Measles has returned to Texas, with two cases confirmed in Houston last week. No cases have been found in Central Texas, but measles is a worry for health officials, causing Austin Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services to issue alerts.
Andrew Taake, 36, was released from a federal prison in Colorado on Jan. 20, despite a request from the Harris County DA’s Office to hold him on a pending state warrant from 2016.
The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.
According to a forecast map produced by AccuWeather, beginning on Wednesday night, there is a risk of severe thunderstorms in an area that spans parts of central, eastern and southern Texas. The severe weather could last until Thursday night.
GOGO Charters, which began renting out charter buses in major U.S. cities in 2012, is planning daily bus routes between Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth as well Houston and San Antonio, with in-between stops in Katy and The Woodlands.
The freeze last week has a weather term for it that was coined by a Texas A&M scientist back in 1976. It's called the "McFarland Signature."
While snow is a rare occurrence in Houston, historical records show it has happened sporadically over the past few decades.
The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston and Harris County started its annual Point-in-Time Homeless Count and Survey this week in Houston to determine the number of people experiencing homelessness across Houston,
Temperatures dropped below freezing for the sixth day in a row Friday morning, but the streak is expected to come to an end by this weekend.
U.S. Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with suspected cartel members at the Texas-Mexico border on Monday afternoon.
In this week’s episode, we talk about state House politics, proposals for the budget and the condition of water infrastructure in the state.