The weekend has arrived and our weather will continue to feature up and down temperatures. No rain is expected through Sunday. Saturday will bring a big warm up with highs in the 70s and 80s thanks to a southwest wind and sunshine. The wind will gust over 30 mph during the afternoon and the fire danger will be elevated west …

New details continue to emerge about the woman who was arrested in the stabbing of five children in an Ellis County home, killing three of them and hospitalizing two. The slayings happened Friday after a Child Protective Services worker decided to remove the children from the home, the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said. Court documents released Thursday reveal what the CPS worker told authorities she saw, …

WASHINGTON – Glenn Beck, conservative radio host and co-founder of Irving-based Blaze Media, said he is now the owner of an archive detailing the path to securing abortion rights in Roe vs. Wade. The collection belonged to Linda Coffee, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of “Jane Roe,” the Dallas woman blocked from terminating her pregnancy under a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The weak front that gave us a little relief from the heat and humidity Friday will lift back to the north as a warm front Friday night. That means the first half of the weekend will be warm, humid, and breezy. The good news is, a real deal cold front will pass through on Sunday, and give …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The sights and sounds of crime are sadly commonplace along Rampart Street in the Gulfton neighborhood. “Everyday, police are out here, every single night,” resident David Rosas said. According to police, the latest violent crime is a homicide that happened Thursday evening. Police told that the shooting happened just before 10 p.m. when a 55-year-old man walked …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A close friend of a man who was accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her hostage for years says the charges are bogus. Abraham Bravo Segura, 42, is in the Harris County Jail, accused of holding a woman hostage in his Greenspoint-area mobile home for four years. He is charged with kidnapping and is on a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — ABC13 heard more from a local state representative on Friday on the timeline of the possible state takeover of Houston ISD. Rep. Ron Reynolds says he and other Houston-area lawmakers are set to meet with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morathin the middle of next week. Reynolds told he expects that soon after that meeting, HISD will …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The good news, Texans fans, is that Houston still has a top-two draft pick to select its next franchise QB. The bad news, though, is that the options for head coach Demeco Ryans and company dwindled thanks to a blockbuster trade on Friday. The Texans, who hold the No. 2 selection in next month’s NFL Draft, saw …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Friday afternoon that a comprehensive plan to curtail illegal dumping in the city should be announced by the end of the month. “It’s going to be called ‘One Clean Houston,'” Turner said. Details on what that plan entails weren’t disclosed. Fighting illegal dumping has become one of his administration’s top priorities, as …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston firefighter is sitting in jail, facing drug charges. Edwin Gutierrez was assigned to Station 9 just north of downtown Houston. He was arrested this week on charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. According to police, Gutierrez delivered more than 250 grams of Xanax and over a kilogram of counterfeit Adderall pills, …