Houston is facing a growing stray animal crisis, with BARC expecting to take in over 22,000 animals this year. The city ranks second in dog attacks on postal workers, emphasizing safety concerns.

Whitmire’s administration is requesting a $1 million reduction in budgeted overtime pay heading into the next fiscal year, ...

The solid waste director has replaced the four-day work week with a traditional five-day work week after complaints of missed trash pickups.

Back in 2011, a sudden change to Texas law meant that death row inmates would no longer be granted their final meal requests.

Lost in thought, I missed my exit. That’s not unusual for me. I once drove almost half an hour past the exit to my own house.

Houstonians are invited to a town hall meeting Tuesday night about the city’s budget and how cuts impact them.

Whitmire proposed a $7 billion budget earlier this month complete with a payment plan on a longstanding street and drainage ...

James Edward Smith was sentenced to death by lethal injection in June 1990 following the murder of life insurance worker ...

A fleet of 66 white, Chrysler vans dotted the parking lot, typically reserved for valet, next to the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown ...

Commissioners will decide Thursday if Harris County will pay for four of Judge Lina Hidalgo's staff to attend a trade mission ...

The funding source for Mayor John Whitmire’s push to end street homelessness in Houston is about $40 million shy of its $70 ...

A Bryan family is among 66 Texas families receiving brand-new, fully equipped handicapped-accessible vans through Houston ...