Harris County News

As federal investigators converged Saturday morning on a Houston oil refinery where a crane collapse killed four and injured seven others, the company that owns the 30-story-tall crane released the names of the ...

Congress was in session at Houston City Hall on Friday. Actually, a Houston congresswoman and the head of a U.S. House committee held a congressional field hearing in the city council chambers.

A 14-year-old girl indicted in the death of her newborn baby in a school toilet was released to the custody of her parents, a judge ruled on Monday.

Abbott's Cyber Crimes, Fugitive units nab five more convicted sex offenders using MySpace.com AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes and Fugitive units arrested five registered sex offenders ...

Police arrested two men involved in vehicle accidents Saturday who were both later charged with driving while intoxicated.

Two young boys, who had been playing a game of Hide and Seek on a sultry summer night, were killed and a third was injured when a balcony and a second story stairwell collapsed on them at their southwest ...

Criminals will pay to help catch criminals in one Harris County city, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday.

Sheriff's detectives are trying to find out who killed one man and wounded another early today at a southwest Harris County apartment complex.

A Harris County grand jury has indicted a 66-year-old suburban Houston woman on murder charges in the death of her husband nearly 23 years ago.

A man has been charged in the death of an unidentified woman nearly 18 years ago, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

There is hardly a moment that the Harris County Criminal Justice Center is not packed with people.

After the death of his daughter and the end of his 22-year marriage, Roy Joe McCaleb decided to take a chance on love again.

A 21-year-old man was charged in connection with a crackdown on child pornography, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

One man was killed and three others injured in a hit-and-run accident in southwest Houston early this morning, authorities said.

Two officers in the Harris County Jail have been fired for their actions stemming from an incident that led to the death of a prisoner in January, a sheriff's official said this morning.

Galena Park police are investigating a 16-year-old girl's allegations that her mother buried in their backyard a fetus the girl recently birthed.

A woman accused of shooting her husband more than 22 years ago told police different stories, including the race of the man who she claimed committed the crime, a Harris County prosecutor told a judge today.

HOUSTON - A Houston family court judge ruled Wednesday that a baby boy born to a woman while she was in custody in the death of her 2-year-old daughter will remain in a Dallas foster home.

A northeast Harris County man was arrested today after he was charged with capital murder in the death last year of his 2-year-old son, authorities said.

A Houston lawyer who surfaced in two federal child porn investigations will remain in custody following his arrest Monday on a nine-count indictment.