Closing arguments are expected to begin April 7 in the murder trial of Ana Trujillo, which is being called the stiletto murder trial. At least two more witnesses are expected to be called by defense attorneys to counter the four days of testimony from the prosecution. It's not known whether Trujillo herself will take the [...]
Monday GM said it is recalling 1.5 million cars due to a defect in the electronic power-steering assist that can make it suddenly stop working, which makes the cars harder to drive. GM has recalled 6.3 million cars since February, and they expect recall costs to total $750 million in the first quarter. According to [...]
Today the Coast Guard will evaluate whether vessels can resume traffic along the incredibly vital Houston Ship Channel. But even if the channel does re-open, it will open in a tapered fashion. Officials from the Coast Guard reported that 46 outbound vessels and 47 inbound vessels are being held in queue for transit in the [...]
A third person has died from the suspected drunken driver crash in Austin during this year's South by Southwest festival. Sandy Thuy Le, 26, died from injuries she sustained from being run over while outside The Mohawk music club early Thursday morning. Austin police say the driver of the vehicle, Rashad Owens, was fleeing police [...]
Federal Safety Officials are once again questioning the safety of Graco child safety seats after millions of its seats were recalled. Officials ordered Graco to explain why the recall didn't include an additional seven rear-facing child seats in the recent recall of 3.8 million Graco child seats. The recent Graco recall included child seats sold [...]
This weekend's Mardi Gras celebration in Galveston resulted in several arrests after a crowd became violent and refused to disperse. Just after midnight police began to sweep the area to end the Mardi Gras celebration, and they encountered a group who had used fencing to barricade the street. As police began to remove the fencing from [...]
A former Montgomery County Tax Office employee filed suit against J.R. Moore (Tax Assessor/Collector), Tammy McRare (Chief Deputy of Operations), the Montgomery County Tax Office and the county’s Civil Service Commission. The 17-page suit was filed February 13, and according to Ruth Ann "Missy" VanDine's complaint she is suing the defendants for age discrimination, unlawful [...]
Andrea Yates, the mother who drowned her children, may get privileges to leave the state hospital with restrictions. Nearly 13 years ago Yates drowned her five children in the bathtub of her Clear Lake, Texas home. Yates' attorney is trying to get her privileges that would make it possible for her to leave the hospital [...]
The recent death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has sparked a dialogue nationally about heroin and its deadly effects. More and more people are discussing why this drug is growing in popularity and as a result becoming a bigger problem nationally as well as here in the Houston area. According to a recent story from [...]
United States prosecutors announced last week that they will be seeking the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 20-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. The decision made by Attorney General Eric Holder was widely expected. Massachusetts abolished the state death penalty in 1984, and Tsarnaev is the third person in the state to be [...]