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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our Heat Advisory is being extended farther east today, now including Houston and much of southeast Texas. Morning lows are starting near 80 degrees with temperatures rising into the mid 90s under a mostly sunny sky. Combine the humidity and the heat index Monday afternoon will feel like the triple digits, as high as 108 degrees at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Historic row houses in the Freedman’s Town area have fallen into disrepair and brought dangerous crime to the neighborhood. Freedman’s Town is a historic neighborhood where the first free Black men and women settled in Houston. Worn-down homes are the few original houses that remain from that period. Dropped in the middle of condos and trendy restaurants, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A local activist is calling Houston police detectives “absolute liars” after they said allegations of abuse were never made to them in the Rudy Farias case. Farias was reported missing in 2015 at 17 years old. He was found on the steps of a church in the Magnolia Park community eight years later on June 29, according to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Most of southeast Texas picked up between 1 to 3, upwards of 4, inches of rain this week. Beneficial seeing as next week is looking quite hot and dry. It’ll be dry overnight Saturday with temperatures falling back into the mid-upper 70s. Another mix of sun and clouds for Sunday with afternoon highs reaching the mid 90s. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — To be elite, you have to work. To get the work you need to stay elite, you train with Jacory Nichols. “You step into that elite role. You need to be ready to go harder”, Nichols said. “The more success you have, the more you need to work. At that point, you have a target on your …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An 11th grader was shot and killed in southeast Houston on Wednesday, and police say they have no known motive or suspects. On Wednesday at about 6: 30 p.m., police responded to a crash at Windwater Drive near Windmill Lakes Boulevard. When they arrived, they found several people had pulled the victim, identified as Jose Mendoza, out …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another one injured at a southwest Houston nightclub early Saturday morning. Officers responded to the 5700 block of South Gessner near Westpark at about 6:45 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found a woman who had been shot inside a car that appeared to have …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Family members of a shoplifting suspect, who was shot to death while pinned down by a Harris County sheriff’s deputy last year, are set to gather Saturday night at a candlelight vigil in his honor. July 8 marks one year since the death of Roderick Brooks. Body camera video was released of the shooting that happened at …

The former fiancee of Andrew Beard, who pled guilty to charges related to the stalking and slaying of his ex-girlfriend in 2020 over custody of their child, was accused by federal authorities of helping plot the killing. Holly Ann Elkins, 32, faces charges of conspiracy to stalk, stalking using a dangerous weapon resulting in death, and brandishing a firearm. According to the …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Deputies are investigating after they say a child was hit in northwest Harris County Friday afternoon. The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office said the incident happened in the 11900 block of Spring Cypress Road near N. Eldridge Parkway. Officials confirmed that a child had been hit and is being treated by paramedics. HAPPENING NOW: AUTO …