HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Looking for the perfect picture for your holiday card, but feel like something is missing? Maybe it’s Orbit, the mascot of the Houston Astros! Orbit will be available to be in your family’s holiday card picture on the field of Minute Maid Park on Nov. 16 and 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It costs …

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Astros used a center-field camera to help steal signs during their 2017 championship season, a former Astros pitcher told The Athletic, a practice that would have run afoul of rules against using technology for an advantage and has prompted an investigation. Mike Fiers, who now pitches for the Oakland Athletics, told the website that he …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Hazana Anderson wasn’t even 2 years old when investigators say she died a brutal death in October 2018. Her mother, Tiaundra Christon, and her mother’s boyfriend, Kenny Hewett, were each arrested. Court records report they took turns beating the girl inside a southeast Houston hotel room because she wouldn’t stop crying. “Hewett was violently hitting the …

Houston, Texas (KTRK) — Police say Houston firefighters came to the rescue of a woman who was robbed, and even chased down the robbery suspect and held him until police arrived. It was around 4 a.m. on Sunday. A Lyft driver, who we’re identifying as Sherry, stopped her car after having a problem with the Lyft app. Next thing she …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Video released Tuesday is giving a disturbing look at a purse-snatching inside the Galleria involving a robber dragging the victim down an escalator. The robber approaches the woman as she rides the escalator at the Saks Fifth Avenue. He then drags her across the floor as she holds on to her bag. The suspect then got …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An unusually early fall freeze is settling into Houston tonight. Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog says a widespread freeze is likely for all but the immediate coast. The freeze line is expected to make it within a few miles of Galveston Bay and the coastline. A FREEZE WARNING is in effect until 9 am Wednesday from Houston …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Buying a new truck isn’t easy, especially if you’ve never done it. It nearly cost Omar Teran thousands to get out of a deal he couldn’t afford. When he couldn’t get answers, he Turned to Ted. Teran drives his dad’s truck back and forth to work, and he decided it’s time to get one of his …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A beloved member of Houston’s East End community is learning he is not alone in his time of need. Emilio Vargas is a well-known street vendor known in the East End as the “Elote Man” because he has been selling the Mexican street corn from his bike and cart for decades. The 68-year-old hasn’t been able …

Bullet-proof glass, lockdown technology and stepped up intervention to help students at risk of hurting themselves or others are part of the Frisco school district’s newest efforts to keep schools safe. After the deadly shooting at a high school in Santa Fe last year, Texas lawmakers made school safety a priority this past session by funneling additional money and requiring …

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is disputing a claim by Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, that he sought to subvert President Donald Trump’s agenda in an effort to “save the country.” Tillerson, a former ExxonMobil chief executive, told media outlets on Monday that during his tenure as America’s top diplomat, “at no time did …