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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Icy road conditions continue to cause problems for some drivers across Houston on Tuesday. We’ve got an Weather Alert Day in effect through noon Wednesday due to icy areas in parts of southeast Texas and a hard freeze. Freezing rain, sleet, and some snow fell across southeast Texas on Monday. Meanwhile, temperatures have stayed below freezing, so some …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Some Houston-area residents are without power as southeast Texas experiences a deep freeze. We have issued an Weather Alert Day through noon on Wednesday due to some lingering icy bridges and overpasses and a hard freeze. According to CenterPoint Energy’s outage tracker, 99 Houston-area customers are without power as of 10 p.m. The outage areas are spread out across the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A tire shop customer is dead after a suspect opened fire on the business in southwest Houston. Houston police said they received a shooting call at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Mansard. At the scene, officers found a man had been shot several times and a tire shop employee had been wounded once …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Many of Houston’s homeless are taking refuge in one of the city’s six warming shelters Tuesday night, but many more will sleep outside. Kieaira Jones is one of those camped out at the Acres Homes Multi-Service Center. She and her three children moved to Houston last month from Florida so Jones could pursue her goal of internet …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The mother of a man shot by a Houston police officer last month is questioning the department’s transparency after learning there is no body-worn camera footage of the shooting. On Monday, the Houston Police Department released five videos – one from a dashboard camera and four others from the body cameras of all the officers on the …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An Aldine ISD student is facing charges after administrators say he brutally beat a janitor at Eisenhower High School. According to the district, the alleged attack happened at about 10 a.m. on Friday. Authorities said the student was completely naked when he approached 78-year-old Simon Galvez and started swinging. They also believe the student was under …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man was killed when fire ripped through his home overnight in the Aldine area in north Harris County. A woman and two children were able to get out safely, according to fire officials. The fire started just before 1 a.m. Monday at a home in the 1300 block of Old Greens Road near the Hardy …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, asks Texas residents to conserve electricity until Monday, Jan. 15. The video above is on how to prepare your home for freezing temperatures. The agency asks residents to hold power specifically between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. if it is safe to do so. Due to continued freezing temperatures, very high …

HOUSTON, Texas — Defying the constraints of stage 4 colon cancer, Orly Fuerst is participating in the Aramco Houston Half Marathon, alongside her daughter, Abrielle. “She is the fiercest woman I have ever met,” Abrielle shared. “They (doctors) said to her she would never run again and she’s like ‘watch me I’m watching a half marathon’ next year. Since then she’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — According to newly reported information from Bush Intercontinental Airport of Houston, the ground stop issued Monday morning only impacted United Airlines flights. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered the stop from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. due to freezing rain. With weather conditions persisting, United Airlines requested to extend the ground stop until 1:30 p.m. In a …