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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Saharan dust is here, and on Wednesday you will likely notice the sky is a hazy gray. Those of you sensitive to the dust may notice your allergies and asthma flaring up. A small rain chance is still present despite the arriving dust, but it’s only around 20%. Temperatures will start out in the mid 70s and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Officials with Harris Health fielded questions from the public in a community forum on Monday evening as they presented the latest details on their $2.5 billion bond proposal to build a new Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. Patients often reported waiting in long lines for hours to get into the emergency room. Leron Bradford brought his mother in for urgent …

Meghan Markle is not entirely the one to be blamed when it comes to the fallout of their Spotify deal. Royal correspondent Ross King believes that the matter may not be one-sided and problems could have been on both ends. King made comments during a documentary, Meghan: Famous But Friendless?, where he speculated what the future held for the former actress’ career, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Officers’ Union is warning its rank and file to stop filing frivolous complaints against each other. Eyewitness News was told that the letter came after an employee filed an internal affairs complaint over an officer leaving a banana peel inside a police car for the third time. The complaint was the last straw. That’s …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A vehicle was pulled out of a business on Monday afternoon in northwest Harris County after what has learned was a two-car crash. provided live coverage from SkyEye as a wrecker pulled a gray SUV out of Farm Bureau Insurance in a strip located at 15302 Stuebner Airline, law enforcement told our photojournalist at the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — This isn’t another lawyer joke, but you could still get a laugh out of it. Some of Houston’s brightest legal minds will ditch the courtroom in August for the chance to take center stage at The Hobby Center, and it’s all for a good cause. The nonprofit Night Court will present its original musical comedy, “The Law Files,” August …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Monday, the Weather Team was monitoring a cloud of Saharan dust that was located over the Gulf of Mexico. Traveling all the way from the west coast of Africa, this cloud-first helped limit tropical development in the deep tropics for the past week. But as it arrives in southeast Texas, this cloud of Saharan dust …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Months after a 39-year-old man was charged with several counts of sexually abusing his adopted sons, his eldest son was also charged with sexual assault of a younger sibling. Avshalom Cohen, 22, is charged in Harris County with two counts of sexual assault. Both counts list the same victim. Avshalom is Hayim Cohen’s eldest adopted son. …

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KTRK) — A police officer was fired after he allegedly stole money from a man he arrested in College Station, authorities say. The College Station Police Department said De’Kendrick Anderson was terminated after being arrested and charged with theft as a public servant. Police say the incident happened on July 15 when Anderson was arresting the man for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Every thick Saharan dust cloud so far this year has missed Houston, but that all comes to an end Tuesday. You’ll notice the sky turning a hazy gray as the day wears on, and those of you sensitive to these clouds may notice your allergies and asthma flaring up. A small rain chance is still present despite …