HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are searching for a person of interest in the deadly shooting of a man outside a smoke shop in the Spring Branch area. Investigators believe the man who was ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A family is desperate for answers after their loved one was shot and killed Tuesday night in the Spring Branch area. The victim's family said he was trying to stop a robbery ...

"I just miss my brother. I just miss my brother a lot,” Joe Luis Villarreal said. He said this Easter won’t be the same for him and his family. His brother Joel Villarreal was killed on March 28, just ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Reading man was convicted in Lancaster County Court last week of 12 charges connected to the sexual abuse of a child, prosecutors said. Joel Villarreal, 44, was accused of sexually ...

Two men have been accused of fatally shooting a man in Spring Branch because he chased after them after they allegedly committed a robbery, officials said. Andres Lara, 19, and Daniel Medrano, 20, ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rio Grande City Mayor Joel Villarreal about the influx of migrants crossing through his south Texas city. How mass migrant crossings are impacting the small border town ...

A registered sex offender living in Reading has been convicted of sexually abusing a minor in Lancaster County for two years. A jury last week found Joel Villarreal, 44, of the 1100 block of Chestnut ...

Rio Grande City Mayor Joel Villarreal (D) called out Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) and other Republicans who have described an “invasion” at the border during a Fox News appearance. Villarreal argued ...

In 2020, Joel Villarreal held the position titled "Program Supervisor VI" in the Texas Department Of Transportation for the State of Texas. According to public records, Villarreal earned $79,230 that ...