Deputies have identified the driver of an 18-wheeler at the center of an hours long standoff on the I-10 East Freeway. The dramatic standoff caused traffic backups for several hours in both directions on I-10. The driver of the big rig has been identified as Trinidad Cutshall, and he will be charged with felony evading [...]
The FBI announced that they had opened an investigation into the Harris County Jail related to the deaths of two inmates. The sheriff's office requested the investigation, and the FBI is promising fair, thorough and impartial investigations. According to Harris County records 21 inmates died in custody in 2021. The total number of inmate deaths [...]
A man who reportedly choked his common law wife to death in southeast Houston is facing charges. The man and woman were allegedly in a dispute related to how she disciplined their children. Authorities say they initially responded to reports of a "custody battle" at an extended stay hotel located at 500 Bay Area Boulevard. [...]
Authorities are investigating the area around a waste disposal facility after a man's body was found at a north Harris County landfill early Wednesday morning. The body, believed to be that of a white man in his late 50s, was found at the waste disposal facility located at 18784 E. Hardy Road. Workers discovered the [...]
A 9-year-old girl was shot in the head Tuesday night in a suspected road rage incident in southwest Houston. The girl is in critical condition. Police say they are looking for a man and a woman who were driving a white GMC Denali with blinkers that have arrow directions on them. Authorities say that the [...]
Mexican authorities arrested Oscar Rosales, the 51-year-old man who allegedly murdered Harris County Deputy Charles Galloway early Sunday morning. According to authorities, Rosales is in custody in Mexico, and they're working to transport him back to the United States. Rosales will be charged with murder for shooting Galloway. Source: Chron.com, "Houston police identify, charge driver [...]
A Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constable was shot and killed early Sunday morning in what authorities are calling an ambush attack. Around 12:45 a.m. in the 9100 block of Beechnut Corporal Charles Galloway pulled a car over for a traffic stop. The driver exited his vehicle and then fired repeatedly at Galloway's patrol car. [...]
A shortage of both trucks and drivers nationwide is causing backups around the country. Now some big-box retailers are using the Houston port as an alternative. A record number of import containers are arriving in the port daily. Officials say that the port is in its seventh straight month of double-digit growth. International factory shutdowns, [...]
A 17-year-old driver has been accused of running down three Houston valets. Monday he was charged with three counts of murder. In addition to being charged with three counts of murder, Ahmedal Tayeb Elnouman Modawi has also been charged with aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. The three valets were 18, 22, and 23 years [...]
Royal Dutch Shell announced yesterday that it would be selling its Permian Basin assets to ConocoPhillips. The sale will be $9.5 billion in cash as Shell shifts its focuses to clean energy. Shell is under pressure from investors, like many of the world's largest oil companies, to reduce fossil-fuel investments. Companies such as Shell are [...]