"Don't sleep on Houston," Kelvin Sampson famously said last April after the Cougars stunned much of the college hoops world by ending Cooper Flagg's college career with the Coogs' epic upset of No. 1 Duke in the Final Four. It's time to remind the world to wake up again. Maybe it's because Houston loves to win ugly.

DeSoto faced Houston C.E. King in a nondistrict showdown on Friday at AT&T Stadium. DeSoto (13-3, 6-1) came off a win against Southlake Carroll on Dec. 13, 2025, in which SaRod Baker had 366 yards rushing and 66 yards receiving. Houston C.E. King (1-1, 0-0) came off a win against Austin Vandegrift on Dec. 13, 2025.

Reed Sheppard had 28 points off the bench, complementing another big game from Kevin Durant as the Rockets ended a two-game losing streak in Denver.

Firefighters arrived to find flames spreading across three rooftops at a Houston apartment complex off Braesridge Drive, north of Bellfort.

Houston North Shore quarterback Kaleb Maryland unloads a pass down field against Duncanville during the first half of the UIL Class 6A Division I championship game on Saturday Dec. 20, 2025 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram

Houstonians can donate new or unwrapped toys for teens from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at both Gallery Furniture stores on the North Freeway and Grand Parkway.

Houston Business Journal analyzed the most recent IRS Form 990 filings for 14 of Houston's largest and most emblematic nonprofits.

The Houston estate once owned by Houston Texans Pro Bowler Mario Williams is back on the market, this time listed at $10,499,000. The Mediterranean-style compound in the ultra-exclusive Sherwood Forest spans 12,500 square feet on a fully gated 1.5-acre lot with some of the city's most extravagant residential amenities.

Jake Meyers had been a target of trade talks as well but GM Dana Brown says he will be team's center-fielder, for now.