The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear expedited arguments in the voting rights lawsuit that found Pasadena's City Council elections restructuring discriminated against Latino voters. The court will consider Feb. 1 whether to temporarily halt a federal judge's order that undid the city's recent election system and called for Federal oversight in upcoming [...]
A lawsuit has drawn national attention to Pasadena, Harris County's second-largest city. Redistricting issues, including closed-door meetings over restructuring, are under scrutiny based on allegations that the city's system of elected government discriminates against Latinos. Redistricting has raised contentious debate in Pasadena for several years. In 2013, the city voted to change how it elects city [...]
Negative history between some students caused a brawl to break out in a La Porte High School hallway while class was in session. In the video, taken Oct. 25, three students argue, which escalates into a violent brawl involving five students. The physical altercation goes on for about 45 seconds before an adult interferes and breaks [...]
According to La Porte police Sgt. John Krueger, increase in fraud has occurred in "relative accordance with other crimes and the general rise in population." Fraud is a deceptive act or series of actions which aim to take an individual's money, property or anything else of value. Krueger emphasizes that fraud can be cloaked in a [...]
A Deer Park, Texas, officer is accused of assaulting a man who had been arrested for public intoxication on May 24. Charles Alston has been charged with misdemeanor assault after he allegedly punched Tobias Martinez, who had been arrested for public intoxication. Paramedics noted redness and swelling on Martinez's face but noted he did not [...]
A La Porte, Texas woman is accused of disseminating nude photographs of her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend. Allegedly she sent the photos to many of the people on the contact list of the new girlfriend's phone. Kaitlyn Elizabeth Wriggle, who is 23 years old, is accused of improper photography as she allegedly sent photos of the [...]
A woman previously dated the man who is accused of shooting her as well as her husband and their six children. Before she was shot, she texted her mother to let her know that she was being held at gunpoint. Authorities had been alerted to problems in the home by the victim, Valerie Jackson's, mother. David [...]
A man found a body covered in trash in a vacant field. Houston police are searching for clues as to how the body ended up next to a liquor store on Scott Street near Mainer Street. Police say that the man found the body while picking up trash on the property as he saw a [...]
Richard Lee received a call from a deacon at Mt. Olive Baptist Church as Houston recoiled from devastating floods; he was calling to tell Lee that the casket of his late wife, who died in 2007, resurfaced during the floods. Her coffin had somehow been unearthed and floated about 100 yards away, but Lee said [...]
Police took a dozen Houston-area suspects into custody last week as part of an online sting operation, Khou.com reports. The suspects were arrested by the Houston Police Department and the Harris County Pct. 4 Constable's Office. Those charged are Javier Romero (27), Cecil Cardona (46), Rigoberto Rojas (20), Adrian Rodriguez (26), Wener Sanchez (34), Jeffrey [...]