The No. 22 Houston Cougars earned a 35-16 road victory over Kansas State on Saturday, powered by a record-tying performance from tight end Patrick Overmyer. The Houston junior caught four touchdown passes from senior quarterback Conner Weigman, tying the NCAA record for touchdown receptions by a tight end in a game. Overmyer finished with eight catches for 83 yards.

Houston football fans face some of the NFL’s more challenging game-day traffic conditions, according to new research comparing congestion around all 32 league stadiums. NRG Stadium recorded a Traffic Score of 57.9, placing it 11th in the study by Betpack. The research used TomTom Move data to evaluate congestion, average vehicle speeds and travel time within a one-kilometer radius of each stadium.

The University of Houston is taking its annual Built By Houston football celebration into space, unveiling 10 unique, hand-painted helmets for Saturday’s matchup against UCF. The Gridiron Galaxy collection represents the solar system, with individual helmets honoring the Sun, eight planets and dwarf planet Pluto. Each design also carries a connection to Houston or the University of Houston.

A sprawling storm system fueled by deep tropical moisture is bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms and flash-flood concerns from Texas through portions of the central United States Thursday, with the system’s broader moisture plume extending toward the northern Plains and Canada.

Professional women’s basketball is returning to Houston. Unrivaled announced Monday that the league will play its first-ever games in Houston at Toyota Center on Feb. 12, 2027, as part of an expanded touring model for its third season.

The State Fair Classic returns to the Cotton Bowl this weekend, bringing Grambling State University and Prairie View A&M University together for another chapter of one of the most recognizable HBCU football traditions in Dallas.

The Texas Workforce Commission has awarded more than $240,000 to Dwyer Workforce Development to provide tuition-free certified nurse aide training to 80 Houston-area residents facing significant barriers to employment.

The 2026 NFL season opened with disappointment for both of Texas' teams. The Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans each opened the season with losses, leaving both teams 0-1 heading into Week 2.

South Oak Cliff had North Shore on the ropes Saturday night at the Cotton Bowl, but the Golden Bears couldn’t land the final punch.

A Houston immigration attorney has been arrested and charged with mail fraud and making false statements in connection with an alleged scheme involving clients seeking immigration assistance and work visas, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Houston recorded 121 pedestrian fatal crashes in 2024, the highest annual total in the five-year period from 2020 through 2024, according to an analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.

The Houston Cougars will get an early look at the 2027 season when they take on the Texas Longhorns in a nine-inning exhibition game Saturday, October 3, at Dell Diamond.

Texas may have hundreds of miles of coastline, but travelers flying in for a beach getaway still have a sizable road trip ahead of them, according to a new global accessibility study.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a kayaker who disappeared off South Padre Island during Labor Day weekend. The kayaker was last seen Saturday afternoon about 400 yards offshore near Beach Access No. 6. Beachgoers and lifeguards reported seeing the person before losing sight of them. Search crews later located the empty kayak, but the kayaker was not found.

Food banks across the Gulf Coast are facing increasing demand while federal funding and food supplies come under pressure.

A 34-year-old Harris County man has been charged with tampering with evidence after deputies discovered his elderly mother’s body inside a duffel bag at a west Harris County home, according to court documents.

Farrah Fawcett is coming home. The Corpus Christi native will soon have a permanent bronze sculpture along the city’s iconic seawall, giving visitors and locals another reason to stop and remember one of the city’s most famous daughters.

The Texas Gulf Coast has yet to experience a hurricane during the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, as the Atlantic Basin approaches a historic milestone for the latest first hurricane of the season.

Courtesy of the American Black Film Festival HOUSTON, Texas (TXAN 24) — The American Black Film Festival is bringing its national Pop Up Tour to Houston for the first time this fall, with a two-day program featuring award-winning independent films, celebrity conversations, filmmaker talkbacks and discussions about the future of the Texas film industry. The Houston Pop Up will take place Nov. 7-8 at Regal Edwards Houston Marq’E as part of ABFF’s second annual national tour. Ho

Go to any grocery store in Texas, and you’ll see it. It’s on our beer, our belt buckles, our toll roads, and the back windows of about three out of every five pickup trucks. We are the Lone Star State.