Two workers are dead from a house collapse in Harris County. Fire officials say that the workers were trying to jack up a wooden house when it collapsed. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said the incident took place in the 5400 block of Olana Drive. According to a relative of one of the victim's, two [...]
A mother and her two sons were shot this weekend in a domestic dispute in La Porte, Texas. Police responded to reports of gunfire in La Porte just off Spencer Highway Sunday night around 9:12 p.m. When police arrived at the scene, they found a 50-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man and a 14-year-old with gunshot [...]
A driver is facing charges after crashing his pickup truck into a neighbor's home. The La Porte man is reportedly a local firefighter. Andrew Stevens is being charges with unlawful carrying of a gun in addition to driving while intoxicated. According to reports it was around 11 p.m. when Stevens' truck went through a neighbors' [...]
A driver crashed into several vehicles parked at a Pasadena household around 3:30 a.m. April 26. The impact caused a chain-reaction that pushed one of the parked cars through the garage door and into the house where it injured a 4-year-old sleeping in an adjacent room. The driver attempted to flee the scene. Awakened by [...]
A crane struck and killed a truck driver at the Port of Houston Barbours Cut container terminal facility. The truck driver was struck Thursday afternoon by a rubber-tired gantry crane. Gantry cranes are used in a range of marine applications, from ship-to-shore container transfer or moving containers throughout a port facility. The crane in this case [...]
Environmental groups announced their plan to sue the Pasadena refinery over allegations the location consistently released illegal levels of particulate matter. Environment Texas and Sierra Club said in a statement they intend to file a suit within the 60-day grace period against Pasadena Refining System, Inc. or PRSI which is owned by Petrobras, the state-controlled [...]
The Pasadena Police Department confirmed that a motorcyclist died after colliding with a car on Friday evening. The accident occurred Friday evening around 11:30 on Pasadena Boulevard at Lafferty. According to police, the motorcyclist was traveling southbound at a high rate of speed, and at a curve in the road a car making a turn [...]
A worker at a plant in Deer Park, Texas, suffered burns when liquid splashed on the individual. The incident occurred at the Delta Companies Group plant near the Pasadena Freeway and Tidal Road. According to the company, the worker was transferring a corrosive liquid when the liquid splashed. The employee was taken to the hospital [...]
A big rig overturned early Tuesday morning on the 610 Loop in southeast Houston near Highway 225. The accident happened around 3 a.m., but there's no information regarding any injuries or the cause of the truck accident. Hazmat teams helped clear the scene near the La Porte Freeway. The exit ramp from the East Loop to [...]
Kenneth Johnson suffered brain damage as a result of a rock coming through his windshield on June 14, 2014. Two years later, he still has difficulty talking and walks with a cane. His case was one of the early cases in a string of more than 90 cases regarding rock throwing. Last week Austin police [...]