HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On the Friday before Election Day, the top five candidates for Houston mayor canvassed the city, personally meeting with voters and pitching their vision of the future. Here’s a roundup of where ABC13 caught up with the candidates: Mayor Sylvester Turner The incumbent made a number of stops to campaign, including on the campus of Texas …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Just as the Houston Rockets wrapped up their win against the New Orleans Pelicans last weekend, a fan took a swing at an assistant coach at courtside, hitting the assistant in the head. “The Rockets won the game. Then one of the assistant coaches for the New Orleans Pelicans was gathering his things and was essentially …

LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK) — It started as a typical Sunday morning jog for Ted Webster, but it ended in anything but typical. “I remember seeing Dean wave, so, I lifted my hand to wave and started feeling lightheaded, and that’s the last thing I remember,” said Webster, who collapsed outside his La Porte home. “I actually came to hearing …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Rockets fan accused of punching a New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach faced a judge Friday and asked for more time finding a lawyer. Manuel Garcia is out on bond for the charges. ABC13 caught up with Garcia as he left court, although Garcia did not answer questions about why he threw the punch.

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 3-year-old boy has died after he accidentally shot himself inside a home in northwest Harris County, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. See Ed Gonzalez’s other Tweets The incident happened around 12:30 p.m. at 6414 Skyview Dr., near Highway 290 and Beltway 8. The 3-year-old, who has not been identified, was transported to the hospital …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man says he was warming up his pick-up truck in a parking lot in southwest Houston when a thief jumped in and drove off, causing a serious crash.. It happened at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Fondren Road at around 6 a.m. Friday. Mario Beltran, the owner of the truck, said he was trying …

AUSTIN — Michelle Beckley isn’t hiding from anything. Not her call for a special session on gun violence. Not her advocacy for LGBT Texans. And not her push, before arriving at the Texas House, to stop the Carrollton Police Department from cooperating with federal immigration authorities to turn over immigrants in their custody. “I’m not scared of my record at …

Two robbers wearing clown masks broke into a Fort Worth couple’s home Thursday night and forced the wife to tape her husband’s hands, police said. No one was hurt in the home invasion that happened around 8 p.m. on Halloween in the 1100 block of East Richmond Avenue, police said. But the assailants did take cash from two wallets, according to …

An Arlington police officer who fatally shot a woman during an August welfare check resigned Friday, police said. Officer Ravi Singh had not previously been identified by Arlington police before he delivered his resignation Friday, three months after the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Margarita “Maggie” Victoria Brooks. On Aug. 1, Singh and other officers pulled up to Cantor Drive and …

A man whose body was found in August near an Amazon fulfillment center in southeast Oak Cliff has been identified, and Dallas police said Friday they’re investigating his death as a homicide. Jeremy Trevon Tinsley, 27, was found Aug. 1 in a pond behind the warehouse in the 6700 block of J.J. Lemmon Road. Police suspect he was slain and his body …