LA PORTE, Texas — A “chemical emergency” at ALTIVIA Specialty Chemicals in La Porte prompted a shelter-in-place Monday afternoon, the office of emergency management said. The order was ...

The company projects this development would generate $20 million over 10 years in addition to $32 million in tax revenue for La Porte Independent School District in the same time frame. An ...

The release of approximately 24,000 pounds of a highly toxic, flammable gas called methyl mercaptan at the former DuPont plant in La Porte in 2014 killed four workers and injured others.

According to reports from local news station ABC13, the fire spread south under Spencer Highway into the borders of the adjacent city of La Porte, Texas. Video from the area after the explosion ...