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Talarico Brings Faith, Justice, and His Senate Campaign to Harris County at The Luke Church
Can James Talarico flip Texas? His appearance at The Luke reveals the multiracial, faith-centered coalition he hopes to mobilize against Ken Paxton.
#2026Elections #BlackChurch #ChristianMenefee #ChristianNationalism #EconomicJustice #HarrisCounty #HoustonPolitics #HumbleTexas #immigrantRights #JamesTalarico #KenPaxton #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressiveChristianity #ProgressivePolitics #TexasDemocrats #texasPolitics #TexasSenateRace #TheLukeChurch #votingRights #WorkingFamilies https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4J -
Don't forget to mark your calendars #Houston!
[Queer to Stay 4] #Pride Is a #Protest 🏳️🌈
🌈Sun 28 JUNE '26 11a - 2:30p (time extended to include a #march!) @ City Hall, 901 Bagby St #HTX 77002
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#SouthernLights #CAW #CommunitiesAtWork #50501Houston #50501Movement #HDSA #DSA #LGBTQ #vigil #HarrisCo #HarrisCounty #FortBendCo #FortBendCounty #WallerCo #WallerCounty #MontgomeryCo #MontgomeryCounty #GalvestonCo #GalvestonCounty #Bellaire #Cypress #Katy #Pearland #Friendswood #Pasadena #GalenaPark #Humble #LeagueCity #Channelview #DeerPark #LaPorte #JacintoCity #JerseyVillage #Crosby #Baytown #BrooksideVillage #Conroe #Spring #MissouriCity #Stafford #Fresno #MeadowsPlace #SouthHouston #SugarLand #TheVillages #TheWoodlands #WestUniversiyPlace #TX #Texas -
A Houston-area man accused of murdering his wife two years ago appeared in court on Friday, where he had a medical emergency and was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly thereafter, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #HarrisCountyCriminalJusticeCenter #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyPrecinct1ConstableAlanRosen #JamesAnderson #MurderCharge
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A then-teenager accused of fleeing to Mexico after fatally shooting a Texas Southern University student in 2005 has been extradited to Houston, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced this week.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CorneliusRay #Extradited #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonShootingDeaths #LuisUrielCastillo #MurderCharge
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Gonzalo Leon Jr., accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman during a “ding dong ditch” prank in Houston last month, was indicted by a Harris County grand jury on a charge of first-degree murder. He also had his bond amount raised.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #BailBonds #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #Indictment #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge
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Defense attorneys for Gonzalo Leon Jr., who is accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman during a “ding dong ditch” prank in Houston last month, asked Judge Emily Detoto on Wednesday to lower Leon’s $1 million bond.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #BailBond #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #JudgeEmilyDetoto #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge
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A Houston Police Department spokesperson says a gun-related arrest made the night Gonzalo Leon Jr. allegedly shot and killed 11-year old Julian Guzman during a "ding dong ditch" prank last month was an unrelated incident.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #HarrisCountyCourtRecords #HoustonPoliceDepartment #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge
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A Houston company that manufactures skincare products and other cosmetics is accused of releasing 100 gallons of coconut lotion into a sewer line, with the substance ending up in White Oak Bayou, according to Harris County court documents.
#Business #Court #Crime #Environment #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Cosmetics #FelonyCharges #HarrisCountyPrecinct1ConstableSOffice #IllegalWaterPollution #WaterPollution #WhiteOakBayou
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A Houston man accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy during a “ding dong ditch” prank is being held in jail on a $1 million bond.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #HelloHouston #Houston #Local #News #DingDongDitch #GonzaloLeonJr #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySeanTeare #HoustonCrime #JulianGuzman #MurderCharge
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Alexandra del Moral Mealer, a METRO board member and former candidate for Harris County Judge, has thrown her hat into the ring for the Republican primary in the newly redrawn 9th Congressional District.
#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #2026PrimaryElection #AlexandraDelMoralMealer #HarrisCountyJudgeLinaHidalgo #StateRepresentativeBriscoeCain #Texas9thCongressionalDistrict #USRepAlGreen
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Hours after the Texas Senate approved a new congressional map early Saturday morning that more heavily favors Republicans, a lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott was filed, alleging that the redrawn districts are racially discriminatory.
#Court #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #GovGregAbbott #LULAC #TexasLegislature2025 #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsAct
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The Harris County District Attorney’s office has dismissed criminal charges against eight protesters who were arrested earlier this year after they agreed to write essays about how to legally fight for social change.
#Court #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Protests #CERAWeek #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonProtests
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Houston firefighters union leader Marty Lancton on Wednesday confirmed his bid for Harris County Judge, drawing the quick endorsements of Texas GOP loyalists.
