Mayor Whitmire and police union leadership say the raise will help fill vacant positions and encourage officers to stay with the department. But how will the city pay for it?

Mayor John Whitmire announced a 36.5 percent raise for police officers over the next five years, in a new deal reached with ...

Mayor Whitmire will be joined by Police Chief J. Noe Diaz and members of the HPOU at City Hall to outline the agreement’s ...

The five-year contract for the Houston Police Department would cost the city about $832 million over the span of the deal. It ...

HOUSTON — A man who killed a beloved pastor was sentenced on Friday. A jury sentenced DeShaun Longmire to 23 years behind ...

Former Houston Police Department Office Felipe Gallegos has asked an appeals court to rule he's protected from the lawsuit by ...

According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as pastor. Though presidents and princes ...

A man wanted in connection with the April murder of a Houston woman in downtown Dallas has been arrested, police said Friday. Kendrick Finch, 34, was arrested for the murder of 28-year-old Ashlee ...

An FBI Houston agent shot a woman who brandished a machete while agents were conducting law enforcement activity in south Houston Thursday evening. The agent was conducting activity near the ...

Houston police detained her and told her she would be deported. She said this happened despite her having no criminal record and being in the process of securing a visa as a crime victim.

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy died of an apparent suicide after leading Houston-area police on a chase on ... Body camera and an in-dash mounted video showed that no shots were fired after ...