HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A father received a sweet surprise after he tweeted a photo of his infant son in a customized J.J. Watt corrective helmet. Matthew Morales, a Houston Texans super fan, posted a series of photos of his 4-month-old son Mateo in his helmet. Baby Mateo has Plagiocephaly, which causes a baby’s head to have a flattened appearance. …

  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the city is moving forward with plans to deploy a gunfire detection system. The system is known as ShotSpotter, and it’s been deployed in other big cities to battle violent crime. On Tuesday, Houston leaders refused to tell the public what community will be monitored …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A strong cold front will blast through Houston overnight, pumping the winds up on Wednesday and bringing a light freeze Wednesday night. Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog says a wind advisory is in effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. when winds could gust up to 40 mph. Travis Herzog ✔@TravisABC13 Get ready for a really windy …

A Collin County gang member has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for shooting at police during a high-speed chase after a carjacking in 2018, the Collin County district attorney’s office said Tuesday. Marcus Johnson-McBryde(Collin County Sheriff’s Department) Marcus Johnson-McBryde, 23, of Allen pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to two counts of aggravated assault of a public servant and one …

Five students were taken into police custody after a fight broke out at a Fort Worth middle school Tuesday morning, school officials and police said. Officers were called at 9:15 a.m. about the disturbance at Rosemont Middle School. Fort Worth ISD spokesman Clint Bond said staff members and a police officer had broken up the fight among students. The school …

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Bernie Sanders is the front-runner in the Democratic race for president. His rivals finally acted like it. The Vermont senator’s foes came after him early and often Tuesday night at the Democratic debate in South Carolina, tagging him as a rogue, unrealistic radical in the final on-stage clash ahead of the state’s primary on Saturday and the …

WASHINGTON – MJ Hegar sits in prime position ahead of next week’s Democratic primary to take on Republican Sen. John Cornyn, if campaign cash is any guide. While the Air Force veteran long ago established herself as the fundraising frontrunner in the crowded field, a Dallas Morning News analysis of a previously uncompiled campaign finance data set – the most complete one …

As her 13-year-old cousin was being abducted, LeDoris Randle received a threatening phone call from a blocked number. “If he don’t bring back the drugs, then I’m going to kill the [expletive],” the voice on the other end of the line said. Randle, 23, told a Dallas County jury Tuesday she immediately thought of her boyfriend, Kendall Perkins, who had …

Authorities in Dallas County on Tuesday added two indictments on capital murder charges against Billy Chemirmir, the man accused of smothering elderly residents at North Texas independent living facilities for years. In all, Chemirmir has been indicted on capital murder charges in the deaths of 14 people, while civil lawsuits accuse him of killing eight more. He faces the death …

An 8-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen while unloading groceries in San Antonio, and police are searching for the persons believed to be responsible. The incident took place about 5:30 p.m. in East San Antonio, where the boy and his stepfather were unloading their haul, San Antonio’s KABB-TV reported. Police say a silver van drove by and two people opened …