An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri. Students and graduates of Lincoln University in the state’s capital of Jefferson City allege the lack of financial resources undercu...
business
A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year.
News
The Associated Press is reporting the execution of Jamaal Howard has been carried out by the state of Texas.
News
Our nice weather pattern holds with mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 90s. Morning lows in the upper 60s and low 70s continue.
safety
A fatal crash involving a big rig forced several lanes to close on the North Freeway near SH-242 on Wednesday afternoon, according to Conroe PD.
safety
While HPD says car break-ins are declining across the city, police have noted an uptick in break-ins in parking lots at places like parks and gyms.
News
When the decades-long civil war that forced Samantha Pushpakumara from his village in north-central Sri Lanka ended, he was finally able to return home to a life of farming that he thought would give his family a stable future. That was until the rains didn't come. Sri Lanka has ...
library
The guidebook began reviewing restaurants in Houston in 2024 as part of a three-year, $270,000 contract that ends in 2026, according to the Houston First Corporation....
government
Eight of the 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education are up for election this midterm in November.
Local
A Harris County man faces a felony charge after deputies say he posed as a woman on Snapchat to get a sexual video from another man and then shared it with others....
safety
A new Texas Attorney General opinion stated that school district police departments can no longer take child abuse reports.
Local
Investigators said initial information indicates the man was hit by a vehicle several hours before he was found in the grass near the roadway.
safety
An 18-year-old University of Houston student is facing felony charges after investigators say he spent months catfishing a peer online, obtaining explicit media, and leaking it to the victim’s friends....
