The City of Bellaire named Jason Hester as the Chief of Police after the previous Police Chief Onesimo Lopez retired in December 2025 amid weeks of internal investigation.
Bellaire City Council members voted unanimously to hold a public hearing regarding a petition to install speed humps along Pine Street.
Bellaire PD said two parties exchanged gunfire and one man was killed following a robbery in the area of Bellaire Boulevard and South Rice Avenue on Saturday.
Bellaire residents raised $25,600 to build a butterfly-themed exhibit for 8-year-old Blakely McCrory, who lost her life in the Texas Hill Country floods.
Police said the driver was picking up a deposit when he was approached by one suspect, who pepper-sprayed him, and two others took the money bag.
"What they've been doing is preying on women in parking lots," a detective said. The group said they were raising money for a boy's funeral before allegedly stealing $5,000 from a woman.