#Elections #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #2026Elections #2026PrimaryElection #HarrisCountyElections #HarrisCountyJudge #HarrisCountyJudgeElection
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Harris County leaders plan to end a contract to outsource jail inmates to a private facility in Mississippi later this year, potentially shaving more than $4 million off the county's outsourcing costs.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #BudgetDeficit #HarrisCountyBudget #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyJail #HoustonJail #JailOutsourcing
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The congressional redistricting map now advancing through the Texas House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.
#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #CongressmanAlGreen #LibertyCounty #SpecialSession #Texas9thCongressionalDistrict #TexasRedistricting
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Houston ISD high school students will be able to use METRO transit services, at no cost to them, to get to and from school this year.
#Education #EducationNews #HarrisCounty #HISD #Houston #Local #News #Transportation #HarrisCountyMetropolitanTransitAuthority #HISDBusRoutes #HISDTransportation #HoustonISD #HoustonMetro #Metro
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Criminal charges related to conservative activist Steven Hotze’s alleged involvement in the assault of an air conditioning repairman in 2020 have been dropped, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
#Court #Crime #Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #2020Election #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySeanTeare #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #KimOgg #MarkAguirre #StevenHotze
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A Houston man is seeking up to $1 million in a lawsuit against Whataburger, claiming the fast-food restaurant left onions on his burger despite his request to omit them due to a food allergy.
#Business #Court #Food #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CivilLawsuit #FastFood #FoodAllergy #HarrisCountyDistrictCourt #Whataburger
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More than 300 people detained for low-level offenses in Harris County have been diverted away from incarceration and into mental health treatment programs since January, according to the DA's office.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #HarrisCountyDA #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySeanTeare #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyJail #MentalHealthDiversion #MentalHealthPrograms
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The Harris County District Attorney's Office has dismissed four felony indictments against Barbie Robinson, a former chief of the county's public health department who was accused of misusing official information.
#Court #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #ACCESSHarrisCounty #BarbieRobinson #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyNews #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #Ibm
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The new Harris County District Attorney says the intake division is fully staffed by line prosecutors for the first time in eight years, a move aimed at alleviating a massive case backlog and addressing a "humanitarian crisis" in the jail.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySeanTeare #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyJail
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Houston police in April will conduct the largest drug burn in the state's history in an effort to alleviate backlogged narcotics evidence, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said.
#CityOfHouston #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #CaseBacklog #DrugAddictedRats #EvidenceRoom #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonPoliceDepartment #NarcoticsEvidence
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Andrew Taake, a Houston man pardoned for his crimes on Jan. 6, 2021, was arrested Thursday in Leon County for a 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor.
#Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #AndrewTaake #DonaldTrumpPardons #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #January6thInsurrection #OnlineSolicitation
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An infestation of "drug-addicted rats" in evidence rooms will prompt the Houston Police Department to begin destroying hundreds of thousands of pounds of unneeded narcotics evidence, officials said.
#CityOfHouston #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Police #EvidenceRoom #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonForensicScienceCenter #HoustonPoliceDepartment #Narcotics #Rats
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The city of Humble has extended a disaster declaration issued in response to an alleged glitch that caused a flood of Amazon semi-trucks to congest several of its roadways.
#Business #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Traffic #AmazonTrucks #HumbleCityCouncil #HumbleDisasterDeclaration #TrafficCongestion
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Attorney General Ken Paxton is threatening to sue counties that send out voter registration applications to people who haven’t specifically requested them.
#Election2024 #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Voting #BEXARCOUNTY #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasVoterRegistration #TravisCounty
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A judge this week threw out felony indictments against nine former Houston police officers who were involved in a botched drug raid in 2019 that led to the shooting deaths of a couple on Harding Street.
#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #FelonyCharges #HardingStreetRaid #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonPoliceDepartment #HoustonPoliceRaid #Indictments
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A.J. Armstrong, the Houston man convicted of killing his parents when he was a teenager in 2016, is asking for a hearing to be held to determine whether his capital murder conviction was influenced by a former DNA analyst who did faulty work.
#Court #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #AJArmstrongTrial #AntonioArmstrongJr #DNAEvidence #FourteenthCourtOfAppeals #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonForensicScienceCenter
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The Houston region, parts of which are still coping with recent flooding, are bracing for more heavy rainfall from late Thursday afternoon through early Friday. Strong storms blowing in from the northwest also could produce tornadoes.
#HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Weather #FloodWatch #NationalWeatherService #NationalWeatherServiceHoustonGalveston #SoutheastTexas #TornadoWatch
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Voters on Saturday determined the outcome of several Houston-area school board elections over the weekend.
#Election2024 #Elections #HarrisCounty #News #ClearCreekISD #SchoolBoardElections #SchoolDistricts #SpringBranchISD
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A man who was arrested and charged in the 2022 shooting death of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez in southeast Houston, and later no-billed by a grand jury, has been indicted for murder by another grand jury, according to the Harris County DA.
