Thanks to funds provided by a federal program, many families in Texas are catching up on late mortgage and home tax payments. Still, the eligibility requirements could prevent some homeowners affected by the pandemic from getting help. At least 205 Dallas County families have been awarded this grant, available through the 2021 American Rescue Plan. Texas received $840 million for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The westbound lanes of Bellaire remain closed Sunday morning while Houston police investigate the scene of a deadly crash. A tow truck is working to remove the SUVs involved from the road. Police said they received a call at about 3:35 a.m. They believe the storm may have caused several of the stoplights in the area …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was shot in the chest while on the balcony of an apartment complex in the River Oaks area, according to police. Officers said they responded to the same apartment complex about 30 or 45 minutes earlier at Alexan River Oaks on Weslayan near West Alabama. At that time, they found three rounds had been …

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced a one-year guaranteed income pilot program alongside the Houston Fund for Social Justice and Economic Equity on May 19 designed to help impoverished residents. The program is in partnership with Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, a coalition of more than 60 mayors engaged in the advancement of a federal guaranteed income, with …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Firefighters are looking into whether intense lightning we saw during overnight storms sparked a fire in southwest Houston Twelve people are out of their homes after a fire broke out at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday at the Victoria Park Apartments on South Course near Elmsworth. Houston Fire Department Arson Team arrived at the scene and is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — At the start of a recent episode of The Bachelor, a contestant shimmies her shoulders as she squeals, “We’re going to Houston, baby. I’m ready for some Texas fun.” Episodes four and five of the reality dating show’s 26th season were filmed in Houston October 2021. During their two weeks here, contestants were housed at the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Some much needed rainfall came down across most of SE Texas Sunday morning and the rain chances are not over yet! Rain chances are expected to continue through the first half of the work week. Monday will start off partly sunny with some patchy fog. We’ll stay mostly dry. Rain chances increase Tuesday and Wednesday. What …

Samsung, along with Apple is being levied new fines for not offering power bricks with their smartphones. According to a report, Apple started the trend of removing charging bricks from its iPhones starting iPhone 12 and the first company to embrace this trend, only to be followed by Samsung that stopped including wall chargers with the Galaxy S21 flagship series in …

ISLAMABAD: The ‘Gauss Auto Group,’ a Chinese corporation, has announced to construct electric vehicle (EV) plant in Pakistan’s special economic zone near Port Qasim in Karachi. The company would enter into a Joint Venture (JV) with AKD Group Holdings (Pvt.) limited and set up the plant near Port Qasim, Karachi on around 1000 acres of land. The development comes after …