Houston police are investigating a fatal shooting at a home in the Woodland Heights area Tuesday morning. Officers responded to a home in the 900 block of Omar Street shortly after 11 a.m., according to HPD. The man who was killed was 87 years old, police said Wednesday, after initially saying at...
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James Talarico made another visit to Houston to continue to garner support from Black voters ahead of the midterms in November. Credit: Getty Images James Talarico, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, held another rally in Houston’s historic Third Ward, appealing to Black voter...
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An investigation uncovered an exchange of money and communications between the police chief and a subordinate officer. The chief denied the allegations....
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Today: We discuss the latest on the U.S.-Canada trade war, discuss a new series about the disappearance of Houston native Austin Tice, and learn about the REELpoetry International Film Festival. Plus, this week’s “On the Marquee.”...
safety
Austin police and emergency crews responded to a series of suspected overdoses early Wednesday morning in downtown Austin, with five people affected in an area around the 300 block of East 6th Street. Austin-Travis County EMS Capt. Stedman said multiple 911 calls began coming in ...
safety
A major highway intersection in Fort Bend County is shut down after a heavy truck rollover crash. The crash happened at the intersection of SH 36 and FM 1489, between Rosenberg and Wallis. The intersection is completely closed as crews respond to the crash. Sky 2 Chopper captured...
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A man went missing along Katy Hockley Road on Tuesday morning.
business
In a housing system built on second chances for some—and none for others—one woman in Houston is working to change the answer from “no” to “yes.” Her name is Jessica Speigner. And through her business, Second Chance, she is helping people others had turned away find stability, di...
schools
A parent alleges their son was sexually assaulted by another male student at Christa McAuliffe Middle School and is calling on Fort Bend ISD to provide protection and educational support while the matter remains under investigation. The parent said it happened at the gym locker r...
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LeJames Norman faces execution by lethal injection in Texas for the 2005 triple murder of three people during an attempted drug robbery in Edna, southwest of Houston....
parks
There’s more to the Baytown Nature Center than what meets the eye. You can find evidence of the neighborhood that once existed there under the surface of the water that now dominates the landscape. From the 1930s to the 1980s the Brownwood subdivision was home to more than 400 fa...
