There are between 1,000 and 1 million rats in Texas, according to a rodent expert. Some of them live in the park that hosts Houston’s annual Christmas tree lighting.

Long hot summers, residential shifts and new development are three reasons Houston hit the top 10 in a list of U.S. cities with thriving rat populations, according to the latest rat patrol report by ...

Houston ISD’s Lanier Middle School in Montrose. Rodents have been sighted in a Houston ISD middle school in Montrose, Superintendent Mike Miles confirmed Monday, adding that the district is following ...

HOUSTON — We’ve told you about persistent pest problems at Lanier Middle School. This week, HISD Superintendent Mike Miles confirmed the district staff is working with a pest control service to get ...

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