HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The work of a Houston-area forensic analyst is under scrutiny after she was fired from a job providing DNA analysis for hundreds of criminal cases. According to recent court filings, the analyst worked on the high-profile murder of Migos rapper Takeoff, who was gunned down in Houston in 2022.

HOUSTON — Additional charges have been filed against the man accused of stealing an 18-wheeler and ramming it into a Texas DPS office in Brenham after he was denied a Commercial Driver's License. Clenard Parker, 42, now faces a felony murder charge along with aggravated assault with a deadly...

HOUSTON — Houston Police Chief Troy Finner took to X on Thursday to give an update on the thousands of suspended incident reports since 2016. In the update, Finner said investigators and officers had "reviewed all 4,017 incident reports with an adult sex crime nexus." Editor's note: The video...

HOUSTON — Fewer people are being arrested in Harris County for misdemeanors and cases are being resolved faster, according to an independent monitor overseeing the county’s bail system. The monitor was appointed after a 2019 settlement from a federal lawsuit, O’Donnell v. Harris County. Plaintiffs claimed keeping misdemeanor...

HOUSTON — On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz sat down for a one-on-one interview with KHOU 11's Rekha Muddaraj. They discussed a wide range of topics from the war in Israel to immigration and more. Cruz is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. When asked if the recent...

HOUSTON — Early voting for the May 4 elections in Harris County is set to begin April 22 with a special election as the contest with the highest profile. "We want voters to know that your vote should be kept up," Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth said Thursday. "Keep going, keep going into the polls to cast your ballot and prepare as we get to the big show in November."

MULESHOE, Texas — A small Texas town and its water supply may have been the target of a Russian cyberattack. That's according to a noted cybersecurity firm. The target -- the town of Muleshoe in the Texas Panhandle. The suspected attack took place in January and caused a water tank to overflow between 30 and 45 minutes before officials took it offline.

HOUSTON — A 40-year-old Houston man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a man who had been trying to help him get back on his feet as well as that man's young son. Editor's note: The videos in this article are from previous...

HOUSTON — We're learning new details about a Houston man who is accused of impersonating a federal agent, a British intelligence officer and a doctor. Royal Eugene Lovejoy, 72, appeared in court Thursday morning where we learned how his most recent arrest went down and what police said they found in his car.

HOUSTON — It's been nearly a month since a baby was left in a car seat outside a home in southeast Houston and police still can't find his mother. On March 21, the 9-month-old was left outside a home along Winthrop Lane near Almeda Genoa Road, just south of Hobby Airport. Detectives said the baby was sitting in a car seat outside the home for nearly six hours before anyone found him.

HOUSTON — A Houston man will spend decades in prison after admitting that he gunned down his former wife and her new boyfriend in a domestic dispute that turned violent. Leonardo Llanes, 51, pleaded guilty to shooting Luminada Marrerro Perdoma, 27, and Ernesto Carlos Aguilar Vasquez, 32, at their southwest Houston apartment on Nov. 25, 2020.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A Harris County judge denied a temporary injunction for Uplift Harris, a program designed to give families living in poverty $500 a month for 18 months. The temporary injunction, requested by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, would have blocked the program, but because it was...

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — We have another scam alert to warn you about as crooks continue to find sneaky ways to steal your hard-earned money. The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office said an ongoing jury duty scam is targeting local residents. The scammers are pretending to be with...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A tow truck driver was critically injured Thursday afternoon when the truck he was unloading rolled on top of him, according to Harris County Pct. 4 Constable Mark Herman. This happened near Beltway 8 and Bencrest Drive. The constable first posted about the incident on...

HUMBLE, Texas — We have an update to a story we first told you about in January after police said a convenience store clerk in Humble was shot and killed by a teen shoplifting suspect. This week, a grand jury refused to indict the Houston high school student charged...

HOUSTON — We're learning new details about a Houston man who is accused of impersonating a federal agent, a British intelligence officer and a doctor. Royal Eugene Lovejoy, 72, appeared in court Thursday morning where we learned how his most recent arrest went down and what police said they found in his car.

COLDSPRING, Texas — The man charged with killing five people in San Jacinto County last year appeared before a judge Thursday morning. A San Jacinto County judge granted Francisco Oropeza’s defense team’s motion for extra legal counsel. Oropeza is accused of going on a deadly rampage on April 28, 2023.

HOUSTON — A 43-year-old Houston man is facing charges for providing illegal butt injections to customers, according to court documents. Dustin David Moore, 43, is charged with three counts of practicing medicine without a license or permit causing harm and a count of aggravated assault, court records show. Houston police said Moore is accused of injecting an unknown substance into the buttocks of three different customers. In one instance, he faces an aggravated assault charge for attempting a procedure with one of the customers.

DALLAS — A North Texas movie-goer is suing Plano-based Cinemark, claiming the theater company is shorting customers on drink sizes. The class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Sherman on Wednesday, according to court records. Shane Waldrop, who filed the lawsuit, claims that Cinemark is selling drinks...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A court hearing on a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Uplift Harris guaranteed income program is scheduled for Thursday morning. The program is set to start this month, but Texas is asking the court to stop that from happening. A judge could grant or deny that request Thursday morning.