- The day's storms, now to our east, will probably return tonight and could dump between 5 and 10 inches of rain on some already-soaked areas of the city
- And here's the wrapup of today's flooding; some areas had nearly 11 inches of rain, the Chron reports
- A shelter-in-place order in Deer Park was lifted early this afternoon after emergency workers contained a leak at the Shell Chemical Plant
- In Pearland, firefighters spent most of the day battling a blaze at a warehouse that contained supplies for disaster relief; the cause of the fire isn't known yet, but the contents of the warehouse are a total loss
- Former TSU English professor Dottie Atkins was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from school programs she managed, reportedly to fuel a gambling addiction
- Yesterday afternoon, a section of I-10 west of Houston was closed for a while after a pipe bomb was found at a rest stop near Highway 71 in Columbus; investigators don't know where the bomb came from
- In Freedmen's Town, one of the city's most historically significant neighborhoods, a group is fighting to make sure history isn't totally erased
- Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca of Houston is missing in Iraq after insurgents attacked a checkpoint Friday
- The Galveston County DA is suing to have Marc Hoskins, a recently elected Galveston city councilman, removed from office; Hoskins was convicted on federal drug charges in 1999, and state election law usually prevents people who have been convicted of felonies from being elected to office
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