A Houston 18-wheeler driver is in custody in connection with a hit-and-run crash along I-10 in Acadia Parish earlier this ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has unveiled a new statewide violent crime task force, with Houston chosen as the pilot city.

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Yesterday, Gov. Abbott announced plans to crack down on repeat violent offenders in Houston. Today, Houston Mayor John Whitmire responded.

Speculation online mused over the possibility of Abbott launching an initiative similar to President Donald Trump's crackdown in Washington, D.C. In August, Trump deployed the National Guard in D.C.

Texas authorities arrested fugitive Dante Dewayne Odom after a Crime Stoppers tip. Odom topped the Most Wanted list.

Houston residents are on edge after a staggering number of bodies have been pulled from local bayous this year, yet city ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston officials are taking a different approach to fighting crime. The city is considering creating a database to track how people are injured in shootings. "In a sense, we ...

Target stores in multiple states were allegedly ripped off by a Houston-based crime ring, where investigators say $300,000 ...

President Donald Trump is pushing a federal show of force in U.S. cities and Houston finds itself sharing similar crime data with the places under Trump's scrutiny. Public concern for crime and the ...