While on summer break from Sam Houston State University, Nathan Kleinhenz said he felt helpless watching the coverage of the Hill Country floods over the last week. On Friday, he traveled from his home in Missouri City, a Houston suburb, to Kerrville to see if he could lend a hand.

The back-to-school season means parents across Texas are spending their mornings getting their kids ready for the day and escorting them to campus.

A suspect is dead and an officer is recovering from two gunshot wounds after a pursuit ended in a shooting in southwest Houston, according to Houston Police Department.

Saturday Update: Imani Stephens has been found, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A 12-week old Chihuahua is safe with her owner after a red-tailed hawk tried to snatch her up and the whole thing was caught on camera.

MISSOURI CITY, Texas – A Texas deputy mistakenly shot and killed another responding officer early Friday while searching a home after a neighbor reported a suspicious person in the area, authorities said. The shooting happened in the Sienna Plantation subdivision in Missouri City, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Houston. County sheriff’s deputies and Deputy Constable Caleb Rule responded, he said. You’ve got to pray for everybody — just a tragic, tragic scene here,” the sheriff said early Friday. Before joining the constable's office, Rule worked at the Missouri City Police Department, authorities said.