Houston Metro OKs a $2 billion budget for 2026, as riders press for more frequency, rail expansion and MetroNext projects.

With storms intensifying faster, officials consider widening shoulders for emergency travel lanes, though costs and ...

Hurricane Rita hit on Sept. 24, 2005, just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Cameron Parish was flooded, thousands were without power and evacuees from both storms filled ArkLaMiss shelters. Cotton ...

Allen vividly remembers the mark Rita left on East Texas. “That was the first time that Jasper County historically realized that if we are in the bullseye of a hurricane, it’s going to be just as ...

The Category 3 storm brought a nearly 18-foot surge and dumped 16 inches of rain. It caused over $18.5 billion worth of ...

Days like these, I wish I could go back and meet you on that muddy chenier. The data to pore over would relate not to war, ...

Two decades after Hurricane Rita struck Louisiana’s coast, residents in Vermilion Parish reflect on the storm’s destruction, ...

Nederland Mayor Jeff Darby, who worked as an investigator for the U.S. Department of Labor in 2005, recalls the anxiety he felt during the evacuation process.

In Cameron Parish alone, Rita was responsible for either destroying or severely damaging 90% of all buildings. 20 years later ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Rita, one of the most powerful and destructive storms to ever strike the Gulf Coast. Forming rapidly between Cuba and the Florida ...

Students at St. Rita School for the Deaf in Evendale are preparing for a first-of-its-kind ASL fashion show to celebrate Deaf Awareness Month.