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Alexus Williams, the woman accused of being the mastermind behind the killing of a Houston couple and their six-year-old child, pleaded guilty to downgraded charges of murder Tuesday in exchange for 40 years in a state prison.

Williams, 33, was charged in 2022 with three counts of capital murder in the deaths of Donyavia Lagway, 29, and Gregory Carhee, 35, and their daughter, Harmony, 6. Williams, who was arrested eight months after the shooting, never pulled the trigger.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is breaking ground on its $6.5 billion campus in northeast Houston, a massive investment that could transform the region into a critical manufacturing hub for the booming GLP-1 industry while generating thousands of jobs. 

Lilly is holding a formal ceremony Monday to mark the start of construction on its 236-acre campus planned in Generation Park, McCord Global’s master-planned commercial park situated near Beltway 8, about 10 miles east of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

City Controller Chris Hollins sent the strongest signal yet on Wednesday that he could launch a challenge against Houston Mayor John Whitmire’s bid for a second term in 2027.

Hollins, the city’s second-highest-ranking elected official, swiped at Whitmire during remarks at a press event in Dallas, where he appeared with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker as part of Democrats’ pushback against the ongoing midterm Republican National Convention.

While much of Hollins’ short speech was aimed at boosting statewide Democratic candidates, including James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa, he named Whitmire, who he has long clashed with over city finances and other issues, on a list of officials he hoped would be soon unseated. 

A new Gulf Coast-inspired restaurant from chef Graham Laborde of Winnie's is opening this fall in the Heights.