Investigators now believe a January altercation at a Houston area gas station that ended when a bystander shot and killed a robbery suspect was actually part of a staged attack to facilitate fraudulent insurance and immigration claims. 22-year-old Rasshauud Scott was shot and killed during an altercation at the Chevron gas station at 11095 Ella […]
HOUSTON—Gunfire at two separate Houston-area birthday parties this weekend resulted in two people being fatally shot and three others being injured, officials said. During the first shooting, gunfire broke out around 1 a.m. Saturday at a party celebrating a woman’s 21st birthday, said Harris County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Michael Ritchie. Around 50 people had attended […]
HOUSTON—Police in Houston are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found inside a large pipe for a lazy river at a Houston hotel where she’d been swimming with her family. Aliyah Jaico’s death on Saturday was ruled an accidental drowning by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. It said she […]
HOUSTON—A 1-year-old girl died after being hit by an Uber driver who had just dropped her family at their apartment complex in Houston and apparently didn’t see her in front of his car as he pulled away, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff’s officials said the girl’s family members then pulled the driver from his vehicle […]
A commercial United Airlines jet skidded off an airport runway in Houston on Friday, in the latest incident sparking nationwide concern over aviation safety. “After landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, United Airlines Flight 2477 rolled onto the grass when exiting onto the taxiway” according to a statement by the Federal Aviation Administration […]
HOUSTON—The gunfire that shattered the calm at pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston only lasted about four minutes. But surveillance video and police body camera footage released Monday, more than two weeks after the Feb. 11 shooting at Lakewood Church, showed the terror of the brief attack: Parishioners scattering, searching for safety in rooms and […]
HOUSTON—Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated to healing and thanksgiving a week after a woman opened fire in one of its hallways before being gunned down by security officers. Mr. Osteen’s Lakewood Church has not had services since the Feb. 11 shooting that sent worshippers scrambling for safety. On […]
Two crew members are dead and one injured after a fire on a vessel at Port of Houston, Texas, a port official said on Monday. “Two ship crew members lost their lives, and another was injured and transported to a hospital via a medical transport helicopter,” a spokesperson for the Port of Houston said. They […]
Shen Yun Performing Arts brought an all-new performance to the Texas audience. Audience members say the performance was sensational, and made them appreciate the beauty of traditional Chinese culture. Christie Farris, a licensed professional counselor supervisor, said the performance brightened her up. “Just uplifting, I like anything that is expressive with music and dance. So […]
Shen Yun Performing Arts wrapped up its first 3 performances in Houston, Texas, on Dec. 27 at the Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. Professional dancer and model Brooke Ashlynd says Shen Yun has “some of the best technique” she’s seen, and called it “top of the line.” She said, “I love it. I love […]
Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, giving him a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) in a runoff. Mr. Whitmire, 74, who is one of Texas’s most powerful Democratic legislators, will now be at the helm of America’s fourth-largest city. His campaign focused on reducing […]
The pilot of a twin-engine Hawker aircraft started rolling on a runway after being told to line up and wait for takeoff when the plane’s wing struck the tail of a twin engine Cessna that had just landed at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday. The Hawker […]
HOUSTON—A woman and her daughter-in-law were killed and two men hospitalized with gunshot wounds in a shooting authorities believe stemmed from a romantic dispute, a Houston-area sheriff said Sunday. A small child escaped the gunfire unharmed. Deputies were called to a home in northwest Houston Sunday morning and arrived to find multiple gunshot victims, Harris […]
A documented gang member has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a Texas jury convicted him earlier this week of capital murder for the fatal shooting of a teenage boy and his stepfather while out on bond for another murder that occurred years earlier. The Harris County District Attorney’s […]
ROSENBERG, Texas—A driver plowed through a wall of a busy East Texas restaurant, injuring 23 people. Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, Texas said a man crashed his SUV into a Denny’s restaurant just off the highway late Monday morning. The vehicle slammed into the restaurant’s south wall leaving patrons with injuries ranging from […]
HOUSTON—A manhunt came to an end with a shootout and wounding of three law enforcement officers after a second suspect was arrested in the earlier shooting of a Harris County deputy sheriff in southeastern Texas. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said during an early Friday news conference that 34-year-old Terran Green was arrested and three law enforcement […]
HOUSTON—A Southwest Airlines plane that had flames shooting out of an engine returned to a Houston airport about 30 minutes after takeoff this week. The Boeing 737 had been bound for Cancun International Airport in Mexico on Tuesday but returned to William P. Hobby Airport. Videos showed the flames coming from one of its engines. […]
