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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Grand Opera in March announced its upcoming 2024-25 season on the Wortham Theater Center stage, which includes classics like Puccini’s La Boheme and the iconic Broadway production of West Side Story. However, the company made news with new initiatives designed to reach young Houstonians and help bridge the growing gap in fine arts education within the Houston Independent School …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It might seem too good to be true if Monday night was like a movie. Major League Baseball scouts passed over Ronel Blanco as he worked at a car wash to help his mother in the Dominican Republic. All the infielder-turned-pitcher ever wanted was a chance. Long after most players his age had signed professional contracts, a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 23-year-old man shot and killed while walking his dog on Sunday night in northwest Houston has been identified as Christensen Hill. His family told Eyewitness News that he was a good and quiet kid. Hill was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot of Co-Op Summer Street. The Houston Police Department said the suspects took off …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Sitting at the center of a conference table, surrounded by media and members of his team, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner answered questions about the controversy surrounding thousands of adult sex crime cases that were suspended due to lack of staff. It was the first time in weeks that Finner, who has held just two news conferences …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of attacking an 83-year-old great-grandmother during an alleged carjacking in the Aldine area is now behind bars. Quinton Montgomery was captured by Harris County sheriff’s deputies on Monday night, just five days after first showed videos of the violent attack. It happened last Thursday outside the La Michoacana on Aldine Mail Route Road. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Crews working to put out the flames of a fire that engulfed a vacant building in southeast Houston on Tuesday evening. Eyewitness News crews were on the way to another story at about 6:30 p.m. when ABC13 reporter Alex Bozarjian spotted the vacant building in flames. Video captured by shows the vacant building, believed to have once …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Fewer migrant people were arrested coming over the U.S.-Mexico border in March than in the months before, according to newly released numbers from the Border Patrol. According to City of Houston statistics, about 586,000 undocumented migrants lived in our city in 2016. Those numbers have fluctuated ever since, but it’s clear that as laws change, there’s a …

In April 2022, the Astros experienced a four-game losing streak that many fans may not recall, except for a few die-hard enthusiasts. However, that season ultimately saw the Astros clinch their second World Series title, making any memory of that early slump fade into insignificance. Despite their current 0-4 start, new Astros manager Joe Espada remains confident in the team’s …

In the Washington Avenue Coalition/Memorial Park neighborhood of Houston, a man walking his dog was fatally shot in what appears to be a robbery, according to authorities. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Co-Op apartments on Summer Street, close to Washington Avenue, around 11 p.m. on Sunday. Upon arrival, law enforcement officers attempted to provide assistance, but …

Cases of Mpox in the United States are experiencing a significant increase, nearly doubling compared to the same period last year, according to recent data from the CDC. As of mid-March, there have been an estimated 511 cases nationwide year-to-date, in contrast to 287 cases during the corresponding period last year. New York City, in particular, has seen a notable …