Turner died Wednesday in his Washington, D.C., apartment. He was 70. On Tuesday, Houston City Hall welcomed Turner for a ...

Houston residents will be able to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner at City Hall next week.

Services are being held at the Church Without Walls, where the former mayor of Houston for eight years was a long time member.

Turner, who passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 70, had a long and distinguished career in public office, including eight years as mayor of Houston.

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas flags to be lowered to half-staff from March 6 until sunrise on March 8. Flags in Harris ...

Texas Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) offered his condolences to Turner early Wednesday morning. "He was a dear friend and an ...

Calling him a friend and public servant, Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced the death of former mayor and U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner during a City Council meeting on Wednesday.

Sylvester Turner served two terms as mayor before winning Texas' Congressional 18th district last November, a seat once held by late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Mourners Saturday morning filed into Houston's Church Without Walls — some wearing black, others in vivid shades of blue — to ...

Have you noticed flags flying at half-staff in Texas ... FILE -- Then-Mayor Sylvester Turner at City Hall in Houston on Feb. 8, 2023. Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a ...