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ARLINGTON, Texas (KTRK) — Conference media days are considered by many to be the unofficial start of college football season. For the University of Houston and its fans, there’s nothing unofficial about finally being in the Big 12 Conference. “Walking in here this morning, you look up and see your logo up there with all those other schools, and it hits …

GALENA PARK, Texas (KTRK) — A special education teacher in Galena Park has been charged with physically assaulting her 5-year-old student with autism this May. In charging documents, an investigating deputy and lieutenant with Harris County Constable Precinct 2 wrote that Cassandra Montes was captured on camera assaulting the boy on May 19 at MacArthur Elementary School. According to investigators, the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The City of Houston is re-activating its heat emergency plan to give people resources during the extreme heat these next couple of days. The plan, which was activated from Wednesday and runs through Sunday, July 16, includes using libraries and multi-service centers as cooling centers. But if you can’t make it to one, you can call 311 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In the shadow of condos and apartments, you would never know these are an important part of Houston’s history. “Everything in this community was done by free men and women, and that’s one of the gems we want people to know,” Charonda Johnson, Freedmen’s Town Association vice president, said. Johnson said these homes deserve to have their …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Less than a week after HISD’s new superintendent, Mike Miles, cut about 600 jobs from the district’s central office, he announced Wednesday morning that they will be reassigning principals at three Houston-area high schools. Jack Yates, Worthing Early College, and Sharpstown High Schools are the three schools that will begin the new school year in just a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When prosecutors and attorneys in Houston were asked where they believe two murder fugitives were hiding, they suspected somewhere that requires a 20-hour flight. It turns out those suspicions were true. On Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to Eyewitness News that Polie Phan and Jaiden Vu Nguyen, who the Houston Police Department accuses of killing two out-of-town marijuana harvesters …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of shooting his brother in southwest Houston has been in trouble before and jumped bail in that case. Eric Rivera, 21, had been wanted for four years before police picked him up Wednesday morning. He faced a judge that night who considered both cases against him. The 2019 case was just a misdemeanor, but …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — While the heat ridge keeps Texas on blast, it will move just far enough to the west to offer us a small chance of a thunderstorm late in the weekend. Until then, it’s just hot and dry. Another Excessive Heat Warning issued Thursday along with a Heat Advisory through at least 10 p.m. Friday, and it will …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — How long does it take to get a police officer when you need one? It depends on why you’re calling for help, but our partners at the Houston Chronicle report the city’s police response times are the slowest they’ve been since the 1990s. For example, it’s taking more than an hour for police to respond when someone …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It has been three years since the city of Houston implemented its “ShotSpotter” technology in hopes of making a dent in gun violence right in the communities that need it. However, a new report by our partners at the Houston Chronicle shows that the millions of dollars spent on this program have so far led to dead-ends. The technology is …