- The abduction of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter in DeSoto took an odd turn today when the mother crashed into a pickup on the North Freeway today; police killed the suspected kidnapper, who was a passenger in the car
- A rookie Richmond police officer shot two men who were trying to hijack her car Tuesday morning
- A judge overturned HPD's decision to demote officer Tom Nixon for questioning the department's chase policy, but Nixon will remain on desk duty because of articles he wrote for a local magazine criticizing HPD
- Courtesy Chevrolet, which has been in business in Houston since 1952, will close tomorrow
- Galveston police arrested six people for cashing counterfeit paychecks totaling more than $120,000
- Investigators believe a clothes dryer started a fire that destroyed a Fort Bend County family's garage and car late last night
- A UIL realignment means the classifications of 12 local high schools are changing; Westbury, Klein Oak and Channelview high schools will now be 5A schools
- Lago Mar, a new super-development in Texas City, will include 7,000 homes and a fake downtown when it's complete
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