Governor Greg Abbott will announce a new public safety initiative Wednesday aimed at reducing violent crime and enhancing ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has unveiled a new statewide violent crime task force, with Houston chosen as the pilot city.

Abbott pointed to stats that show violent crime and murders across Harris County are trending down. But crime remains at ...

Yesterday, Gov. Abbott announced plans to crack down on repeat violent offenders in Houston. Today, Houston Mayor John ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott is in Houston to announce a new initiative to help with violent crime in the state, but several local ...

Gov. Greg Abbott said state troopers and local law enforcement will start an effort in Harris County that he hopes to ...

The task force will help pool resources and go after repeat offenders through a combination of extra patrols in high-crime ...

A new task force has been launched in Houston, the Texas Repeat Offender Program (TxROP), to crack down on violent crime in ...

Gov. Abbott said the task force will swarm some Houston neighborhoods with Texas Rangers, DPS troopers, DPS special agents, ...

The Houston County Sheriff's Office is asking for the community's help after a string of vehicle burglaries. HOUSTON COUNTY, ...

According to authorities, the mother, who USA TODAY is not naming to protect the privacy of the surviving children involved, ...