Violent crime is down by 22% and robberies by 36% along the Bissonnet Corridor since Houston police began blocking roadways every night to curb human trafficking and prostitution, officials said. At ...

FILE: Two gates have been placed on part of Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston where prostitution has historically been commonplace. The gates block off part of the street between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m ...

A law enforcement initiative aimed at reducing prostitution and human trafficking along a stretch of Bissonnet Street in Southwest Houston has been effective, according to Mayor Sylvester Turner. The ...

A Houston federal jury has found a 47-year-old man guilty of sex trafficking four women using force and coercion and of taking women across state lines to engage in prostitution. Larry "Lavish" Lewis ...

Bissonnet Street (KPRC, Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – Local leaders, including Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg ...

According to police, an unidentified driver fled the scene of a crash that killed a 57-year-old pedestrian on Bissonnet Street.

Officers have begun blocking the streets in the area of southwest Houston known as the Bissonnet Track in an effort to tamp down on sex trafficking, according to police officials. The Bissonnet Track ...

The stretch of Bissonnet Street highlighted in orange will undergo a redesign with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Houston has been selected to receive a $28.79 million ...

Houston is about to give one of its most dangerous stretches of road a multi-million dollar makeover. The city of Houston announced at a meeting in February 2023 that the federal government is ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In less than two years, Houston police have reported more than 3,800 crimes on what's known as the "Bissonnet Track," and one-fourth of them have been related to prostitution.

Jim Padgett, 81, still remembers the barbershop he strolled by as a teen in the 1940s on Bissonnet Street near Rice Avenue. "They offered special haircuts for bald men," said Padgett, who now lives in ...