Sylvester Turner

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said there were no reported fatalities following Hurricane Nicholas making landfall in Texas.

Greg Abbott and Sylvester Turner both spoke Monday about the dangers posed by Tropical Storm Nicholas as it nears Texas.

The mayor of Houston said Saturday that the body of George Floyd, whose death after a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee on his neck during an arrest has sparked protests across the U.S, will be returning to the city where he grew up.

Four police officers remain hospitalized Tuesday after being wounded in a gunbattle with two suspects while attempting to serve a search warrant at a suspected drug house in southeast Houston, according to Houston’s police chief.

A Canadian company says it wants to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston, but it’s getting pushback from officials and community groups.

Voters in Houston and its surrounding county were marking Saturday’s anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by deciding whether to approve the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds to fund flood-control projects that might mitigate the damage caused by future storms.

Thousands of Astros fans clad in orange shirts and jerseys crowded downtown Houston streets Friday hours for afternoon parade to honor their World Series champions.

About 500 mourners filled a Houston church to capacity Tuesday for the funeral for an 11-year-old boy who was stabbed to death as he walked home from school.