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The release of toxic chemicals at Arkema's Crosby outpost during Hurricane Harvey has led to criminal charges against its CEO and plant manager.
12/31/2018 By Dianna Wray
Essay
A story of Alzheimer’s disease, the Texas juvenile justice system, and the miraculous power of unconditional love.
11/26/2018 By Haley Horan
Ice House
Houston doesn’t have particularly high rates of other violent crimes, so why is it that our town has suddenly become The Town?
03/21/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen
Fifty years ago, with the Bayou City exploding, a bank that couldn’t keep up paid the price.
01/23/2017 By Adam Doster
Crime
A new program allows those with non-violent misdemeanors to have offenses and warrants removed from their records.
07/18/2016 By Liz Hardaway
Star Wars
Meet three celebs who were glad to have Houston’s lawyer-to-the-stars.
11/29/2015 By Steven Devadanam
Defense attorney Kent Schaffer looks back on the notorious 2007 capital murder trial that gripped Houston: that of Lamar High School student Ashley Benton, accused of stabbing an MS-13 gang member in cold blood.
11/29/2015 By Steven Devadanam Photography by Brian Goldman
Bayougraphy
Anthony Graves, Houston Forensic Science Center Board Member
11/29/2015 By Jeff Balke
Dept. of Editorial Justice
A discovery that Houstonia is prohibited in Texas jails illuminates the often-arbitrary rules governing what prisoners can—or can’t—read.
11/03/2015 By Lonna Dawson