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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — This is your weekend to get things done outside because next weekend we might be dealing with widespread showers and thunderstorms. We’re looking at a fairly ideal temperature range for Saturday and Sunday with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. While it will be a mostly …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A CenterPoint Energy customer said his natural gas was wrongly shut off, and if it wasn’t for Action 13, it may have taken days to be put back on. Family found themselves without gas shortly after move-in A Houston man was prepared to go days without a way to cook. “We can’t afford to eat out every …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — For the first time since winning her lawsuit against Baylor University, a Houston woman is talking publicly about her case against the revered private institution in Waco. For Dolores Lozano, the diploma she earned from Baylor University is a testament to both hard work and struggle in the classroom and outside of it. “I think going to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 61-year-old HISD driving instructor is in jail Friday night for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl, and court documents have revealed he also worked at HISD’s Madison High School. According to HISD, Ronald Avery Eglin quit working at the school in 2022. That’s four years after the earliest known police report accusing Elgin of sexual misconduct …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Family members of a murdered woman in Houston are raising questions about how long it took police to respond the night she died. The victim was identified as Robin Simpson. Police said she was stabbed to death by her husband in front of their 8-year-old daughter. Her family wants to know how long it took the police …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police have released a sketch of a burglar they say broke into a victim’s home in order to commit sexual assault. The attack happened on Sept. 20 at about 3 a.m. A man broke into the victim’s home in the 9800 block of Meadowglen Lane and sexually assaulted the woman as she slept. When she woke …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Sheriff’s Office launched a new program on Wednesday that aims to make roads safer and improve police-community relations. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced that the program ‘Lights On!’ will replace vehicle violation tickets with repair vouchers redeemable at partnered auto shops. Deputies now have the discretion to give out vouchers instead of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An intense video shows the moments a man with a sledgehammer broke a glass window before pepper-spraying a store clerk near Houston’s Acres Homes area. The Houston Police Department is searching for the accused robber who walked into the convenience store off West Little York and Carver Road on Oct. 4 at about 4 a.m. Authorities said …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Whether you knew him as Big Puma, Fat Elvis, a Killer B, or the catalyst of that Astros playoff comeback from 2005, Lance Berkman has been tightly woven into Houston sports fabric going back to his days with the Rice Owls baseball team. Berkman, now teaching the next generation of baseball players as Houston Christian University’s head coach …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The City of Houston has re-upped a deal that will give millions of dollars to a business district in the southwest side. No questions asked, the district will get the money, even at a time when the city’s financial standing is dire depending on who you ask. This is all thanks to a 2013 deal that allows …