AUSTIN — In a bizarre political blunder, a document laying out the Republican Party of Texas’s election strategy for the 2020 elections has ended up in the hands of Texas Democrats. Attacking Democratic candidates through websites and mitigating “the polarizing nature” of President Donald Trump are part of the plan. The document — called a draft for initial discussion by …

WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Rick Perry declared that God chose Donald Trump — and Barack Obama — to lead the United States. In an interview on Fox, the former Texas governor also said he’s assured the president that some of the greatest biblical leaders were flawed as part of an effort to “minister” to Trump. “I happen to believe that …

  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Patrick Pressgrove will tell you that the biggest enemy holding him back at first was himself. After receiving his running prosthetics, he stored them away in a closet for a year because he was afraid of failing. It wasn’t until a good friend encouraged him to get up and get going that made all the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After teasing everyone on Twitter, the Houston Roughnecks have finally revealed the football they’ll be playing with when the season begins. Houston Roughnecks ✔@XFLRoughnecks Replying to @XFLRoughnecks @xfl2020 Get your hands on an official Roughnecks Game Ball! http://bit.ly/RoughnecksGameBall …#ThisIsTheXFL #WorkingForHTown 34 9:10 PM – Nov 25, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 15 people are talking about …

VICTORIA, Texas (KTRK) — A horrific crash killed two Houston teenagers on Nov. 8, and one family is still fighting to bring their daughter’s body home. Family members tell Eyewitness News Jayde Thomas, 17, and Za’Kerania “KeeKee” Collins-Lee, 19, died from their injuries. Jayde died at the scene of the crash. Paramedics flew KeeKee to a San Antonio hospital. Her …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An employee at HISD’s Worthing High School is accused of having sex with a student, according to law enforcement sources. Tedria Fluellen, 51, appeared in Harris County Probable Cause Court Friday night. She is charged with sexual assault of a child under 17. Her bond was set at $40,000. In court, Fluellen’s defense attorney said she’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A major weather system roaring through the Plains will bring hardly a shower to southeast Texas Tuesday and Wednesday. Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog says the atmosphere will moisten up overnight ahead of this cool front, leading to morning lows in the upper 60s, which is about 20 degrees warmer than average at this time of year. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Whether you’re cooking for two or 20, a typical Thanksgiving menu is filled with a variety of rich flavors, but Dr. Noreen Khan-Mayberry, known as the Tox Doc, says these foods can be filled with sugar, salt and chemicals. “It’s one meal a day, but it’s a meal where people indulge and they turn that one …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of driving while intoxicated has been charged in connection with a deadly crash on the Gulf Freeway. Lupe Longoria, 27, was arrested following the early Saturday morning crash. Houston police say two drivers were on the Gulf Freeway exchanging information after a fender bender. Police say Longoria was reportedly speeding when he lost …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman went to Target to get a brand new vacuum cleaner, but when she got home the box was filled with rocks, towels and a can of chili. Target then accused her of making the switch. “My husband said, ‘This looks weird. Why are there towels?'” Annie Banerjee recalled. “And I kept saying, ‘Maybe to …