers as to why a northeast Houston man apparently killed his wife and three young children before taking his own life late last week. Read the full article… »
Houston Legal Legend Jamail Gives Ut-austin $15 Million
May. 11, 2008
It's easy to find evidence of Joe Jamail's generosity to the University of Texas at Austin. Just look for the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center or the Joe Jamail Field. The Joseph D. Jamail Pavilion or the Joseph D. Jamail Center for Legal Research. You get the idea. Read the full article… »
Muslim Clinics Fill Health Care Needs Of Underserved
May. 11, 2008
The Ibn Sina Foundation community clinic is one of many Muslim health facilities popping up across the country, according to a report by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a national nonprofit, policy-research organization. Read the full article… »
Attempted Robbery Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Hurt In Shooting
May. 11, 2008
One man was killed and another man was injured during what police said may have been an attempted robbery of their northeast Houston home early Sunday morning. Read the full article… »
Reader Wonders If Big Trucks Should Stay In The Left Lane
May. 11, 2008
Jim Sinsky, who lives in Groveton, north of Huntsville, asks why big trucks aren't required to travel in the left lane instead of being barred from it as they are on some Houston freeways. Read the full article… »
Brownsville Shipbreakers Scrap For The Right To Recycle
May. 11, 2008
For years the federal government paid the shipbreakers at the Port of Brownsville to dispose of its rusted frigates and tankers. But soaring scrap metal prices have led these companies to begin paying to get a hold of all that valuable steel. Read the full article… »