Two suspected serial robbers have been apprehended by police after a chase in Northwest Houston on Monday night and Tuesday morning. Houston police said the two suspects were spotted in a stolen car on Long Point Drive late Monday night. At around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, the driver crashed the car into construction barriers. Both suspects [...]
The southbound lanes of the Eastex Freeway were shut down Tuesday morning after a wrong-way driver caused a crash. According to investigators, a man was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of US 59. Around 4 a.m., he slammed into another car head on. Both drivers were taken to Ben Taub hospital, where the man [...]
A SWAT standoff that resulted in an arrest ended Sunday around 1:25 p.m. The man, armed with a hatchet, had barricaded himself in his Third Ward apartment, jumped out the window, where police took him into custody. Houston police began receiving calls from neighbors, worried about a man seen carrying a hatchet around the neighborhood. [...]
Following the killing of two New York City police officers this weekend, the Houston Police Department is investigating a threat allegedly made by a Houston-area man about killing more cops. The threat was posted on a Facebook page, saying the killings in New York were just the beginning. Neighbors of the man who allegedly posted [...]
Those of you craving Jack in the Box in West Houston will have to drive a little further now. Firefighters came to the 7600 block of Katy Freeway at about 9 p.m. last night to find flames shooting from the restaurant's roof. Firefighters believe the fire was electrical in nature, but they are continuing the [...]
YES Prep North Central, a private school in North Houston, is dealing with a dispute between their water company causing the school to frequently be without water. School director Michelle LaFlure says they have gone without water three days last week, and 30 times last school year. Her staff is often forced to manually flush [...]
Although methamphetamine has been on the streets for many years, a new form of the drug has police and Houston residents on high alert. The drug is now in liquid form, and easier to disguise and transport than ever before. The powder form of the drug is dissolved into a solution for transport, then later [...]
While responding to a domestic disturbance call, police attempted to raid a home in East Houston last night, searching for a man who was believed to be hiding inside with a firearm. When police organized and entered the home, the suspect had already left. Police arrived at the home in Joliet around 8:30 p.m. after [...]
A bizarre police chase in Northwest Houston ended with 12 human trafficking suspects being detained after stealing a truck. Around 1 a.m. this morning, a Houston man called police to report his truck had been stolen and seen on Clay Road. When officers arrived to pull the truck over, the suspects took off. Police chased [...]
Houston Police responded to a burglary alarm at Metro PCS on Tuesday morning, but ended up making a drug bust at Action Smoke Shop and Studio next door. While investigating the alarm, which turned out to be false, in the South Houston neighborhood, police reported seeing several people run into the smoke shop. Police entered [...]