The corruption case involving former public works employees involved kickbacks from companies awarded contracts for emergency ...

6 out of 7 people have now made plea deals in Houston water contract scandal first exposed by ‘DRAINED’ Investigation ...

A former Houston Public Works employee was accused of steering water line repair contracts to her own company, pocketing more ...

Patrece Lee, a former maintenance manager with Houston Public Works, last year was charged with abuse of official capacity ...

Patrece Lee pleaded guilty to bribery after she was charged with defrauding the City of Houston out of more than $700,000.

The Houston Police Department said an officer (not from their agency) around 9:40 a.m. shot a person on Bay Area Boulevard near Galveston Road.

A former Houston Public Works employee indicted on bribery charges for funneling water repair contract cash to herself has ...

The city filed an appeal in the case back in September and didn't forsee financial consequences until the upcoming budget ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot Wednesday while trying to serve an arrest warrant, setting off a wide search in Houston that ended hours later with officers shooting ...

Patrece Dayton and Kevin Orpurt were the exceptional news anchors that were the backbone of WTHI. In fact, they were the reason we chose to watch the news on WTHI. Kevin has been the spokesperson ...

(Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP) People arrive at Ben Taub Hospital with deputy sheriffs from Brazoria County where a Texas sheriff’s deputy was taken after he was shot while trying to serve an ...

who was fatally shot while trying to serve an arrest warrant, to arrive at the Harris County Forensic Science Center on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) ...