Officials with the office cited a pending criminal investigation in trying to shield information about Deven Ortiz.

The Texas agency that oversees jail standards is heightening its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet ...

Deputies said the hammer may have been used in the woman’s death. An autopsy will be performed within 24 hours to confirm the ...

A horrific story out of Houston as a man faces a murder charge for allegedly beating his mother to death.Authorities believe ...

Harris County authorities are investigating after man was shot and killed while trying to force entry into his ...

Harris County authorities were called to a home on Ellesmere Drive after a stepson reportedly found his stepmother in the garage unresponsive and his stepbrother with a hammer.

Deputies said the hammer may have been used in the woman’s death. An autopsy will be performed within 24 hours to confirm the ...

How do people keep ending up in illegal boarding homes? Hospitals send them. Between 2022 and 2025, 184 have been shut down, ...

Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff's Office joined officers from another department to search for a man they called a ...

Phone calls claiming to be law enforcement warrant division telling you there's an urgent matter that needs your immediate ...

Since falling out of compliance, the Harris County Jail has seen at least 55 inmate deaths, a gun smuggled inside, and inmates not receiving proper medication.

After 10 underage victims, four criminal charges, and serving a 7-year prison sentence, Carlos Ayala-Morales was still allowed to walk free without registering as a sex offender.