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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — has learned new information about a two-vehicle crash along SH-288 that happened over the Memorial Day weekend. According to the Houston Police Department, three people, including an 18-year-old woman, a 17-year-old, and a 15-year-old, were hurt in a crash along Highway 288 on Saturday, May 27. It happened when a driver in an SUV crashed into …

HOUSTON Texas (KTRK) — Court records show that a driver’s charges were dismissed in the case involving a rollover crash on the North Freeway that left a 1-year-old girl dead and three other children hurt. Charges against Deadrian Aundre Baker, 33, including murder and two counts of intoxication assault, appear to have been dismissed due to “incomplete lab results.” Baker was …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Meet Landon Richie, a 20-year-old political science major at the University of Houston. He’s a gifted trumpet player and a 3rd-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Richie also loves photography, poetry, and going to concerts. “Just doing anything a kid would do in school with my family, with extracurriculars and stuff like that,” he said. But …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 15-year-old was taken to the hospital after he was shot in Houston’s Third Ward, according to police. The shooting happened at about 1 p.m. Thursday in the 3700 block of Burkett near Nettleton, police said. According to police, a caller, identified as the 15-year-old, reported walking down the street when he heard several pops and then …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A north Texas school district superintendent was among the suspects arrested for online soliciting of a minor, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 1’s Office. On Thursday, Constable Alan Rosen’s office shared a video on social media of the arrests made in an operational sting. Michael Stevens, 47, is the superintendent at Itasca ISD, which is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you’ve spent any time at an Astros game or an Astros championship parade, you’re likely well aware that Jeremy Peña is a superstar. Our community is all about the talented young shortstop. learned Peña is all about the community, too. Prior to Friday’s home game against the Los Angeles Angels, Peña will host the fifth …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man, who neighbors say should have been supervised, is dead after he was hit by a vehicle in northwest Harris County on Thursday evening. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the man was hit along Highway 6 and Forest Trails Drive in the Copperfield area just after 5 p.m. The victim was a 27-year-old man …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Evidence that will be seen in the third capital murder trial for AJ Armstrong was presented on Thursday. Text messages between Armstrong and his parents in the months leading up to their murders, his police interrogation, and autopsy photos of Dawn and Antonio Sr. were admitted during a pre-trial hearing. But there’s one surveillance video clip Judge …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston is staying steamy for a couple of days, but cooling downpours are expected to return in abundance starting Sunday. After starting this morning near 70 degrees, sunshine will push the mercury into the low 90s for most of the afternoon. While we cannot rule out isolated showers, your rain chance is less than 20%. Another Ozone …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The future for hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients remains in limbo, as they anxiously await a decision by a federal judge who heard oral arguments Thursday in a hearing about a revised version of the program. DACA, which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era policy that protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the …