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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver lost control and crashed into a home in the Clear Lake area overnight, sparking a fire, according to police. The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. Friday at a home on Manorhill Drive, in a neighborhood near Highway 3 and El Camino Boulevard. When Houston fire officials arrived at the home, they found a sedan crashed …

The Milwaukee Bucks conducted an interview for the franchise’s head-coaching opening with University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, sources told ESPN. Sampson, the first known high-profile college coach to meet with Milwaukee about the vacancy, spent six seasons in the NBA as an assistant coach — including three with the Bucks — before returning to college basketball in 2014 and constructing a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston woman faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to scamming an HOA company, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Maria Denise Southall-Shaw, 63, a former manager of Shadow Creek Ranch in Pearland, is accused of defrauding FirstService Residential, which handled the community’s homeowner associations. From November 2013 to November 2017, the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Mid-West Houston apartment resident shot a man whom he was arguing with and then called police to report what he did, investigators told on Wednesday. The Houston Police Department received word of the shooting in the 2700 block of Briargrove Drive, which is just off Westheimer, at about 2:40 p.m. According to a sergeant at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mayor Sylvester Turner released his last proposed budget as Houston’s mayor. Coming in at a massive $6.2 billion, it outpaces the current budget by an additional $500,000. Keep in mind, what we have been presented is not the final version. We won’t have that until the end of June. On Tuesday, Turner said his 629-page budget is his best …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The city of Houston’s new noise ordinance implemented last September has led to a neighborhood bar losing permission to play loud music late at night. The Standard Bar is within 300 feet of several residences, so the city requires them to have a permit to play loud music. A hearing officer revoked the bar’s permit last week, but by …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Forty-one men and women have been qualified to be potential jurors in A.J. Armstrong‘s third capital murder case, three weeks into jury selection. By the end of the week, Judge Kelli Johnson hopes to have closer to 50 people before the final jury is picked on May 31. Ten men and women were questioned one-on-one on Wednesday, while …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are drying out and heating up the next couple of days, which brings the potential for unhealthy levels of ozone pollution in some Houston-area neighborhoods. Ozone is a lung irritant that can trigger asthma attacks in sensitive individuals. Otherwise the weather will be calmer than in days past. After a round of patchy morning fog mainly …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTRK) — A Houston police sergeant received the highest award the United States can bestow upon a public safety officer in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. President Joe Biden honored Sgt. Kendrick Simpo with the Medal of Valor for stepping in to stop a potential mass shooter at the Galleria Mall. Simpo was working an extra job as a security …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States. The Bayou City is also known as the fourth-largest marketing area in our nation. However, H-Town doesn’t have a National Hockey League team. That could change, though. “Houston should be very bullish on getting a team at some point,” ESPN NHL commentator John Buccigross told Wednesday via Zoom. Hockey-hungry …