Harris County News

Harris County homicide detectives have uncovered a stunning development in the case of a Katy woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband.

Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a murder suspect they believe may be hiding in Brownsville, Weslaco, or Mexico.

Forty-five minutes after Gov. Rick Perry rejected the state parole board's recommendation that Robert Lee Thompson's sentence be commuted to life in prison, Thompson was executed Thursday for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup.

A Katy woman tried to hire someone to kill her husband but the hit man turned out to be an informer for the Harris County Sheriff's Department, authorities said today.

A Texas official says an investigation shows a metal detector that was unplugged allowed a 16-year-old to allegedly smuggle a loaded handgun past officers earlier this month.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a new punishment trial for a death row inmate condemned for fatally stabbing a Houston-area man.

Well this is refreshing. Harris County Attorney, Vince Ryan, is coming under attack by Harris County Commissioner's Court for ....uh.... doing his job.

The Texas Department of Agriculture is investigating 16 Houston-area gas stations for allegedly mixing lower-octane gasoline with higher-octane, higher-priced gas.

A Harris County Precinct 8 deputy constable charged with indecency with a child surrenders at the Harris County jail.

A condemned killer has been faking mental illness to try to avoid execution Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her daughter nearly 17 years ago in Houston, prosecutors say.

A Harris County sheriff's deputy has been charged with indecency with a child. The deputy's name has not been released.

The Associated Press AUSTIN - The Texas Department of Public Safety says charges have been refiled against three employees of a Houston company accused of not properly inspecting some vehicles.

Police are investigating a murder in northwest Harris County after a woman was shot to death while unloading her groceries.

A 79-year-old woman was shot and killed after returning home from a trip to the grocery store.

Harris County will bury one of two remaining unidentified victims of one of the worst mass murder cases that shook Houston in the earlyA 1970s, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.

More than a month after the swine flu vaccine began arriving in Texas, the doses are still showing up in piecemeal fashion, frustrating many doctors who can't tell their patients exactly when the vaccine will arrive.

A Harris County mother has spent the last three days searching her community for her 15-year-old daughter.

A medical examiner in Texas believes she has found another victim of a serial killer who terrorized Houston in the early 1970s.

Family members of a 6-year-old hit and killed last week in northwest HoustonA say they are upset the man accused of driving the car was released on bond.

A judge in Houston could be removed from hearing domestic violence cases over his comments that allegedly minimized such incidents.