Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was executed by the state of Texas at 6:50pm on Jan. 28, 2026. Thompson was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998.
Harris County deputies tried to pull over a red Corvette for a traffic violation Wednesday evening, but instead of pulling over, the driver allegedly led authorities on a 16 mile long chase.
A man who authorities say was allegedly exposing himself to passengers aboard a METRORail train is dead after a fight between him and responding deputies led to a shooting.
An investigation is underway at a east Harris County motel after a body was discovered Wednesday by Pct. 3 deputies.
The couple found dead inside a Katy-area home Monday morning have been identified, and the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has confirmed the cause of their deaths.
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a brief vehicle pursuit that ended with a crash involving a school bus carrying dozens of children, officials said.
Two people have been charged with capital murder in the home invasion that killed a 72-year-old woman early Monday morning on Lockwood Drive in Houston.
A Harris County district judge has denied bond for Brayden Smith, the 17-year-old suspect in a fatal shooting on a Houston METRO bus earlier this month.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Delaware nurse practitioner accused of illegally shipping abortion-inducing drugs into the state.
The former fire chief of the Sweeny Fire Department is facing multiple felony charges connected to allegations involving minors, according to court records and law enforcement officials.
Animal cruelty investigators are reviewing evidence after a puppy was found abandoned inside a trunk at Channelview park.
The Liberty County mother who was accused of attempting to drown her three children after giving them NyQuil has been handed a bond of $3 million.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has dismissed the criminal case against a former Klein ISD cosmetology teacher who had been accused of running a sex trafficking operation involving students and her adult son.
A high school student at a Spring ISD campus has been arrested Friday after being found in possession of a firearm on campus, according to Spring Independent School District officials.
Two owners of Abby’s Bakery in Los Fresnos, Texas, have been sentenced to prison after a federal jury found them guilty of harboring and employing illegal workers at their business.
The Houston-based social media influencer facing felony child sexual abuse charges has been placed on “modified safety watch,” jail officials confirmed to KPRC 2’s Corley Peel.
A suspect has been taken into custody after allegedly spraying pepper spray in the lobby of a building in downtown Houston Wednesday.
A well-known social media influencer in the car community has been arrested for disturbing charges involving a young child.
A man is dead after a shooting at a Houston park on Tuesday night, and investigators with the Houston Police Department believe the shooting may have stemmed from an attempted robbery.
A man who was serving a 40 year sentence for the decapitation murder of his wife in Waller County was found dead from a self-inflicted injury inside a TDCJ prison.
A former cafeteria worker at UTMB Health’s Clear Lake Campus has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison in connection with the sexual assault of a patient in her hospital bed.
A home healthcare worker is wanted and accused of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of items from a Bellaire couple in their late 90s who he was hired to care for.
Authorities recovered images of evidence from the affair, including matching tattoos, an engagement ring, numerous phone calls, and life insurance activity.
A Houston-area man has been arrested and charged with stalking after months of leaving unwanted items and messages at a Timbergrove-area home, according to Harris County Pct. 1 Constable Alan Rosen.
A man charged in the 2022 shooting death of a young mother in northwest Harris County is now one of the Houston FBI’s most wanted fugitives after authorities say he jumped bail and failed to appear in court.
A family is calling for justice after 36-year-old Robert Pentecost was fatally shot on a property in Santa Fe on January 15.
An 18-year-old woman is facing felony arson charges for allegedly setting fire to her boyfriend's mother's home in Harris County while out on bond for domestic violence.
Court records show the man accused of violently attacking a 15-year-old student downtown was on probation in both Texas and Louisiana.
Houston police got called to the Taco Cabana at 700 North Loop West on Jan. 14 for a shooting in progress.