In March 2022, BioLabs cut the ribbon on its 37,000-square-foot facility at Pegasus Park. Its goal was to provide biotech and life sciences companies with the tools they need to relocate to the Dallas-Fort Worth area — and stay here. That goal appears to be coming to fruition for one of its first tenants. Just two months ago, drug discovery …

New research from the UT Southwestern Medical Center suggests that not only what we eat, but also when we eat it, could play a role in how long we live. The idea that reducing the amount of calories you eat can extend your lifespan has been around for a while. But recently, a team led by UT Southwestern neuroscience professors Joseph Takahashi and Carla …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A combination of heat and little rain is impacting families around southeast Texas. With some homeowners having patches of dry grass, experts say the drought could impact the foundation of your home. People are dealing with dry grass and clay soil and are unsure what to do if the problem worsens. Robert Jackson said the garden …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a 2019 shooting that left two brothers dead in northeast Houston. Marlon Brandon Valdez, 22, was sentenced on Monday for ambushing and shooting two brothers he knew from high school. He was 18 years old at the time of the deadly ambush. “The families …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Lucky Evening Food Store in southwest Houston has been open for 20 years under the same owner. “It has gotten progressively worse in terms of crime over the last few decades, but these people were committed to the community,” Loyd Neal, the attorney representing the owner of the store, said. In March, the store, located …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One day before the trial for Houston native Brittney Griner resumes in Russia, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Cherelle Griner, Brittney Griner’s wife. Biden’s conversation with Cherelle Griner followed Brittney Griner’s personal appeal to the president in a handwritten letter from the basketball superstar the White House received Monday. In the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston mom whose 5-year-old daughter was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Greenspoint area is calling for the community to find her daughter’s killers. Just before 1 a.m. on July 3, Kristena Watters closed up her shift at a restaurant and went to pick up her two kids from a 24-hour daycare center, investigators …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Wednesday evening, a relative called the Houston Police Department to identify a child who was found abandoned. But investigators still haven’t been able to find the boy’s mom or dad. Investigators want to find the parents first, so they can talk with them. They said they aren’t accusing them of a crime, because they don’t …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s possibly the most significant step forward yet, for a community, in a fight for their lives. The city of Houston and Harris County are planning legal action against Union Pacific over creosote contamination in Kashmere Gardens and Fifth Ward. Creosote is an oily liquid made up of hundreds of chemicals that can cause lung and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Some folks on Houston’s eastside picked up nearly 2″ of rain from the downpours Wednesday afternoon. The disturbance that created those downpours will move to our west Thursday, dropping rain chances down to 20%. Temperatures will start off in the upper 70s then warm into the upper 90s. Lingering moisture from the disturbance will produce isolated …