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Houston ISD held a grand opening on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 of a student-operated auto shop at the Barbara Jordan Career Center, where students enrolled in the Automotive Technology program perform maintenance services on customers' vehicles under instructor supervision. The shop offers oil and filter changes, tire rotations and multipoint inspections by appointment.
A 16-year-old junior at Clear Lake High School was struck by a school bus and dragged approximately 30 feet while riding his bicycle from school on Oct. 16, 2026. He was taken to UTMB Health Clear Lake Hospital with multiple serious injuries including spinal fractures requiring spinal fusion surgery, two broken shoulder blades, a broken tailbone, a broken toe and internal injuries.
Houston ISD said it is investigating after a social media account posted photos that appear to have been taken inside closed campuses. HISD closed 12 schools at the end of the 2025-2026 school year as part of a consolidation push, and the district called the unauthorized entry into the closed facilities trespassing and illegal.
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Three of four suspects were arrested after a woman was shot in the leg during a drive-by on Wileyvale Road on the northeast side just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Police tracked the suspects from Third Ward to near I-10 and I-45, where the suspects crashed into an HPD cruiser, ending the chase.
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 11 held a public hearing and voted on its property tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. The board approved a tax rate of $0.039072 per $100 in home valuation, estimated to add $2.74 to the average homeowner's property tax bill.
Text messages and mailers impersonating the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) were sent to Texans across the state in the week before early voting began in the 2026 midterm elections. TENT said it did not send the communications and asked a Travis County judge to force those behind the messages to share more information. The organization and other LGBTQ+ groups named in a mailer said they were not involved in creating, funding or authorizing the communications.
Nearly 4.5 million Texans cast ballots in the first seven days of early voting, from Oct. 19 through Oct. 23, 2026, representing 23.4% of registered Texas voters. Harris County set a record for turnout on the first day of early voting in a midterm election when more than 127,000 people voted.
Daniel Trujillo, a 36-year-old officer with the Taft Police Department, was found dead in his Spring Branch apartment on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 at around 4:30 p.m. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and Houston Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide. No suspects have been identified.
An armed suspect was taken into custody after a standoff with Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies in Crosby on October 27, 2026. Two children were in the home during the incident.
Gerardo Segundo, a 21-year-old Harris County detention officer who has worked for the Harris County Sheriff's Office for three years, was charged with misdemeanor DWI after crashing into a homeowner's fence in the Humble area around 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, and leaving the scene. He was placed on administrative leave pending court proceedings.
The Harris County District Attorney's Office approved a Houston attorney for a pilot program, and the attorney's DWI charge was dismissed within days. Following a KHOU 11 investigation into the case, the DA paused the DWI program.
A woman was detained after stabbing a man multiple times at a restaurant in a strip mall on FM 1960 Road East near Timber Forest Drive in the Atascocita area on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. The man was taken to a hospital; the woman was taken into custody on pending charges.
CenterPoint Energy reported third-quarter 2026 net income of $331 million, or $0.50 per diluted share on a GAAP basis and $0.53 per diluted share on a non-GAAP basis, and raised its 2026 non-GAAP EPS guidance to $1.90–$1.92 on October 27, 2026. The company expanded its 10-year capital investment plan by $4.0 billion to $70.7 billion and accelerated $1.5 billion of investment into 2026–2030 to support accelerating customer demand in Greater Houston.
Harris County Commissioners Court will meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026 to consider extensions to federal pre-disaster mitigation project grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The extensions will give the Harris County Flood Control District more time to complete detention basin and debris removal projects without changing funding amounts.
The Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9 board of commissioners will receive and discuss an HR audit presentation at its regular meeting on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. The board will also review and act on insurance policy renewals, establishment of District Treasuries & Money Markets accounts, and multiple other agenda items including training applications and health and wellness physical contracts.
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