HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Jack Yates High School basketball team made history Tuesday night by breaking the national scoring record set by a former Yates squad a decade ago. Bob Slovak ✔@BobSlovak13 Big night for the @JackYatesHoops Lions. Yates setting a National record with their 16th straight game of more than 100 points. The story at 10. @abc13houston 25 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are searching for a man they say is a serial rapist responsible for multiple attacks between early 2019 to January 2020. Brandon Jay Carter, 28, is charged with felony aggravated sexual assault and credit/debit card abuse. Police said during a press conference Tuesday that he’s linked to at least three cases: two in Greenspoint …

HOUSTON, Texas — Texas prosecutors have dropped a driving while intoxicated charge filed against the actor featured on commercials for the travel booking site Trivago with a perpetual five o’clock shadow. The case against Timothy Williams, 53, was dismissed Monday after Williams completed the alcohol education courses and community service required for pretrial diversion of first-time DWI offender. PREVIOUS STORY: …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you grew up in Houston, you know “Mattress Mack” is a household name. Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale arrived in Houston in 1981 and opened the first Gallery Furniture store in an abandoned model home park at 6006 I-45 North Freeway. He’s called the Bayou City home ever since, becoming an icon and for some people, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We need to get through one more gloomy day before sunshine returns to Houston. A warm front offshore will attempt to push inland this morning, bringing more thick fog and light showers, especially south of I-10. The fog could get dense in spots, so pad in some extra time for your morning commute. A stronger cold …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Allergies are the worst in Houston. “Just like sneezing, itchy watery eyes, that kind of stuff,” Haley Jones said. Kelsey Seybold Clinic Allergist Eric Sandberg said the spring allergy season usually starts halfway through February, meaning it should start Monday, Feb. 17. “Ragweed is a big factor for the fall symptoms and oak and pecan pollen …

Widespread and steady rain continues across North Texas Wednesday morning. It will be heavy at times, but the heaviest is likely to be south and southeast of the DFW metro area. The bottom line: keep the umbrella nearby. Also, you might want to give yourself more travel time, ponding on roads and spray could be a problem during the morning …

Dallas police are investigating a fatal shooting of a man in the Casa Linda neighborhood early Tuesday afternoon. The incident took place shortly after noon in the 11700 block of Rupley Lane, near Jupiter and Garland roads, where responding officers found the unidentified man dead of an apparent gunshot wound. A witness told police that he was called by a …

As a mayor in Guatemala, Erik Salvador Suniga Rodriguez was well protected in his native country, even as he sent multiple tons of cocaine into the U.S., federal prosecutors say. Now, Suniga Rodriguez sits in a jail cell in the Eastern District of Texas, awaiting trial in Plano on charges that he conspired to distribute the drugs. U.S. Attorney Joseph …

CEDAR HILL — When Tammy Kirk wanted to get dressed up, her daughter was her go-to. LaTiffiney Rodgers knew how to do her mother’s hair and doll her up with makeup, even applying her false eyelashes. It wasn’t about the makeup. It was about their moments together. Tammy Kirk, mother of LaTiffiney Rodgers, who was fatally shot and her sons …