HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Since last summer, Tamyra Mensah-Stock has brightened things with her beaming grin – and also with her shiny gold medal. At the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo, the Morton Ranch High School product became the first Black woman to ever win a gold medal in wrestling. She told that one of the many people who impacted her …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — SkyEye is over a traffic backup after an 18-wheeler struck the guard wall on the Eastex Freeway in northeast Houston. When the 18-wheeler struck the wall on the southbound ramp of the US-59 Eastex Freeway to the eastbound North 610 Loop, it sent debris to the northbound US-59 below. The crash not only caused damage to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Investigators are reviewing traffic cameras along the North Sam Houston Tollway after a passenger in a vehicle was shot to death in what could be a road rage incident. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said it learned of the shooting at about 10:50 a.m. Thursday when the driver of the targeted blue Honda sedan stopped in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A wreck on the northbound Interstate 45 near FM 1960 is causing multiple lane closures in both directions during the height of the Thursday afternoon commute. The crash, which was located on the northbound I-45 North Freeway after Parramatta Lane, involved three vehicles and it was verified at 5:30 p.m., according to Houston TranStar. All main …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 7-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet at an apartment complex in northwest Houston on Wednesday evening, according to police. At about 6:55 p.m., the Houston Police Department responded to a shooting at 1501 Big Bend Drive and found the girl suffering from a bullet graze wound to her right shin, HPD says. The girl’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Department of Homeland Security has a plan in motion to help alleviate a years-long backlog in asylum cases. Judges will not see many new asylum cases due to a process that allows asylum officers to approve or deny a case instead of going before a judge. Migrants seeking asylum and headed to certain cities will now participate …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 15-year-old boy went missing in Sims Bayou in southeast Houston on Thursday evening, according to police. At about 7:52 p.m., the Houston Police Department responded to reports of a drowning at the 10000 block of Scott Street. A son and his father were by the bayou when the son slipped into the water and didn’t …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Rain chances on Friday and into the weekend will be on the low side but not zero. A hot and steamy weekend ahead. Are there any other chances for rain this week? Yes, but don’t get your hopes up too much. The weak front will drop the moisture levels enough Friday to only support a 20% …

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has achieved the desired goal of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign and announced the completion of 100 percent vaccination and immunisation of the target groups in the country. The campaign aimed to vaccinate and immunise frontliners, volunteers, community members of the age groups specified according to the type of vaccine, the elderly and …