Officials say a massive pipeline fire that has burned for hours near Houston began after vehicle struck an above-ground valve after driving through a fence.

Firefighters are battling a massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston that sparked grass fires and damaged a nearby park.

The La Porte Police Department is looking for a missing 84-year-old man who they say poses a credible threat to his own health and safety.

Called “upset” events, companies are required to tell the state when they emit pollution above what their permits allow.

An evacuation order has been lifted in an industrial area of a Houston-area city following a chemical release earlier in the week.

An evacuation order for a half-mile radius from a Houston-area chemical plant remained in place into the night as a tanker trailer continues to leak an irritating chemical.

MONTGOMERY, Texas – One man is dead and a suspect is being sought in an early Saturday fatal shooting at a southeastern Texas bar, authorities said. Deputies were called to Shanahan’s Bar in Montgomery about 12:05 a.m. Saturday where Roland “Cody” Hutton, 25, of La Porte was found shot in the parking lot of the bar, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Houston, according to a news release from Montgomery County Deputy Steve Squier. Hutton died after being taken to a hospital, according to the statement, and the unidentified suspect was last seen leaving the parking lot in a pickup truck. A suspected motive for the shooting was not released.

GALVESTON, Texas – Mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been ordered for several Texas cities and counties ahead of Hurricane Laura. Get the latest tracking on Hurricane Laura here from the KSAT meteorologists, Your Weather Authority. San Antonio is helping out those that may be impacted by the storm. According to the San Antonio Fire Department, 1,458 evacuees have arrived at the city’s evacuation center since it opened at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. San Pedro Manor, a nursing home facility near San Antonio College, also received 57 evacuees from a sister nursing home in Galveston early Tuesday morning.