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Law.com
April 30, 2018
Neal Manne never thought it would be easy. But when Susman Godfrey's managing partner signed on with two civil rights groups to challenge the bail system in Harris County, Texas, he was surprised by the county's response. He describes it as “all-out war.” Two years and more than 1,000 pro bono hoursÃâà...
KHOU.com
April 29, 2018
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Deputies, along with other agencies, are currently searching for a man who attempted to kidnap two women Saturday morning in north Harris County. Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Deputies said the incidents happened in the 900 block of N Vista Drive and the 16200 blockÃâà...
Dallas News
April 29, 2018
Deputy Andrew Ries was patrolling the area in unincorporated Harris County when he came upon the accident scene, The Associated Press reported. The cow chased Ries around the front of his car a couple of times before vanishing down the road into the night. There is no word on whether the cow hasÃâà...
Chron.com
April 28, 2018
According to the ASPCA, about 6.5 million animals end up in shelters across the U.S. each year, with about 3.3 million of them being dogs and 3.2 million being cats. Many shelters, including Houston locations like the Harris County Animal Shelter, host special events throughout the year to try and lowerÃâà...
Chron.com
April 28, 2018
Harris County Commissioners Court on Tuesday will consider calling a special election for August 25 — the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey — to ask voters to OK a massive bond referendum for flood control projects. The amount of the referendum has yet to be determined as the countyÃâà...
Chron.com
April 27, 2018
A smoke shop employee is in serious condition after a man shot him during a robbery of the store in northwest Harris County Wednesday night, Metro Video reported. Two men walked into the “Katz” store on the Northwest Freeway near Upland Willow around 10:30 p.m. and held the employee at gunpoint,Ãâà...
Chron.com
April 19, 2018
A Harris County jail inmate is facing a new charge after he allegedly punched his lawyer in the face. Luciano Charles Olivarez was meeting with his attorney in the hold-over area inside the 701 San Jacinto jail Thursday morning when he hit public defender Danny Lacayo once in the face, according to theÃâà...
Chron.com
April 12, 2018
State, local and congressional leaders are urging the federal Office of Management and Budget to sign off on a proposal to allow Houston and Harris County to manage Hurricane Harvey recovery money directly, rather than funneling assistance through the state. The letter to Mick Mulvaney datedÃâà...
Sports Illustrated
March 24, 2018
Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett is no stranger to controversy, but on Friday, the 32-year-old Pro Bowler was hit with an unusual accusation: A Harris County (Texas) grand jury indicted Bennett for injuring a 66-year-old paraplegic. The reported victim worked at Houston's NRG StadiumÃâà...
Chron.com
March 24, 2018
An elderly man is dead after being struck by a vehicle in northwest Harris County on Friday night. Harris County Sheriff's Office detectives are investigating the crash at the 7900 block of Fallbrook Drive just west of Texas 249 near the Sam Houston Race Park. Deputies arrived at the scene to find aÃâà...
CW39
March 23, 2018
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — The Harris County Sheriff's Office arrested an for an inmate Thursday afternoon after the suspect escaped from the local jail while awaiting ICE pickup. Manuel Enrique Alvarez-Soto, 35, escaped from Downtown jail at 1201 Commerce on Wednesday afternoon. He had been inÃâà...
San Antonio Express-News
March 23, 2018
Abbott nominated 105 census tracts in Harris County, the most in any Texas county, along with many areas along the Gulf Coast hit hard by Harvey. More than 70 economically distressed census tracts along the U.S.-Mexico border, including areas of Laredo, McAllen, Del Rio and El Paso, were nominatedÃâà...
Chron.com
March 23, 2018
The shooting is at least the ninth officer-involved shooting in Harris County this year, and the fourth by a Harris County Sheriff's Department officer, according to Spencer and a Chronicle review of records. Of those - including one fatal shooting by a Sheriff's deputy on Friday - five have been fatal. HoustonÃâà...
KTRK-TV
March 16, 2018
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --. The Harris County Sheriff's Office says one person is dead and another is being flown to the hospital after a deputy-involved shooting in northwest Harris County. Authorities responded to the shooting call in the 1700 block of Seven Pines Drive around 5:28 a.m.. EMBED MoreÃâà...
Chron.com
March 15, 2018
Man charged after dramatic car chase through west Harris County ... leading deputies on a high-speed pursuit through neighborhoods and on busy roads for almost 25 minutes, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. ... The Texas Department of Public Safety aided in the pursuit, the spokesman said.
