A former Marine accused in the stabbing death of a Rice University basketball player during a 2007 fight outside a College Station bar has been found not guilty.
A part-time worker at Bear Creek Assistance Ministries was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for selling community service hours to Harris County probationers.
Houston received more than half of $6.8 million in cancer prevention grants announced in Austin Wednesday, the second round of the state's $3 billion assault on cancer.
Centex Homes will offer to buy back 27 homes in a Northwest Side neighborhood and plans to spend $4 million to $5 million to rebuild a massive retaining wall that collapsed in January.
A federal judge has dismissed an excessive force lawsuit against Harris County by the family of a Houston truck driver who died two days after sheriff's deputies used a Taser to subdue him.
Mayor Annise Parker raised the possibility of furloughs and layoffs for city employees for the first time Wednesday, saying the city's dire budget outlook will require City Council to consider all available options for closing roughly $110 million in budget gaps during the next two years.
