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Walk into any seventh-grade classroom in The Woodlands and you'll find the usual assortment of spiral notebooks, half-finished homework, and doodles in the margins. What you won't expect — what stops people in their tracks — are the fully realized, intricately detailed manga panels that fill Harper Madison's pages from…
One person is dead, and two are injured after an "altercation" at a party in northeast Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The recall affects Honda and Acura models from 2016 through 2026 after regulators said a faulty seat sensor could cause air bags to deploy unexpectedly in a crash.
A wrongful death lawsuit alleges negligence by the pilot and others contributed to the 2025 plane crash that killed Greg Biffle, his wife, son and daughter.
A manhunt is underway in Virginia after a sheriff's deputy was killed and another was injured while responding to a welfare check request.
Police said the officer shot the suspect after responding to a disturbance late Friday.
The Trump administration is rolling out a series of initiatives aimed at combatting Lyme disease and other illnesses that are spread by ticks.
Authorities said they located a missing 6-year-old girl and canceled an AMBER Alert issued Saturday morning.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said when deputies got to the scene, they found three people with gunshot wounds.
"Over the past month, several months, we've had complaints coming in regarding illegal activity here at this club," said HPD Captain Jonathan French
School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, the investigation shows.
Officers executed a search warrant at La Toxica on the East Freeway around 1 a.m. where they found narcotics, illegal alcohol and tobacco and vape products that were not permitted.
An AMBER Alert has been canceled after authorities say the missing girl was found safe.
Deputies found the three shooting victims on Rubilee Lane in Humble early Saturday.
Fort Bend County investigators were in the Richmond area late Friday night investigating a man's death as a homicide.
A warrant shows Texas Rangers have launched a criminal investigation into two Houston police officers who were allegedly involved in secretly placing a GPS tracking device on a suspect's vehicle without a warrant.
Documents allege Deputy Louis Norman used law enforcement resources to stalk a woman he previously dated. Montgomery County Pct. 3 Constable's Office said he was fired on Friday.
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in a man's shooting death in Harris County, allegedly stemming from a dating dispute, according to the sheriff's office.
A two-vehicle crash is blocking all lanes of US-290 Westbound at SH-99 in Cypress.
Officials say a woman was found stabbed in an apartment early Friday. Aaron McFarland was allegedly seen using a ladder to leave the apartment.
ABC13 spoke exclusively with a teenager who was stuck on the roller coaster and with firefighters who conducted the harrowing high-wire rescue.
Police say the bus failed to slow down and crashed into six vehicles. Four of the five fatalities were in one vehicle.
A massive two-month law enforcement operation in Texas has resulted in the arrest of 276 suspects and the rescue of 89 children from online exploitation.
The students were stuck more than 100 feet in the air Thursday night for hours. Pleasure Pier now has a better idea of why it happened.
Celina police said during a press conference that the boy's body was recovered from a pond.
Authorities have arrested a 61-year-old man for a 1997 Texas kidnapping and sexual assault after advanced DNA testing and genetic genealogy cracked the nearly 30-year-old cold case.
A British woman has been convicted of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter nearly five decades after the child's death was ruled an accident.
Prosecutors say an ICE agent fired into a Minneapolis home occupied by four adults and two children, then falsely claimed he acted in self-defense. He was arrested Friday in Texas.
Ahead of Friday's White House Situation Room meeting, President Trump said he was looking to make a “final determination” on an Iran ceasefire extension.
Images showed the front of a vehicle mangled and the airbags deployed as crews worked the scene on the Katy Freeway.
A Montgomery County man has been sentenced to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after pleading guilty to Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Causing Serious Bodily Injury involving Family Violence. Lance Michael Campbell, 39, was sentenced by Judge...
On the afternoon of May 27, 2026, the Montgomery County Precinct 5 Constable administration became aware of allegations involving a Deputy sharing pictures of an arrestee and a picture of their driver’s license on social media for unknown reasons. The Precinct 5 Constable’s...
A faulty sensor may lead to a delayed deployment of the airbag during certain crashes and may be noncompliant with federal safety regulations.
Journalists from The New York Times and San Antonio Express-News identified 2,600 instances of police using physical force on students.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
The city is looking into emergency conservation measures as most options for additional water have been tapped or are years from completion.
A U.S. District judge ruled that the Kennedy Center board's March 16 vote to close the facility was "ill-informed and seemingly preordained."
The former Tarrant County Republican Party chair has made a series of statements criticizing Muslims, LGBTQ Texans and diversity initiatives.
The Texas Board of Nursing reversed the emergency suspension of Mary Elizabeth Eastland's license, but allegations tied to last summer's deadly Camp Mystic flood remain unresolved.
The characters in author Sarah Damoff's new novel must navigate tensions in the aftermath of a fire that upended their lives.