Houston leaders are promoting an emergency alert system to keep citizens informed in wake of the deadly central Texas flood.

You need to opt in. Alert Houston is the city's alerting agency, but the OEM says only about 5% of the city's population has signed up, though they've seen a recent and noticeable uptick.

Which city departments gained and lost funding in Houston’s new $7B budget passed by Mayor John Whitmire and the City Council last month.

Dozens of Houston residents signed up to speak before the city council Tuesday against what they described as HPD’s collaboration with ICE. According to ICE, the agency arrested about 1,300 ...

The supplies will be handed out to kids in need for the mayor's Back to School Fair on August 2.

City of Houston Houston City Council effectively bans homeless people from downtown and East Downtown sidewalks The city council updated the so-called “civility ordinance,” which prohibits ...

Houston city council could possibly ban electric scooters in East Downtown, Midtown and Downtown. On Thursday, the public weighed in on the proposal. Some people want a complete ban while others ...

1901 Richmond sold after Houston filed a lawsuit over crime concerns. New owner plans renovations as residents prepare to relocate.

City of Houston solid waste management trucks are shown in the Southwest Service Center yard Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Houston.

The Houston city council voted to expand an ordinance that bans lying down or placing belongings on the sidewalk in certain neighborhoods.

The surveillance video shows a City of Houston Solid Waste Management truck hitting the white sedan, then continuing down the road without stopping.

A 16-year-old boy was questioned after a shooting and car crash left one dead and two hospitalized on North Beltway in north Houston, police say.