East Texans tried to reach their homes by boat and kayaks Saturday. Others remained pessimistic that the water would recede soon.

Authorities in San Jacinto County are responding to a chemical plant fire and explosion near Shepherd on Wednesday morning.

Former deputies say they repeatedly reported a Texas sheriff who’s faced years of complaints about dysfunction and corruption to state and federal law enforcement.

Officials did not specify the location of his arrest on Tuesday night, but they said the suspect was being held at the Montgomery County jail where he was initially taken.

In the face of mass shootings in Texas, state leaders have made it easier to access guns.

A Texas sheriff says a fugitive accused of opening fire on his neighbors after they asked him to stop shooting in his yard could be anywhere by the now.

An AMBER Alert was issued Wednesday for an 8-year-old girl believed to have been abducted.

Emergency crews are on the scene of a natural gas line explosion that happened near the Trinity River, our sister station KPRC reports. Polk County officials said in a Facebook post that there were issues with the Kinder Morgan pipeline in the Trinity River early Saturday, but as of around 9 a.m., everything was contained. San Jacinto County has reported problems with a Kinder Morgan pipeline in the Trinity River. Kinder Morgan is at the... Posted by Polk County Emergency Management, Texas on Sunday, October 4, 2020Residents in the area were evacuated during the incident, but they have since returned to their homes. Emergency crews are still asking residents to stay out of the affected area.