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Family fight erupts into car arson

Authorities are searching for a man tied to a domestic dispute that erupted Saturday night when his wife’s Mitsubishi convertible was torched on Lazy Oaks Drive in the Lake Wildwood subdivision, just...

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Cypress man dies in crash while chasing estranged wife

A 42-year-old man died in a rollover crash overnight after crashing into his estranged wife’s vehicle, authorities said Sunday. Kevin Handy, driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, crashed into his wife’s...

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Gunfire kills 3 at NE Houston club

A shooter opened fire on a crowd of dozens of people outside a northeast Houston club early Sunday, killing three men and injuring three women.

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Officers looking for teen accused of stabbing relative

Harris County officers tell KTRK-Channel 13 that they are looking for a teenager accused of stabbing a family member in west Harris County early Monday.

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A year later, WWII veteran’s killer still on the loose

Percy Harmon, 85, was found bound and gagged inside in the home in the 4600 block of Leffingwell, near Rand, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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HPD says duo intentionally tried to run over officer

An off-duty Houston police officer escaped serious injury about 1:30 a.m. Saturday when two men fleeing a restaurant fight hit him with their car in the parking lot. Officer J. Seay, who was working an...

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Conroe jeweler recounts botched armed robbery

Longtime Conroe jeweler Mitch Wilkins recounts a failed armed robbery attempt Wednesday morning by two men and a woman in this video interview with Montgomery County Police Reporter. As of Thursday,...

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Jailed wife says she was playing with dead husband’s shotgun

Manslaughter charges have been filed against a Houston woman in the fatal shooting of her husband early Wednesday. Sonia Whitford, 47, was arrested and charged in the death of her husband, Troy...

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Bomb threat in Tomball – Storify

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Spectator at fistfight shot to death near Rankin

The man, believed to be in his 20s, died in surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital where he was taken by LifeFlight from the fight scene in north Houston.

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Social media reaction from the Newtown, Conn., area near the school shooting

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Top guns recovered by ATF in Texas

Adam Lanza used a Bushmaster AR-15 when he went on a deadly rampage in Newtown, Conn., but across Texas a whole host of different types of weapons have been used in crimes. Here is how guns recovered...

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Live updates from sentencing of Stanford executives

Reporter Nancy Sarnoff tweets live from the sentencing of former executives working for disgraced financier R. Allen Stanford. Tweets by @nsarnoff

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State Farm agent accused of planting camera in restroom

Employees find the camera under a sink.

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Texas ranks high in list of active extremist groups

The Southern Poverty Law Center came out with its hate map of active extremist groups in the country, and Texas showed up with 62, almost as many as Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana combined. NDN

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Homeless man given citation for eating out of garbage

James Kelly, a former vet, says he was searching a downtown trash for food, when the cops showed up and gave him a citation. Learn more below:

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New bill would reduce penalties for pot possession

State representative Harold Dutton wants to lower the penalty for pot possession. Under the bill the penalty for possessing less than an ounce of pot to a Class C misdemeanor. Learn more below:

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Harris County use billboards to search for serial rapist

Harris County Sheriff’s Office unveiled a new billboard near 59 and FM 1960, in hopes that it will lead them to an accused serial rapist. The attacks have happened in the Cypress area. See how this...

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Drug-laced baked treat sends Bellaire student to hospital

A drug-laced baked good has sent one Bellaire High School student to the hospital. Police said the student got the goodie from another student, who got it from someone who is not a student. Now HISD...

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Authorities continue search for escaped Texas inmates

Texas authorities are searching for fugitives Donald Greenlee, Brian Allen Tucker and John Marlin King. The three have escaped from Texas jails the past couple of days. One even jumped the fence to...

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