Thousands of pounds of drug evidence were potentially affected by a rat infestation in the Houston Police Department's ...

On the nights before the Christmas tree lighting, all through Hermann Square Park, rats were scurrying, scrounging for garbage in the dark. As Houston city officials prepared for the annual holiday ...

Here it is, our annual roundup of the many dozens of Texans—rich and poor, famous and obscure, drug-addled and stone-cold sober—who disgraced our great state over the past twelve months.

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 21: New students walk in front of Lovett Hall during an orientation tour on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Rice University ...

Every fall, we publish our Best of Dallas issue, the Observer’s biggest print edition of the year. In those pages, we ...

The Houston Police Department is investigating two bodies found in bayous Monday morning, according to news reports. One body was found in Buffalo Bayou near Ruiz and Crawford streets. The second body ...

WATCH: The Houston Police Department released body-worn camera footage of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on ...

The number of bodies found in and near Houston bayous continues to increase as police investigate two more found just a few ...

The bodies discovered Monday were the first recovered from bayous in more than two months as bayou-related deaths have ...

An investigation is underway after Houston police said a suspect shot themself at the end of a standoff. No officers were hurt in the incident.

Police said the suspect reportedly carjacked a man in the northeast part of town, led police on a chase before officers lost ...

Authorities recovered three bodies from local bayous this week, and back in September, as ABC13 reported, police recovered ...