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KATY, Texas (KTRK) — Dramatic video captured the moment a trooper crashed into an 18-wheeler during a chase, but a witness insists it shouldn’t have happened. On Halloween night, an eyewitness with a camera captured an 18-wheeler moving through an intersection at Mason Road near the Katy Freeway. Moments later, you see a DPS trooper blow through the red light. The witness who …

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (KTRK) — Multiple agencies are currently working to find 25-year-old Houston woman Christy Perry, who disappeared in Big Bend National Park. According to the National Park Service, Perry’s family reported that she did not return home from her trip. A close family friend confirmed with that Perry did not tell anyone the details of her itinerary …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A north Houston day care is closing Friday, sending parents scrambling to find child care and employees out of work as we head into the holiday season. The owner says she can’t afford to stay open since federal funding expired Sept. 30. State legislators considered but eventually decided not to add day care funding to the state …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When some of the biggest names in the oil and gas industry were late on payments to Hobre USA, the company’s managing director Dale Langham couldn’t understand why checks from his loyal customers went missing. Langham, whose company builds machines that analyze liquids and gasses for the oil and gas industry, said when he called companies asking …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway after a man and a woman died while awaiting trial in Harris County Jail custody. On Wednesday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office sent a release about the deaths that took place just days apart. The first death happened on Nov. 13. Authorities said that on Oct. 29, 60-year-old Robert Shelton was taken …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In an attempt to bring businesses back to downtown Houston after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Houston City Council voted to ease restrictions on alcohol in the area. On Wednesday, the council approved the expansion of the downtown entertainment zone – an area catered to development interests that waives the city’s distance requirements for selling alcohol near churches, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man’s charges were dismissed nearly two years after being accused of impersonating a police officer during an alleged sexual assault outside of a Fourth Ward church, according to documents. In 2021, Martin Hernandez was charged with sexual assault and impersonating a public servant. On Wednesday, found his charges were dismissed after attorney’s said, “No probable causes …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — More affordable housing options could be coming to economically disadvantaged families in Houston. The city is working on securing funding from the federal government to build 21 new and affordable homes throughout the Third Ward, Settegast, and South Union neighborhoods. David Edwards Jr. grew up in Houston’s Third Ward, a place where he would like to see …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police do not believe the three Yates High School students who were stabbed on Tuesday evening were part of a random attack. Just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, officers responded to Scott Street near Cleburne. Three teen boys were stabbed near the METRO stop and sustained serious injuries. All three were taken to the hospital and were …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The investigation into a man who police say forged warranty deeds on properties worth $15 millionis expanding because police say they found more victims. Earlier this month, Timothy Willard was arrested and charged for allegedly forging warranty deeds on at least three properties, including his father’s. Two of the properties were multi-million-dollar vacant lots in the River Oaks …