There's a new police chief and assistant chief in La Porte. On Wednesday, Matthew Drangmiester was sworn in as the city's new ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- An emergency drill is scheduled to take place in the City of La Porte, La Porte Independent School District and San Jacinto College on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The video featured ...

Sep. 16—An investigation is ongoing after a pipeline caught on fire Monday in La Porte, near Spencer Highway. Emergency responders started working Monday morning to extinguish the flames that ...

The City of La Porte issued a shelter-in-place order for some of its residents on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, citing an active leak of phosgene from the Altivia chemical plant. A phosgene leak at a chemical ...

LA PORTE — A pipeline fire that forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in the Houston suburbs burned for a third day on Wednesday, with officials saying they expect it to be extinguished ...

La Porte residents might notice a different taste or smell in their water in the coming weeks due to a routine treatment that city officials assure residents is safe and doesn’t pose a health risk.

A 45-minute presentation on the state of retiree medical coverage by Robert Swanagan, from La Porte's human resource department, produced an ordinance that added new wording and no extra coverage at a ...

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) -- The City of La Porte announced Sylvan Beach Pier is temporarily closed because of damage from high tides and winds, according to a Facebook post. The city said it will update ...

Thirty-four-year-old city councilman Peter Griffiths stunned a La Porte City Council meeting Monday night by announcing he will not seek re-election, saying he wanted to spend more time with his ...

LA PORTE, Texas -- Plant officials said approximately 100,000 pounds of acetic acid was released in a chemical leak at a La Porte facility near Houston Tuesday night that left two people dead. In an ...