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ST. LOUIS, Missouri — A male St. Louis police officer was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a female officer during what was described as a deadly game with a revolver. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charges against Nathaniel Hendren, 29, in the death of 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, as they allegedly played a game in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police need your help finding a 62-year-old man who disappeared Friday. Joe Darden was last seen at a gas station on Langwick around 5 p.m. Authorities say Darden was wearing a gray sweatshirt, a beige or blue checkered jacket, light blue jeans, a blue hat and brown shoes. If you have any information on his …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One child is dead, and two others were injured during a crash in west Harris County. Deputies say Rafael Quiroz was traveling eastbound in the 2250 block of Morton Ranch road approaching Elrod Road when he and driver Jose Chavez collided. According to authorities, Chavez was with his wife Bernice and three children, 3-year-old Nora, 6-year-old …

Strap yourselves in drivers. On second thought, don’t strap yourselves in. Stay at home. Ride a bike. Take a walk. If you do have to drive, assume every freeway in Houston is filled with mutant zombies hell bent on eating your brains. May as well be considering the level of construction on area roadways beginning Friday. First, the easy ones. …

A former Fort Bend substitute teacher captured in Syria as an ISIS combatant is awaiting an initial appearance in Houston Friday to face federal charges. Warren Christopher Clark, 34, who grew up in Sugar Land and was raised by two Houston Independent School District teachers, was reported to have been captured by Kurdish rebels earlier this month and subsequently gave …

Houston Police arrested 48 drivers on felony alcohol charges during the month of December, according to records obtained by Chron.com. Some were charged with driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle, and many were charged with their third DWI Driving while intoxicated in Texas is typically a misdemeanor on the first two offenses. Drivers charged with a third …

Houston’s airports are monitoring traffic as media report a brief ground stop for flights arriving into New York’s LaGuardia airport due to a shortage of air-traffic controllers, the latest pain point as the government shutdown drags on and workers have now missed two paychecks. A special program to manage the air traffic is now in place, causing some arriving flights to …

SEBRING, Florida — Details are beginning to emerge about the man who allegedly opened fire in a Florida bank on Wednesday and then called police, saying, “I have shot five people.” RELATED: The latest on the Florida bank shooting WEDNESDAY’S EVENTS Police identified 21-year-old Zephen Xaver as the man who allegedly killed five people inside a SunTrust Bank in the …

TARKINGTON PRAIRIE, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities say three people were killed, including a 5-year-old boy, when two cars collided in Liberty County. An adult male and a 15-year-old girl were also killed in the wreck. The crash happened just after 7 p.m. Wednesday at FM 163 and CR 2282. Three other people were transported to the hospital via ambulance. DPS …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police faced a bizarre SWAT standoff in west Houston on Wednesday night. Police say a man rode a motorcycle around the inside of his house and blared loud music. According to police, it all started with the man holding his girlfriend at knife point. The man barricaded himself inside a home on North Wilcrest Drive and …