15 hours ago
Houston · Headline Desk
What Houston's newsrooms are reporting
Local coverage for Houston, gathered from the newsrooms that cover this town and this state — every headline linking straight back to the people who reported it.
24 on the wire right now
On the wire
Filed in the last few weeks by the newsrooms covering Houston, sorted by what they are about. Every headline opens at the outlet that reported it.
Water
Taps, mains, drought and the river.
Police, courts and jail
Enforcement, the docket and who is held.
13 hours ago
Houston police fatally shoot man charged with indecency with a child during arrest attempt
10 hours ago
Man shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assaulting and resisting an officer
1 day ago
Ken Paxton calls for balancing border security with immigration reform to help labor-starved business sectors
1 day ago
Austin City Council candidate released after arrest tied to ICE protest
4 days ago
The Austin ICE shooting has raised questions about medical standards for detainees
City hall and the county
Votes, budgets and the people casting them.
Work and money
Jobs, closures and what is being built.
Also on the wire
Syndicated copy and everything that did not fit a storyline above.
3 hours ago
Six suspected Houston gang members to remain in federal custody after hearing
7 hours ago
Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (September 29, 2026)
8 hours ago
Hello Houston (September 29, 2026)
9 hours ago
Houston voters to decide on Prop A in November, which would deprioritize misdemeanor marijuana enforcement
10 hours ago
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
11 hours ago
David Persse, ‘pioneer’ of Houston’s EMS system, dies at 67
17 hours ago
Child of a mail-order bride (Sept. 29, 2026)
1 day ago
Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (September 28, 2026)
Across the state
Statewide reporting that did not name Houston — kept separate on purpose, because it is not this town's news.
Sep 20, 2026
ICE officer shoots, injures man in Austin, officials say
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 19, 2026
Federal judge pauses Texas Republicans’ bid to close primaries
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 18, 2026
Texas Supreme Court rules baby delivered by surrogate can leave Texas
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 18, 2026
Feds reimburse Texas for $7.5 billion in border spending, ending delay
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 18, 2026
T-Squared: Erin Thornton establishes the John Thornton Founding Fund
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 18, 2026
Top Texas Republicans knew Bo French’s history of racist comments. They supported him anyway.
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 17, 2026
One group has stayed mostly mum on Bo French’s racist post — Texas’ oil and gas industry
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk
Sep 17, 2026
John Cornyn says he won’t vote for Bo French as backlash to racist post rises
The Texas Tribune ↗state desk