RIVERSIDE — Glowing like an atomic peach, the summer sun vaulted from Lake Livingston and hung in the cloudless sky like a thousand heat lamps from hell. Inside Riverside’s Ellis Unit,...

And so the Thomas family made the seasonal pilgrimage to one of dozens of fireworks stands lining the highways along the edge of town Friday, stocking up on things that will go boom in the...

Some of the trees might be used to refurbish the world’s only remaining wooden whaling ship. The Mystic Seaport maritime museum is hoping to haul six to eight truckloads — about 176 tons...

FORT WORTH — Kristen Blair, competing as Miss North Texas, has won the Miss Texas crown and will represent the Lone Star State at the Miss America...

“What we’ve got on our hands, a serial tree arsonist, I’ve never seen before,’’ said Fire Marshal Gilbert Robinson. “I’ve talked to colleagues of mine, and...

ARLINGTON -- Tommy Hunter said it was a family decision not to sign with the then-Devil Rays, who drafted him in the 18th round of the 2005 First-Year Player...

ARLINGTON -- Josh Hamilton was the designated hitter for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday, his third game with RedHawks. He went 0-for-5 at the...

ARLINGTON -- Derek Holland worked on his pickoff move with first-base coach Gary Pettis on Monday. He insists it wasn't with Carl Crawford and B.J. Upton in...

On Thursday morning — after not hearing from them for days — a neighbor called 911 and firefighters forced their way into the twins’ South Side home to find both women dead inside...

Dozens of financially pressed Texas police agencies are “shopping” the Pentagon’s list of discarded and surplus military equipment trying to score everything from helicopters and...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We are learning much more about what lead up to a deadly shooting outside a northeast Harris County funeral home. That shooting happened as family members were saying goodbye to a...

A gasoline tanker scam was broken up with three arrests after undercover Houston police officers tailed a semi with video cameras, Local 2 Investigates reported...

ARLINGTON -- Rangers team president Nolan Ryan said on Friday that the club will not be restricted because of owner Tom Hicks' financial troubles. This comes one day after it was reported that Major...

Special rangers traced more than 80 percent of last year’s stolen cattle in Texas. If they couldn’t return it to its original owner, they managed to get them some form of restitution....

The 29-year-old Houston native was found dead Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego. Roy said the family was told that Provost was shot three times, had his hands and feet...

Chad Gibson suffered a severe head injury when Fort Worth police and Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agents inspected the Rainbow Lounge on...

DENTON — Investigators believe that a slain taxi driver found stabbed and burned in rural Denton County had been robbed. His van was found abandoned about a mile...

StumbleUpon HOUSTON — Retail gasoline prices are falling this week heading into the July 4th holiday. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday shows the average...

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of an 18-year-old whose body was found inside a closet in her family’s northwest Harris County...

WATCH IT: Light Show Displays Patriotism There are no fireworks in the show at 705 Meadowglen. A 7,000-light display started with some friends' suggestions to Don Galaway. In January, he started...

A Friendswood resident is continuing his journey of recovery after a permanent injury as a Marine changed his life forever, KPRC Local 2 reported...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- After complaints and even injuries at a parade in the Montrose area, Houston police are talking more about how their mounted patrol is used in crowds. A lot of you will be...

(AP) — GALVESTON, Texas - Officials on Galveston Island are looking for the culprit in a bizarre palm tree torching spree. Thirty trees have been set ablaze on the island southeast of Houston...

A 52-year-old man was expected to leave the hospital after being gored by a bull at a rodeo in South Texas. Rene Saenz was taken by air to Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Memorial, a hospital...

A sculpture dedicated to firefighters was unveiled at Gallery Furniture the day before the store reopens following a four-alarm fire that destroyed its warehouse, KPRC Local 2...

Houston, Texas . Experts estimate as much as 10% of all trees in the area are either dead or dying. Urban Forester Victor Cordova said, "We water in the morning. We go back and check and it's like...

StumbleUpon DETROIT — A Texas man who killed a suburban Detroit couple has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Miguel Servando pleaded guilty in...

WATCH IT: 16-Year-Old Arrested After Chase Investigators said the teen took them on an 18-mile chase through southwest Houston, at times reaching speeds of up to 80 mph."He ran red lights. He ran the...

StumbleUpon An arrest warrant has been issued for a man suspected in a fatal shooting outside a northeast Harris County funeral home Thursday night, authorities...

The Texas banking merger and acquisition market that slowed to a crawl in 2008 has virtually come to halt. Through the first half of 2009, according to a report by Houston-based Carson Medlin Co.,...

A father found his daughter dead when he arrived at their northwest Harris County home on Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported.Harris County sheriff's deputies said Trang Van, 18, was killed at her home...

Average retail gasoline prices in the Houston area fell 5 cents this week to $2.44 a gallon heading into the Fourth of July weekend, according to AAA Texas. Galveston residents are looking at a 4...

WATCH IT: Man Wanted In Funeral Killing Harris County sheriff's deputies said Richard Earl Toussiant, 22, was not invited to the child's funeral at the Brookside Funeral Home on the Eastex Freeway...

If you owe money on a bad check, Harris County is giving you a last chance to pay up before you end up going to jail, KPRC Local 2 reported...

A former Galena Park teacher has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.Fernando Gonzalez, 34, was caught watching porn and exposing himself in his North Shore...

He's not a firefighter, but a Baytown police officer took an oath with the protect the public. He said that's why he jumped in to save a suspect from a burning van, KPRC Local 2...

A second Harris County employee is accused of accepting bribes to provide clean urine to defendants out on bail. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Devine said 45-year-old Jorge Alfonso Campble was...

Outfielder Julio Borbon played his way off the list this week, as he became the latest Rangers prospect to make his big league debut this season, and the second player from the club's 2007 draft to...

The Lakers Kobe Bryant, left, gives Houston s Ron Artest a hug after beating the Rockets in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. (Stephen Dunn/Getty...

Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. During today’s Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humanslecture, Spitz will give a firsthand narrative of the dramatic trials...

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)FILE - In this May 6, 2009, file photo, Houston Rockets forward Ron Artest, right, has words for Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant during Game 2 of a second-round NBA...

HOUSTON, TX, July 03, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- John Daugherty, Realtors is taking their customers' website experience to a whole new level with the addition of live chat. Now, anyone visiting the...

Word has been confirmed that the Rangers have signed Jurickson Profar, a former Little League World Series star from Curacao. The 16-year-old Profar is one of the top prospects to sign on...

Houston’s largest police union, citing the death of six officers during Mayor Bill White’s tenure, called on the mayor and City Council this week to hire more officers, restore $14...

City Councilwoman Toni Lawrence is moving to a small, 648-square-foot rancher in the Oak Forest neighborhood, a step that may pave the way for her to run for Harris County Commissioner Jerry...

The city of Houston intends to terminate a $28 million contract with Synagro Technologies, a local waste treatment company at the center of a federal bribery investigation in...

Officials reported finding children hidden in this shed Wednesday at a Sealy in-home day care. Gasoline, lawn equipment and insecticides were inside. Officials don’t know how often...

WALLER COUNTY, TX (KTRK) -- There are allegations of hot and steamy behavior inside a Waller County assisted-living center for elderly residents. A local attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of family...

NBA rules prohibit announcing free-agent deals until next week, said the Rockets offered Ariza the full mid-level exception for the first year, about $5.6 million.Ariza is coming to Houston just...

A federal judge in Dallas said he will consider a modest request for money to pay lawyers and accountants to look through R. Allen Stanford's personal assets to find money untainted by an alleged $7...