#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #GrandJury #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #ArleneAlvarez #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyGrandJury #HoustonPoliceDepartment #MurderCharge
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Harris and other major Texas counties say their local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.
#CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #InDepth #Local #News #Texas #BEXARCOUNTY #DallasCounty #HarrisCountyJail #Jail #Overcrowding #Prison #StateTransfers #TarrantCountyJail #Tdcj #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #Understaffing
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A Houston man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 2001 will be removed from death row after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals narrowly determined he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible to be executed.
#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #DeathRow #DestinyFlores #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #TexasCourtOfCriminalAppeals #TomasGallo
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A Harris County judge threw out a pair a murder indictments Tuesday against former Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines, who led a botched drug raid in 2019 that resulted in the shooting deaths of a couple on Harding Street.
#Court #Crime #HarrisCounty #Houston #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #GeraldGoines #HardingStreetRaid #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonPoliceDepartment #JudgeFrankAguilar #MurderCharge
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Criminal charges were recently dismissed against Samuel Serrett and Teddy Sims, two of the three Baytown police officers accused of assaulting Kendric Crawford during a traffic stop in 2019.
#Court #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Police #BaytownPoliceDepartment #CriminalCharges #ExcessiveForce #FederalLawsuit #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #PoliceBrutality
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Kim Ogg is fighting to become the longest-serving Harris County District Attorney in nearly a quarter century. Former prosecutor Sean Teare accuses Ogg of breaking the office.
#Crime #CriminalJustice #Election2024 #Elections #HarrisCounty #InDepth #LawEnforcement #Local #News #Politics #PublicSafety #CourtBacklog #DemocraticPrimary #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneyKimOgg #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountyProsecutors #SeanTeare
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Body camera footage released by the sheriff's department on Saturday depicts the moments leading up to 28-year-old Eboni Pouncy being shot five times in her friend's apartment.
#HarrisCounty #LawEnforcement #News #Police #BenCrump #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #HoustonPolice
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A 61-year-old grandfather who was wrongfully accused of an armed robbery in Houston in 2022, and subsequently sexually assaulted while in jail, is seeking $10 million-plus in a lawsuit that claims faulty facial recognition technology was involved.
#Business #CivilRights #Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Technology #ArmedRobbery #CivilLawsuit #FacialRecognition #MacyS #RiverOaks #SunglassHut
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A 61-year-old grandfather who was wrongfully accused of an armed robbery in Houston in 2022, and subsequently sexually assaulted while in jail, is seeking $10 million-plus in a lawsuit that claims faulty facial recognition technology was involved.
#Business #CivilRights #Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Technology #ArmedRobbery #CivilLawsuit #FacialRecognition #MacyS #RiverOaks #SunglassHut
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A 61-year-old grandfather who was wrongfully accused of an armed robbery in Houston in 2022, and subsequently sexually assaulted while in jail, is seeking $10 million-plus in a lawsuit that claims faulty facial recognition technology was involved.
#Business #CivilRights #Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Technology #ArmedRobbery #CivilLawsuit #FacialRecognition #MacyS #RiverOaks #SunglassHut
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A 61-year-old grandfather who was wrongfully accused of an armed robbery in Houston in 2022, and subsequently sexually assaulted while in jail, is seeking $10 million-plus in a lawsuit that claims faulty facial recognition technology was involved.
#Business #CivilRights #Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Technology #ArmedRobbery #CivilLawsuit #FacialRecognition #MacyS #RiverOaks #SunglassHut
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A 61-year-old grandfather who was wrongfully accused of an armed robbery in Houston in 2022, and subsequently sexually assaulted while in jail, is seeking $10 million-plus in a lawsuit that claims faulty facial recognition technology was involved.
#Business #CivilRights #Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Technology #ArmedRobbery #CivilLawsuit #FacialRecognition #MacyS #RiverOaks #SunglassHut
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The Harris County Clerk said the political party leaders’ agreement to a joint primary saved the county from a disastrous shortage of voting equipment on Election Day.
#Elections #HarrisCounty #Local #News #Politics #Voting #2024PrimaryElection #88thTexasLegislature #CindySiegel #HarrisCountyClerkTeneshiaHudspeth #HarrisCountyCommisionersCourt #JointPrimaryVoting #MikeDoyle #TexasPrimary
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Citing the "Keith Lee effect," The Puddery in Pearland is closed until Saturday to allow owner Janel Prator the opportunity to recoup and prepare for the weekend after a surge in business.
#Business #Food #HarrisCounty #Local #News #PopCulture #DessertShop #FoodCriticKeithLee #HoustonRestaurants #Pearland #ThePuddery