HOUSTON — One person died Thursday in a crash on the Southwest Freeway just before Beltway 8. The 2-vehicle crash ... forced to get off the freeway at Bissonnet due to the crash.

On Wednesday, city leaders touted progress being made on the southwest side -- specifically the stretch of Bissonnet Street between US-59 and Beltway 8. Council member Edward Pollard said Houston ...

and how the two offices are partnering to address Bissonnet Street -- between Beltway 8 and Southwest Freeway -- an area known nationally as “The Bissonnet Track” for prostitution. Watch the ...

Two gates have been placed on part of Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston ... The stretch from U.S. 59 and Beltway 8, has been known for high rates of prostitution, drug sales and human trafficking.

The area is a 1.3-mile stretch along Bissonnet between the Southwest Freeway and Sam Houston Parkway/Beltway 8. The area is known as an international hub for prostitution and human trafficking.

The prostitution on that part of Bissonnet, between the Southwest Freeway and Beltway 8 to the west, also comes with human trafficking, drug activity and gang activity, Pollard said.

The traffic backup extends all the way to the Beltway, creating substantial delays for morning commuters. Motorists are advised to exit the freeway well before Bissonnet and use alternative routes.

“I wrote realistic stories about what happens every single day.” Encompassing U.S. 59, Beltway 8 and Bissonnet Street, the Chronicle conducted an investigation in 2019 to tell the stories of ...

Officers around 11:45 p.m. responded to the highway, near the intersection of Bissonnet Street close to Beltway 8, in response to a report of a body in the roadway, Sgt. David Rose of the Houston ...

A man was killed in an officer-involved shooting on Beltway 8 near the Beechnut exit on Thursday afternoon, the Houston Police Department confirmed. Harris County Constable Precinct 5 Deputy R.

Felix stopped 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes as he was driving on Beltway 8 in west Houston on the afternoon of April 28. Dashcam video of the encounter, posted by Black Lives Matter activists ...