HOUSTON — Firefighters responded to a house fire near downtown Houston Wednesday night. Officials said the fire broke out at a house near Wheeler at Dowling just after 9 p.m. Wednesday. Neighbors said the heavy smoke and flames were coming from a halfway house. Houston fire officials said one person had to be rescued from…
Eight of the 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities and towns for the year ending July 1, 2012 were in Texas, according to population estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Lone Star State also stood out in terms of the size of population growth, with five of the 10 cities and towns that…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A man has been arrested and charged with intoxicated manslaughter in connection with the death of an 18-year-old woman in northwest Harris County.
A man in Southwest Houston died after he was struck by an SUV. The man was struck by a Mitsubishi Montero while crossing an intersection but reports suggest it is unclear if the person hit by car was in the crosswalk or not. The driver of the vehicle stopped to talk with police about the…