The City of Houston held a ceremony to rename the Houston Municipal Swimming Pool to the Toni M. McKinney City of Houston Municipal Pool on Saturday.

The STARS Foundation will present Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.” for six shows at the Melba Performing Arts Center in Houston. The show times are: 7 p.m. Friday, April 25; 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

A fish fry and benefit auction are Saturday for Toni McKinney, a Houston resident who is fighting cancer and has been active in the community and for many years oversaw the Houston Municipal Swimming ...

Texas County is under threat of heavy rain and storms, the National Weather Service said. ➔ Several rounds of heavy rainfall will lead to flash flooding and river rises this weekend. Total rainfall ...

Firemen from several communities responded early Saturday to a house fire at Bryan and Chestnut streets in Houston. The call came at about 3 a.m. at a house south of Houston Elementary School.

The Missouri State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a trailer fire Friday night south of Houston. The Houston Rural Fire Department was called at about 7:20 p.m. to Oakdale Road, where a trailer ...

After two competitive innings, the Houston High School baseball team fell 10-4 to Thayer on Thursday (April 17).

“Carry the Cross” — the annual Good Friday event that unites Christians — is today across Texas County. Crosses should be at your location when you arrive at 7 a.m. If your cross is missing, message ...

A man from Licking is charged with second-degree domestic assault following an incident April 15. The Texas County Sheriff’s Department reported that Michael Lanham, of the 12000 block of Kitchem ...

Two years after a man disappeared in southern Texas County, a community is joining to hold a benefit to help raise funds to pay a private investigator.

Houston Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is Thursday, May 1 in the Houston Storm Shelter at First and Pine streets. Local ministers will speak and breakfast will be served by Texas County Memorial Hospital.

The Houston School District is not in session Friday (April 18) in observance of Good Friday.