HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The East Freeway headed east in Baytown is totally shut down after an 18-wheeler spilled diesel on the mainlanes of the freeway, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

A bill in Austin is bringing hope to some flood victims in Harris County, and fear to others who worry would it would mean to projects in their communities.

Appraisal notices for Harris County are sent out around April 15. You have until May 15 to file your protest, or 30 days ...

Senate Bill 2722, authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), would require 30% of the Harris County Toll Road Authority's ...

ATLANTA — (Editor's note: An update on this story has been published for Sunday, March 30: Recovery efforts continue for 4 US soldiers whose armored vehicle sank into mud of 'bog swamp-like area ...

HOUSTON – Harris County employees and contracted employees could soon see a nice bump in their paychecks. Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Lesley Briones are proposing an increase of ...

Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Lesley Briones are advocating for a new minimum wage of $20 an hour for county employees and $21.65 for contracted workers, according to a Wednesday ...

Harris County deputies say the incident occurred in Houston overnight on Sunday. The girls, ages 14, 15, and 16, reportedly grabbed kitchen knives and chased their mother through the house and ...

(Later on, oak would only be used to build ships – it was too valuable to stick in the mud.) On top of this wooden ... on sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is left mourning the loss of its 4th deputy to suicide in less than 6 weeks, a stark reminder of the trauma law enforcement is subjected to daily across the state.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The Office of the State Fire Marshal released new maps that indicate which parts of San Diego County are in a very high-risk zone for fires. For the first time in 15 years ...

Rep. Vance Smith, R-Pine Mountain, did not. And the longtime lawmaker says that vote cost him his job as President of the Harris County Chamber of Commerce. “I was told that I didn’t represent ...