James Michael Sotelo, 21, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2021 murder of his high school friend, Corey Thompson.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is joining local law enforcement agencies Thursday to introduce a new initiative that will promote crosswalk safety and protect pedestrians and cyclists.

Carl Wayne Buntion, who was convicted of killing Houston police officer James Irby during a 1990 traffic stop, is scheduled to be executed April 21, the Harris County district attorney announced Tuesday.

A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder for killing his girlfriends while visiting relatives in in Houston over the 2015 holiday season, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday.

Two Houston men were sentenced in the rape and robbery of a woman in Sharpstown in 2017, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced Saturday.

Friday’s announcement of proposed Senate Bill 252 comes after Channel 2 Investigates first exposed secret massive art collection being warehoused on the taxpayers’ dime, “Legally what this bill means is that I don’t think that what Precinct One Commissioner is doing is legal. I don’t think you can take a private Art collection, house it, spend public money, do private tours, I don’t think that is the right thing under the Texas Code,” said Bettencourt. The state senator out of District 7 doesn’t believe the actions taken by Ellis and his office is legal. Bettencourt said this bill is to ensure accountability at the state level if the Ogg’s office does nothing. Bettencourt indicated he cannot speak to federal operations, but he can speak to the state and its laws.