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Houston actor Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg in the series “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died.
Houston police said 56-year-old Robert Lee Davis was shot and killed by authorities. He was wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of Brazoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesus Jesse Vargas.
Houston County Sheriff Zak Benge reports that one of his deputies and another driver were injured in a wreck on Thursday.
Benge said the unit rolled at least once before coming to a halt. The deputy was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected ...
The Houston police union called Judge Hilary Unger “reckless" after she granted bond for a capital murder suspect accused of killing a Harris County deputy, allowing him to be released from jail.
A federal judge ruled a lawsuit can proceed against a Harris County deputy accused of using excessive force and falsifying ...
Deputy Fernando Esqueda, 28, was killed this week searching for Ronald Palmer, who was accused of pistol whipping a Little Caesars Pizza employee.
Court Bond set at $6 million for Houston-area man accused in deputy shooting. Parnell Bland is accused of shooting Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Deputy Sheila Jones during a Monday ...
Law enforcement officers investigate the scene where a deputy and a suspect were shot near a courthouse complex in Houston, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)(Brett ...
A Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office vehicle is parked outside the Harris County Family Law Center in downtown Houston, where a deputy was shot on Monday, April 21, 2025.