HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — For more than a year now, the daily routine at Sonoma Wine Bar involves masking up and wiping down. With the statewide mask mandate going away next week, owner Farrah Cauley is now more worried about the health of her employees. “It’s scary, we get some guests that believe it or don’t believe it,” she said, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo once again canceled for in-person events because of the pandemic, organizers have opened an online portal for rodeo retail and food exhibitors. Senior manager of exhibits and events, Amanda Schlatre, said the Rodeo Drive Shops has been in the works since last fall. “We are working to make it …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Following Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions, local businesses and restaurants are deciding whether they will drop or keep COVID-19 measures in place. According to Abbott’s executive order announced on Tuesday, starting Wednesday, March 10, all businesses located in counties that do not have high COVID-19 hospitalization numbers will be allowed to open …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Animals will soon have a safe place to cross along Houston’s busy Memorial Drive. A land bridge is currently being built at Memorial Park that will work like an overpass for animals. The park says, sadly, they see wild animals hit and killed along the roads about two times a week. An animal bridge already built …