KTRK-TV
March 11, 2018
Thieves steal ATM machine from Harris County courthouse (KTRK). KTRK. Sunday, March 11, 2018 07:38AM. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --. The Houston Police Department said thieves stole an ATM machine from the Harris County Courthouse Annex Sunday morning. Police responded to a call for assistance at theÃâà...
Texas Standard
March 8, 2018
The Standard's news roundup gives you a quick hit of interesting, sometimes irreverent, and breaking news stories from all over the state. Three Texas civil rights organizations are calling for a meeting with Harris County officials after voters faced issues at several polling locations on Election Day.
Chron.com
March 2, 2018
The Harris County Sheriff's Office has its SWAT team deployed at an apartment complex in northwest Harris County where a man is holed up after a family disturbance. Deputies with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office responded to a family disturbance at an apartment complex in the 13000Ãâà...
Houston Public Media
February 28, 2018
Tarsha Jackson (third from the left), Texas Organizing Project's criminal justice director, led a press conference held in downtown Houston during which she and other members of her organization demanded that Harris County settles the lawsuit on its bail system. The Texas Organizing Project (TOP)Ãâà...
Chron.com
February 27, 2018
The ACLU of Texas is asking Harris County's longest serving felony court judge to resign after making a statement to the Houston Chronicle on his views about black men's attitudes toward the criminal justice system. The civil rights group also is asking that the judge be automatically recused from casesÃâà...
Houston Public Media
February 27, 2018
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan said he is trying to keep Harris County's opioid lawsuit a state district court. As we've been reporting, Harris County filed the lawsuit against 21 drug manufacturers and distributors, four doctors and one pharmacist because of their alleged roles in the so-called “opioidÃâà...
Texas Tribune
February 14, 2018
After an October hearing held by three judges of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the conservative-leaning court issued an opinion stating that Texas' most populous county sets bail in a way that keeps people in jail — often until their cases are resolved days or weeks later — simply because they areÃâà...
Chron.com
December 31, 1999
The report not only confirmed the Harris County rate is worse than that of the state and nation, it found that it increased more than 50 percent between 2008 and 2015. Texas' rate of life-threatening, pregnancy-related complications went up 15 percent in the same time period. “In subtle and unintentionalÃâà...
KPRC Click2Houston
December 31, 1999
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Harris County authorities responded to reports of a suspicious box with a blinking light in a Harris County park Monday night. Authorities said the box was reported at a park near the intersection of Royal Village Drive and Royal Blue Drive. Harris County bomb squad investigatorsÃâà...
KPRC Click2Houston
December 31, 1999
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - A man was shot outside a grocery store in north Harris County on Monday night, according to Harris County authorities. Authorities said the man was shot outside of a Kroger near the intersection of FM 1960 and Cypress Station Drive around 8:45 p.m.Ãâà...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
“We had this big surge of exonerations that was driven by [Harris County] efforts to rectify that,” said Barbara O'Brien, a Michigan State University law professor and editor of The National Registry of Exonerations, which on Wednesday released a report showing that Texas led the U.S. with 23 exonerees lastÃâà...
Chron.com
December 31, 1999
Voting official: Few problems in first hours of Harris County primary voting. By Gabrielle Banks, Houston Chronicle, Robert Downen, and Samantha Ketterer. Updated 6:22 pm, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. 2. Supporters of 7th District candidate Laura Moser applaud as she addresses the crowd at her primary. 7th DistrictÃâà...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
LaHood accused Gonzales of trying to buy the election: Liberal billionaire George Soros contributed $6,000 in “research” to the Gonzales campaign through a PAC, the Express-News reported. Soros is known for spending more than $583,000 in 2016 on Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg's campaignÃâà...
KHOU
December 31, 1999
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A man was beaten and shot after a group of men broke into a home overnight in northwest Harris County, deputy constables say. Investigators with Harris County Pct. 1 say the men broke into a home on Enchanted Forest early Tuesday morning. Three people, including the man,Ãâà...
Chron.com
December 31, 1999
Longtime Texas politician Jack Ogg — the father of Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg — died Saturday in Houston, his family said. He was 84. Ogg, a lawyer and conservative Democrat at a time when Democrats controlled state government, represented the Houston area for 16 years, serving as aÃâà...
Chron.com
December 31, 1999
Authorities are seeking tips leading to four masked men who robbed a family at gunpoint in their east Harris County home in February. The four men demanded money and valuables from residents at their home in the Plantation at Woodforest subdivision at 4:45 pm. Feb. 28, according to the Harris CountyÃâà...
