A Fifth Ward mother says her rental turned into a health hazard, with months of sewage backups and raw wastewater, and that ...

Some residents of Houston's Fifth Ward, where there is ongoing soil and water testing for cancer-causing toxic chemicals, now have the opportunity to receive free cancer screenings as part of a new ...

A Fifth Ward mother says she is facing eviction after living for months with sewage backing up inside her rental home. Her ...

HOUSTON — The Fifth Ward community can expect to see $20 million worth of change thanks to a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. It aims to tackle illegal dumping, air quality and a lot ...

HOUSTON – Union Pacific has released the final round of soil testing results from the area surrounding the former Houston Wood Preserving Works site in the city’s Fifth Ward, confirming no immediate ...

Pictured is a hazy Houston sky in 2016. As President Donald Trump's administration slashes federal spending deemed wasteful, the Environmental Protection Agency cancelled $1.5 million in funding for a ...

After decades of watching their neighborhoods suffer from industrial contamination, residents of Houston's Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens thought they were finally getting some compensation. Last ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) — New video captured on social media of a train derailment in Houston’s Fifth Ward is drawing attention online. Byron Smith captured and posted a dramatic video of the incident and ...

Residents in two predominantly Black and Brown communities say they are frustrated and disappointed after learning the U.S.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The federal government will soon release the results of soil tests from Houston's Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods. The area has been known as a cancer cluster ...

See our slideshow of the youth football league at work and at play. The dark gray Chevy truck rolls backwards onto a fence-enclosed field, with grass the color of hay, in the heart of the Fifth Ward.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There are hundreds of tires dumped on a Fifth Ward street and residents say they are sick of it. Erica Hubbard lives near the eyesore. "Why is this the option? If you are ...