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Houston area residents affected by deadly storms last week received some good news as officials said power was restored Sunday to a majority of the hundreds of thousands who had been left in the ...
The Houston Police Department (HPD) is the primary municipal law enforcement agency serving the City of Houston, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. With approximately 5,300 officers and 1,200 civilian support personnel it is the fifth-largest municipal police department, serving the fourth-largest city in the United States.
As the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the Houston area on Tuesday to assess the damage from last week’s deadly storms, local officials reassured residents still without ...
Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million ...
They were previously located at the City of Houston Fire Department Logistical Center & Maintenance Depot. [6] The Houston Fire Department got its start in 1838 with one station known as Protection Company No. 1. [1] By 1859, the volunteer department had grown to three stations. After 57 years of service, Houston converted the department over ...
1973: City Council approves time-and-a-half overtime for all city employees. On September 19, Houston Police Officer David Huerta (Badge No. 2341) was killed in the line of duty while trying to apprehend a suspect who violated his restraining order. The suspect who shot him also shot his wife and committed suicide.
More than 900,000 homes and businesses lost power in Houston’s Harris County during the peak of the storm’s violent winds, and nearly 600,000 remained in the dark Friday evening, according to ...
The torrential rains resulted in widespread, severe flooding across Houston and surrounding suburbs—the worst since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. 5 people died in flood-related incidents. In Harris County alone, more than 1,800 high water rescues were conducted; 744 homes and 400 apartments were inundated with water.