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SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A Spring woman said she was ready to take her small business to the next level after winning a $30,000 grant. Instead, one of her company vehicles was repossessed, and she’s locked out of her account until the new year. “I could pay my truck off, and I wanted to buy a trailer and buy commercial property …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A motorcyclist was killed after being involved in a wreck along the East Freeway westbound on Tuesday. The Houston Police Department confirmed the fatal crash happened just before 3 p.m., blocking all mainlanes of I-10 westbound at Federal, which were reopened by 6 p.m. HPD said the incident involved two separate vehicles, though it’s unclear how …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Brrr! It’s a little chilly outside! Temperatures are bottoming out in the 40s under a mainly clear sky. An abundance of sunshine will warm temperatures up to near 60 degrees in the afternoon, and it won’t be nearly as windy as it as was on Tuesday. High clouds will stream in late in the day, and they …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities say a truck was hauling large items when it hit a Houston bridge Tuesday afternoon, causing backups for miles along multiple Katy Freeway inbound lanes. The incident was reported at about 12:20 p.m. when the big rig struck the Houston Avenue bridge, according to preliminary information from the Houston Police Department. HPD said large items fell …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — New DNA data helped investigators solve a cold case more than two decades after a teenager was murdered near Houston’s Spring Creek Bridge. Authorities identified 16-year-old Hector Jose Garcia as the body found in 2002 at the bridge off Kickapoo Road. Investigators initially believed the body belonged to someone between the ages of 17 to 32. The …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — It’s a surveillance video that plays out like a scene from a Stephen King novel. It shows two dogs tearing apart vehicles at G Motors, a northwest Harris County car dealership off Cypress Creek Parkway. Employees said the incidents resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Video shows the dogs tearing off bumpers …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Each holiday shopping season, it’s not just the return of deals people see, but there’s also an increase in crimes around shopping centers, according to police. The unofficial start to the holiday shopping season is days away. “You do have to love the cheaper prices,” shopper Andrew Clair said. “The deals. You’ve got to love those types …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Inmates trading a powdery substance for three packages of noodles and coffee led to Harris County’s 18th in-custody death of the year, records allege. Eyewitness News reported 28-year-old Christian Rayo’s death last Thursday after the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said he suffered a medical emergency. Rayo was the third inmate death in four days. On Tuesday, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was a frightening night for people across the city with four separate shootings and a total of eight people shot within just hours on Monday night into Tuesday morning. While homicides are down citywide, it’s up in some communities, and many in one neighborhood said they feel neglected by city leaders as shootings have become a nightly occurrence. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County woman is accused of using a belt used to assist people from a bed to a wheelchair to strangle her mother, who died just before last weekend. A hearing officer set Suzette Kefauver’s bond at $1 million on Tuesday night during probable cause court. Kefauver was charged with first-degree felony murder. Kefauver, 59, is …