Some residents of Houston's Fifth Ward, where there is ongoing soil and water testing for cancer-causing toxic chemicals, now have the opportunity to receive free cancer screenings as part of a new ...

Two Rice University students are creating a "toxic waste" archive to document environmental issues in Houston’s Fifth Ward.

A devastating cancer cluster in Houston's Fifth Ward is now leading to groundbreaking research. On Thursday night, the first ...

Pictured is a hazy Houston sky in 2016. As President Donald Trump's administration slashes federal spending deemed wasteful, the Environmental Protection Agency cancelled $1.5 million in funding for a ...

May 13, 2024: The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a cancer cluster investigation in Houston's Fifth Ward (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- ABC13 has been following for a while the reports of cancer-causing chemicals and its effects on the residents of Fifth Ward for decades. On Friday, the Houston Health ...

HOUSTON – Union Pacific has released the final round of soil testing results from the area surrounding the former Houston Wood Preserving Works site in the city’s Fifth Ward, confirming no immediate ...

HOUSTON (KIAH) — New video captured on social media of a train derailment in Houston’s Fifth Ward is drawing attention online. Byron Smith captured and posted a dramatic video of the incident and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Fifth Ward job training program designed to lift people out of poverty has had its funding cut, as the Trump Administration cuts and suspends EPA grant money. $20 million in ...

July 29, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a triumphant and heartfelt celebration, the historic Fifth Ward community gathered on Monday, July 28, 2025, to witness a powerful transformation—one that ...