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Girls enter group formerly named Boy Scouts of America


February 2, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There’s a new wave of girls who can now join the program formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America under the new name Scouts BSA. There are 19 new troops for girls in the Houston area, with a total of 131 new members. “I felt official (today),” said Ann Harden. Harden wore the official uniform …

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Man dies after crashing into home in southeast Houston


February 2, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are investigating a crash in southwest home that left a man dead and his vehicle stuck in a southeast Houston home. Authorities say the driver of the SUV was driving at a high-rate of speed when he lost control of his vehicle and hit two vehicle and some rocks before smashing into a home Investigators …

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“I want to look like Ivanka Trump”: Houston woman undergoes nine surgical procedures


February 2, 2019

“I want to look like Ivanka Trump,” Houston resident Sarah Schmidt told Inside Edition before undergoing a total of nine surgical procedures, with a price tag of more than $20,000, on September 14. To perform the surgery, the 34-year-old technology analyst enlisted Houston cosmetic surgeon Dr. Franklin A. Rose, who is no stranger to the spotlight. RELATED: Ivanka Trump tours NASA’s …

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Houston Weather: Some showers Saturday, sea fog and sun Sunday


February 2, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Sea fog is already back to Galveston, and fog will continue to be with us the next few days, especially along the coast. Collin says rain will also return Saturday as a jet stream disturbance draws in warm Gulf air, bringing scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. Sunday looks drier and even warmer with highs …

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Vigil held for ‘Star Wars’ fan killed in front of her Tomball home


February 2, 2019

TOMBALL, Texas (KTRK) — Friends and family raised light sabers and released a sky lantern for a Star Wars fan who was gunned down last week in her driveway near Tomball. Elizabeth “Liz” Barraza, 29, was shot four times on Jan. 25 as she was setting up for a garage sale. A neighbor’s security camera captured the shooting and the …

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Neighbors of the couple who injured 5 HPD officers still in shock


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The neighbors and family of Rhogena Nicholas and Dennis Tuttle tell us they are stunned by the drug allegations and also by the shootout that ended their lives. Emotional neighbors created a memorial on the door steps of the couple’s home. Neighbor Robert Antu says, “As far as I’m concerned, that man is a good man. …

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Man shot in the back while getting his mail in north Houston


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are looking for a suspect who they say shot a man in the back while he was picking up his mail in north Houston. It happened on Manus Street around 8 p.m. Investigators said the victim was with his wife when he stopped to check the mailbox. He got out of his car, and that’s …

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Houston Police union president Joe Gamaldi says he wants put ‘dirtbags’ on notice after officer-involved shooting


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union isn’t mincing words after four officers were shot and one was injured while serving a narcotics warrant on the city’s southeast side. During a press conference early Monday evening outside Memorial Hermann Hospital, Joe Gamaldi put anyone caught stirring anti-law enforcement rhetoric in the community on notice. “We …

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Man shot in the back while getting his mail in north Houston


January 30, 2019

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are looking for a suspect who they say shot a man in the back while he was picking up his mail in north Houston. It happened on Manus Street around 8 p.m. Investigators said the victim was with his wife when he stopped to check the mailbox. He got out of his car, and that’s …

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