The flags of Texas and the U.S. are flying at half staff on Thursday and Friday to honor U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of ...

Flags across Houston and the state will be flown at half-staff for several days in honor of former Mayor and U.S. Rep.

Sylvester Turner's battle with cancer compelled him to fight for health care during his brief tenure in Congress.

As you go about your day today, you may notice Texas flags flying at half-staff Thursday across the state. Gov. Greg Abbott ...

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

U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner, who rose from a kid in Acres Homes to serve as Houston’s mayor for eight years and was elected to ...

Texas congressman Sylvester Turner died Wednesday, months after filling the U.S. House seat of the late Sheila Jackson Lee.

Sylvester Turner graduated from the University of Houston in 1977. He received the President's Medallion from Renu Khator.

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

Rep. Sylvester Turner has died, according to a statement from the City of Houston Wednesday. He was a former Houston mayor ...

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

Former mayor 'left it all on the field,' says City Councilmember Martha Castex-Tatum. 'He didn't look for followers. He ...