The Texas agency that oversees jail standards is heightening its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet ...

Officials with the office cited a pending criminal investigation in trying to shield information about Deven Ortiz.

The next to file an appointment for treasurer was J.W. Gibson in August 2024. Gibson is a business owner and philanthropist ...

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee wants to go on the offense against President Donald Trump's executive orders, which ...

According to the office of Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman, most of the cases they refiled were slated for dismissal due to ...

How do people keep ending up in illegal boarding homes? Hospitals send them. Between 2022 and 2025, 184 have been shut down, ...

Commissioners Court admonished the county engineer over the shortfall and ordered him to come back with a recommendation for ...

A violent criminal suspect, wanted in two different Texas counties, has been arrested. It took a joint effort by law enforcement in different parts of the state to get him in cuffs.

A man wanted for murder in San Marcos was fired upon by Harris County deputies and taken into custody in Channelview on ...

A Houston artist's attempt to sell a property he owns has generated a sprawling investigation of possible real estate fraud involving several dozen properties.

Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

In his second term as Howard County’s first Black sheriff, Marcus Harris says that a drive to help children steered him to ...