Alligator captured on bridge hours after cow wrangled on Houston-area freeway

An alligator was relocated from the Fred Hartman Bridge just a few hours after deputies wrangled a cow that was loose on I-10 in east Harris County.

Aggressive swarm of bees attack and kill man

A Texas man died after going into cardiac arrest when he was attacked by an aggressive swarm of bees outside his home,

Pardon request submitted for George Floyd in 2004 Texas case

A posthumous pardon request has been submitted to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid. 

Number of migrants hiding on trains into US spikes

People have been found riding on top of rail cars, holding onto the undercarriage, and even within new vehicles that are being shipped north.

Texas couple’s Facebook posts helped identify them in police bodycam footage from Capitol riot, FBI says

The FBI says they were tipped off about the since-deleted photos and videos on Facebook, which helped them find and identify the man and woman in police officers’ body cam footage. They’re both now charged with assaulting officers.

Smugglers attempt to float pickup truck across Rio Grande into U.S.

Smugglers attempted to float a Ford Ranger pickup truck with over $500K of marijuana aboard across the Rio Grande River in Texas.

Prototype of first U.S. dollar coins up for auction

A piece of copper known as the No Stars Flowing Hair Dollar, which was a prototype for the fledgling nation's money, will hit the auction block this week. And the winning bid will be way, way higher than $1.

Greenville ISD teacher suspended for photo showing her foot on Black student’s neck

A 10-year-old Black student at Lamar Elementary School in Greenville was seen in a picture with his white teacher's foot on his neck. The boy said it was punishment for acting out in class.

Police: Texas babysitter used 'wrestling-style moves' on 1-year-old boy, killing him

A 24-year-old Texas man was booked into jail on capital murder charges this week after telling authorities he used "wrestling-style moves" on a 1-year-old boy left in his care who later died in a hospital.

Texas State legislators urge Congress to pass "I Am Vanessa Guillen" Act

Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen was remembered at the Texas State Capitol where several bills honoring the Houstonian are advancing.

149 people found locked in tractor-trailer in Texas

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to a checkpoint on  I-35 near Laredo found 149 locked in a tractor-trailer.

Crystal meth found in breakfast burrito at Hobby Airport security checkpoint

Transportation Security Administration officials working at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston found something you wouldn’t normally find inside of a breakfast burrito. They found crystal methamphetamine. 

Man on Texas death row for 45 years has sentence tossed

An appeals court has overturned the sentence of Texas’ longest-serving death row inmate, whose attorneys say has languished in prison for more than 45 years because he’s too mentally ill to be executed.

Texas House approves 'constitutional carry' of handguns, would allow carrying of guns without permit

Billed as the ultimate enhancement of self-protection, lawmakers in the state House have allowed Texas adults over 21 to freely carry handguns just about anywhere they go without the current necessity of training or a license.