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Webster residents can meet officers and firefighters, or check out a police car or Coast Guard helicopter at the public safety fair June 1.
Nicole Angelique Lheureux, Bryan Christopher Underwood and Jennifer Dianne Stark were arrested during a narcotics raid in Willis.
Jaimian Sims, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking of a minor.
A child was killed Tuesday when her father accidentally backed over his 3-yedar-old daughter
George's listening tour provides an avenue of engagement between Fort Bend County residents and county leaders.
The advisory board will include a wide cross-section of community members representative of La Porte, officials said.
George Mitchell, who was a 1940 graduate of Texas A&M University, envisioned a forested community where residents could live, work, & play.
Eight members of the Stafford's JROTC team will travel to Washington DC in June to compete in the U.S. Army JROTC Leadership Bowl.
Marco Cobos, 19, allegedly confessed to stabbing Etta Nugent to death because she could not help him with his car, police said.
Susheel Philip and Sean Varghese opened the first theCoderSchool franchise in Spring on May 18.
Code Ninjas will serve the local area by teaching children computer coding and problem solving skills while having fun building video games.
The truck offers versatility to JCVFD by allowing it to service calls at residents’ homes, brush fires and mutual aid calls.
The Aldine Eisenhower student design team won a district wide challenge to design the community's bus shelters.
Several Houston area Palais Royal stores are offering consignment products to satisfy the resale retail shopper.
Police are searching fort the owner of 2 dogs found starving and without shelter in the back yard of a Missouri City home on Sunday.
Police are trying to determine of an accused hit and run driver was intoxicated when he allegedly hit and killed a man Sunday night.
A Galveston County man has launched an online petition to end Go Topless Jeep Weekend at Crystal Beach after things got out of hand.
This event took place on May 6, 2011, on the south side of Cypress Creek Parkway in the Home Depot greenway opposite the Houston NW Chamber.
The Woodlands Township approved transition agreements with Montgomery County related to the future incorporation of the community.
Tours will take place 12pm to 4pm on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 at 3300 Carr Street, Houston, TX 77026.
