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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Sitting between his sister and mother, Devyn Holmes showed off his big smile and sense of humor. “This tragedy has sort of, kind of, made me famous,” Devyn said. “Well to me I always thought I was famous anyway.” That tragedy was a shooting that took place during a broadcast through Facebook Live, on April 1, …

The SH 288/Brazoria County Expressway Project closed all directions this past weekend to tear down a section of the SH 288 bridge over FM 518. All mainlanes of Highway 288 at FM 518 were closed– which caused heavy traffic delays and extensive detours throughout Saturday morning. Originally, FM 518 at SH 288 was supposed to take the entire weekend with …

HARRIS COUNTY (KTRK) — A man was shot multiple times Saturday afternoon in northwest Harris County, according to deputies. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 4:24 p.m. in the 12599 block of Bammel North Houston Road near West Richey Road. Dispatch responded to a call after a bystander reported a car accident. When they arrived to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Police are investigating after a homeowner shot and killed a potential burglary suspect Saturday evening in north Houston. Police say the incident happened around 7:21 p.m. in the 93 block of Veenstra Street. The homeowner says when he arrived home, he spotted someone who didn’t belong there, and that’s when he went for his gun. …

Authorities confirm a man was found stabbed to death at an apartment complex on 116 E Edgebrook in Southeast Houston. The incident occurred at the Arlington Place Apartments Homicide units are investigating the scene. ABC13 reporter Charly Edsitty will provide updates as the situation continues.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (KTRK) — Investigation is underway after two officers were shot in downtown Birmingham early Sunday morning. Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith said one of the officers, a sergeant, was killed and the other is still in critical condition. The officers arrived on scene in response to a car burglary. When they arrived, the officers approached one suspect and …

Houstonians know Carolyn Farb as a philanthropist and a high-profile socialite often photographed wearing elegant gowns at charity galas. On Friday, however, Farb and law enforcement authorities described decades of private torment she endured through a series of threatening, anonymous letters. Farb said she has never met the man charged with sending them “I’ve been receiving his letters for over …

WASHINGTON — In the days after President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation. The inquiry carried explosive implications. Counterintelligence investigators …

Mingling with sharks on an abandoned sunken ship is just one part of a Houston-area photographer and his wife’s day job. While the sharks and other ocean predators seen in League City resident Ken Kiefer’s photos look terrifying to some, for he and his wife, Kimber, who often models in his underwater photo shoots, they are just misunderstood wonders of the ocean …

Officials with the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39 people for felony Driving While Intoxicated charges and felony sex crimes throughout the month of December, according to records from a public information request filed by the Chronicle Of those arrests, 26 were felony DWI charges. In Texas, a person is charged with DWI if their blood or breath alcohol concentration (BAC) …