One dentist is facing charges after authorities said he admitted to "huffing" nitrous oxide. Dentist charged after admitting ...

Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

The Texas agency that oversees jail standards is heightening its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

HOUSTON COUNTY — Love is in the air in Houston County as the Probate Court will ordain wedding ceremonies for dozens of ...

Andrew Taake, one of the Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by President Trump, had been wanted on a warrant for the 2016 felony ...

Note: This story is the third in a three-part series featuring women leaders in Cook County government. It’s only been two ...

A man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a good Samaritan trying to stop an alleged assault on a woman, Texas authorities say. Marcus Jack, 48, has also been charged with assaulting ...

Charges against Ronald Lewis, who authorities claimed delivered paperwork sprayed with synthetic marijuana to inmates at the ...

Law enforcement officials discuss the officer-involved shooting at a Houston McDonald's on Tuesday morning. The suspect, ...