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Detectives believe a robbery turned deadly Friday night and are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible.

Officials with the City of Houston Fire Marshal's office have grave concerns about the fire risks in an aging downtown courthouse now used by thousands of people a day after being pressed into service because of Hurricane Harvey.More than two dozen Houston firefighters were in the building Wednesday for special training, concerned about the lack of sprinklers and poor evacuation routes.

If everything goes as planned, Texas could shutter some state-run juvenile prisons over the next five years, according to Camille Cain, the newly installed executive director of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department."We have to start looking at what the Texas model is," she told the Chronicle in an interview Tuesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A man was struck and killed on the roadway late Tuesday while possibly giving aid to an injured animal, a Harris County deputy said.

A truck decimated the front of a small grocery store in the Meadowbrook area overnight in what was an apparent smash and grab.

Terry Ann Miles, 44, has been charged with two counts of kidnapping after taking two sisters, Lilianais Victoria Cake Griffith, 14, and Luluvioletta Mariposo Bandera-Magret, 7.

From faulty driving decisions to questionable dining choices, there are plenty of ways to screw the metaphorical pooch in Houston.

Spoiler alert: The star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" isn't from Texas.

Two men fatally shot a woman late Monday night while attempting to carjack her vehicle in an Alief area gas station parking lot, police said

Detectives in northeast Texas are trying to determine if an infant who was shot in the face Monday morning was injured intentionally or accidentally.