In a partnership with Councilmember Plummer’s office, a nonprofit organization has launched efforts to catch cancer early in Greater Fifth Ward.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A devastating cancer cluster in Houston's Fifth Ward is now leading to groundbreaking research. On Thursday night, the first people signed up for a landmark study that ...

HOUSTON — George Foreman is a name synonymous with boxing greatness, but in Houston’s Fifth Ward, he was something even bigger: family. Foreman died on Friday, March 21 at the age of 76.

A dream will become a reality for a Houston father who has worked the past four years to open a special space for dads. His work has also caught the City of Baytown's attention for a new effort ...

In response to the alarming cancer rates in Houston’s Fifth Ward, Council Member Letitia Plummer has enrolled as the first patient in the new "Cancer Stage Shifting Initiative" at Grace Clinic.

It has been nearly two years since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would direct Union Pacific Railroad to test for toxic chemicals in Houston's Fifth Ward neighborhood.

Read full article: Nuptial nightmare: Houston travel agent allegedly stole ... A robbery caught on camera in a Fifth Ward neighborhood has left one local woman feeling unsafe in her own home.

U.S. Representative and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner died ... I did not grow up in Fifth Ward. I came out of the northwest side, Acres Homes. Much of your leadership in the African ...

He said health care would be a top issue, describing his brother’s battle with leukemia and his own efforts to address cancer clusters in Houston’s Fifth Ward. Mr. Menefee, who is Black ...

It was the second homicide in Paterson’s 5th Ward within five days, killings that followed a 44-day stretch from Jan. 24 through March 8 when no one was shot in the city. Authorities have not ...

An unnamed gang operating out of the Fifth Ward was accused of conspiring to rob pharmacies in Arkansas to obtain drugs to sell in Houston. In 2022, another group, the Freemoney Gang ...