The reports, briefly posted online, examined the deaths of 33 people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between September 2019 and January 2026.

Two police employees were suspended for their misuse of the license plate readers.

Flock cameras are under scrutiny, and Texas officials are reevaluating their use as critics argue the crime-fighting benefit does not outweigh privacy concerns.

Flock cameras are under scrutiny, and Texas officials are reevaluating their use as critics argue the crime-fighting benefit does not outweigh privacy concerns.

Professors alleged that the policy led to the removal of materials, including Kevin Kruse's "White Flight" and the Oscar-winning film "Moonlight."

New sirens and gauges in Kerr County faced their first major test as Texas Hill Country floods kill at least one, trigger rescues and disaster declarations.

A contract obtained by the Houston Chronicle details the costs of Dilley, the nation’s only family detention facility, as inmates complain of poor healthcare and bad food.

Texas’ inability to regulate body donation left research stalled for years. Now, officials say a Monday meeting could resurrect regulations, setting limits on how bodies are handled.

Houston City Council approved a proposal from three city council members limiting Houston police officers’ cooperation with ICE agents on Wednesday, with Mayor John Whitmire in support.

After busy March, Houston officials are looking to shore up plans -- and pavement -- for the World Cup, set to bring in thousands of new visitors.

Unpermitted dumping for a TxDOT project in the Cedar Bayou floodplain violated Harris County rules and frustrated residents who are calling for stiffer penalties.

More than 9 million visitors went to a Texas state park last year, a decline from the pandemic but still huge growth as the state rushes to add new park land.

The Harris County judge rose to national prominence steering Houston through disasters. Then her second term became one.

A new documentary premieres this weekend spotlighting an era of Texas sports history many fans may not be familiar with.

After going $74 million over the overtime budget last year, Houston is on track to spend $54 million more than it's supposed to on overtime.

Fines of up to $5,000 went into effect on Sept. 1, but Houston officials have yet to levy them as 'bandit signs' continue to litter the public right-of-way.

FBI timeline shows how Shamsud-Din Jabbar planned the 2025 New Orleans attack that killed 14, as his family still searches for how he became radicalized.

Metro has 13 months of data on the free shuttles, operated via Evolve Houston, but there are serious questions about the measures used to assess its success.

Rod Paige, a former Houston ISD superintendent behind the "Houston Miracle" and U.S. Secretary of Education who led the "No Child Left Behind" era, has died at 92.

Houston I-45 rebuild is a decades-in-the-making overhaul that will add managed lanes, reshape downtown freeways and gradually impact work commutes.

Houston is on track for fewer fatalities and serious injuries in 2025, but continues to lag behind the rest of Texas on road safety measures.

A detention officer at a Conroe ICE facility pleaded guilty to using excessive force against a migrant detainee.

Protesters stood in the way of construction crews scheduled to remove Montrose's rainbow crosswalks at Westheimer Road and Taft Street overnight.

Since the July 4 Central Texas floods, FEMA has awarded over $37M in aid — much of it flowing faster to wealthier residents than middle- and low-income residents.

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most importan...

Houston residents wonder why Texas and EPA officials aren’t doing more to keep the air clean in their polluted neighborhood.

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a cornerstone of global markets

Jessie Mobley, Jr., 34, passed out after eating dinner at an African steakhouse in west Houston, police said. Staff carried him outside, where he was found dead the following morning.

A Houston man stands accused of disrespecting the dead. A bereaved mother will stop at nothing to get justice for her son. And the police trail on the case has seemingly gone cold.

The company is accused of refusing to serve those with disabilities including wheelchairs and service dog users in a $125 million suit. Uber denies the claims.

Once Houston’s first suburb, the Heights suffered decline before rising again as one of the city’s most desirable and fast-changing neighborhoods.

Houston’s relentless push into new suburbs has overlooked flood risks, putting tens of thousands of families in harm’s way.

The 20-story Torre Centinela looming over Juárez is part of a much larger AI-powered network that won’t stop at the U.S.-Mexico divide.

A federal grand jury indicted three people who are accused of concealing high levels of feces and other pollutants released in Houston-area waterways.

The Burnet and Kerrville locations will close Thursday and Friday, leaving centers in Hunt and San Angelo open.

Hill Country flooding prompts over 7,000 FEMA aid claims since July 4, with Kerr County hardest hit.

Kristin Tips, chairwoman of the Texas Funeral Service Commission, sent multiple Islamophobic links as her state agency investigated a Plano mosque.

People swept from campsites, cabins and RV parks account for almost one third of the flood deaths in Kerr County, a Chronicle review shows.

Hill Country flooding prompts over 6,000 FEMA aid claims since July 4, with Kerr County hardest hit.