Former Houston Mayor and U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner has died, according to U.S. representatives and a Houston council ...

A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas says he has died just two months after taking office and ...

Turner’s death comes two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Wednesday announced the city is implementing a citywide hiring freeze beginning this week, as ...

The mayor's office said in a statement the freeze is an opportunity ... needs are reassessed to benefit the organization and ...

Many Houston sports organizations collectively mourned the loss of — and celebrated the impact of — former Houston Mayor ...

Sylvester Turner, a Democratic congressman and former mayor of Houston, has died at the age of 70. Turner died peacefully ...

The cause of death is unclear. Turner took office weeks ago, filling the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson ...

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston who joined Congress just two months ago, died shortly after ...

A former mayor of Houston, he was in attendance at the president’s speech on Tuesday night and was later taken to a hospital.

Turner's unexpected passing comes months after the 70-year-old was elected to replace Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died ...

Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was honored with a public memorial at City Hall, where mourners gathered to pay their ...