WALLER COUNTY, Texas — The incoming rain won’t be severe, but it’s enough to worry residents in a fairly new subdivision in the Katy area. They said the street to the neighborhood…
Updates from the Capitol: FM 529 widening project TxDOT meeting
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will conduct an in-person hearing on the proposed widening of FM 529 from SH 99 (Grand Parkway) in Harris County to FM 362 in Waller County….
18-WHEELER FIRE IN WALLER
Just before 9 pm, Waller County Fire units responded to an 18-wheeler loaded with sheetrock that caught fire on US 290 inbound at FM 2920. Waller requested mutual aid from Magnolia Fire,…
Chemical leak causes fire in Waller County, prompting evacuations
WALLER COUNTY, Texas – Authorities said a chemical leak in Waller County caused a fire, prompting a voluntary evacuation for nearby residents. It happened in the 29700 block of Goynes Rd. in…
Voluntary evacuation request in Katy lifted after fire, chemical leak contained, officials say
KATY, Texas — A voluntary evacuation request from the Waller County Fire Marshal’s Office and Office of Emergency Management in Katy has been lifted as of 6:46 p.m. The evacuation request came…
Voluntary evacuations lifted after fire at chemical facility in the Katy area, fire marshal says
KATY, Texas – Officials say a voluntary evacuation has been lifted for some residents in the Katy area after a chemical leak was reported on Saturday. According to the Waller County Fire…
TWO ARRESTED IN WALLER CO. AFTER INVESTIGATORS SEIZE OVER 200 POUNDS OF METH, 18 POUNDS OF COCAINE
Two men are in Waller County custody on suspicion of drug trafficking after authorities seized hundreds of pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine. Around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, an investigator with the Westside Narcotics…
More than 200 pounds of meth found at conversion lab in Waller County
WALLER COUNTY, Texas – What began as a traffic stop in Waller County led to a drug bust with authorities seizing large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine. It all started after investigators…
Remembering Sandra Bland 7 years after her death in a Texas jail
AUSTIN, Texas — Today is Sandra Bland Day in Austin. The day was proclaimed in 2019 to remember Bland, whose suspicious 2015 death sparked outrage. Bland died in a Waller County, Texas…
The bobwhite quail, once plenitful in Houston, is vanishing
Before dawn one day last month, I drove along a farm road in Waller County to see the rare lineup of six planets. I also saw another uncommon sight as the sun…