A Texas State college student was shot and killed by a Brazoria County sheriff’s deputy in Lake Jackson early Monday morning after an attempted traffic stop, according to reporting from the university's student-run newspaper.

Authorities in the Houston suburb of Angleton, Texas, say two children have died and two more have been critically injured in a shooting.

The Coast Guard has ended the search for a kayaker who disappeared near Galveston Island after a man’s body was recovered.

Authorities in Brazoria County are searching for a man accused of posing as a truancy officer before abducting an Alvin High School student and sexually assaulting her.