The department has been a point of contention for city leaders for years as it struggles to adequately provide services.

Most people thought Roy Hofheinz's Astrodome idea was impossible. Undeterred, the man who was county commissioner at 22 years old, made it happen and landed the city a Major League Baseball team.

Reverend Colin Bossen condemned his own girlfriend on Monday who went on a racially tinged tirade about whiteness in response ...

David Lucian, 48, was arrested and charged with making an improper turn, operating a motor vehicle with suspended license, operating a motor vehicle under the influence, possession of a controlled ...

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Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as the death toll rises to 120, as rescue operations start to shift to recovery ...

President Donald Trump is lashing out at his own supporters as he tries to clamp down on criticism over his administration's ...

Oversight was loosened as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before the floods, a review ...

The 2-1 decision lifts a pair of orders that froze Trump’s sudden terminations of Merit Systems Protection Board Chair Cathy Harris and National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.