Elderly man dies in southwest Houston house fire on Willow Lake Drive; HFD contained the blaze in about 20 minutes, and arson investigators are probing the cause. House fire claims life of elderly man ...

Jim Padgett, 81, still remembers the barbershop he strolled by as a teen in the 1940s on Bissonnet Street near Rice Avenue. "They offered special haircuts for bald men," said Padgett, who now lives in ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Since roads along the Bissonnet track were closed in an attempt to stop the rampant prostitution, the Houston Police Department says there has been a significant drop in crime ...

This photo from 2018 shows prostitutes working on the so-called Bissonnet Track in Southwest Houston. A stretch of Bissonnet Street in Southwest Houston, long known as a hub for prostitution and human ...

Signs outside of a motel near the Bissonnet track. Photographed Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, in Houston. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (Houston Chronicle/Hearst ...

Violent crime is down by 22% and robberies by 36% along the Bissonnet Corridor since Houston police began blocking roadways every night to curb human trafficking and prostitution, officials said. At ...

The young women in skimpy outfits lined up on the grassy median across from Best Elementary, day after day, looking for "dates." It didn't take long for Vinicia Cruz to decide she didn't want to walk ...

HOUSTON — Houston will get nearly $29 million to make one of its busiest and deadliest streets safer. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the money for upgrades along a 7-mile stretch of ...

HOUSTON — Houston and Harris County officials are fighting back against the sale of sex and human trafficking with a strategy they say is the first of its kind in Texas. On Wednesday morning, Harris ...

The city issued a "sitework and foundation" permit this week for the proposed 23-story residential building at 1717 Bissonnet. Swamplot discovered the public record when it received photos from a ...