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McKinney took a step closer to redeveloping downtown city-owned buildings during a work session and special meeting last week when the City Council agreed to send out an open-ended request for qualifications to developers. The formalized document will advertise the redevelopment opportunity, eventually seeking development ideas from respondents. With the new City Hall scheduled to open in early 2025, city staff will vacate current …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston driver is facing a murder charge following a road rage incident last week, according to court documents. Records show 23-year-old Raul Acosta, also known as Raul Acosta Jr., is charged in the death of Ramiro Ortiz on May 15. Acosta shot and killed Ortiz over a road rage incident, court documents allege. It’s unclear how …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A mother and her children were nearby a CVS in Rice Military when police say someone in another car chased them and shot at them at least five times in what police are calling a road rage shooting on Sunday evening. After hearing the gunshots, a witness who wanted to stay anonymous for her safety ran out …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Another round of those scattered showers and storms will be possible Tuesday. We should stay mostly dry through most of the morning but we could start to see some isolated storms by the mid to late morning. Rain chances increase as we head into the mid afternoon hours. This won’t be a washout for all but scattered …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A heartbroken family wants justice after a father of six was shot and killed last week. Police and now the family have identified the victim as 35-year-old Adam Tobias. Last week law enforcement confirmed Philip Arning was arrested and charged in connection to Tobias’ murder. Arning has since bonded out of jail after being accused of shooting and …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two people are dead after a mobile home caught fire in northwest Harris County. The Northwest Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire in the 6200 block of Killough Street, not far from SH-249, just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. It was a passerby who first noticed something was wrong. He told he was in the area, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man’s body was found early Monday morning in a ditch in front of Montie Beach Park, Houston police said. Police said the man was walking down Northwood Street at about 3:40 a.m. when a car pulled up beside him and fired multiple rounds. It wasn’t until about 6 a.m. when someone saw the man and called …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After-hours street parking in Houston may no longer be free. Current metered parking hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., but according to our partners at the Houston Chronicle, the city’s parking management division is considering extending metered parking to midnight. Depending on where you park, you could pay even more in other spots. Public comment for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 17-year-old high school student has been charged with murder in what authorities say was an act of road rage on the Gulf Freeway earlier this month. Eduardo Gomez Jr. is accused of shooting 43-year-old Juan Banda Reyes to death during a traffic-related argument on the Pierce Elevated at about 10 p.m. on May 19. Court documents …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The Texas Rangers have completed an investigation into the death of Evan Griffin Lee, who died in custody at the Harris County Jail last March. After all this time, his family said they still don’t know how he died, and nobody has been held accountable. “What if all the bodies would be just there lying in …