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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston fire officials are on the scene of a 2-alarm apartment fire that broke out Saturday evening in the city’s East End area. HFD tweeted that the fire seemingly broke out at a complex located at 1919 Runnels Street near Navigation. @HoustonFire is currently on scene at 1919 Runnels performing extinguishment efforts for a 2-alarm apartment fire. No …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On February 13, Nhung Truong lived an ordinary life, but after a vicious robbery in broad daylight, she could no longer walk, she told  on Saturday. “After going to the bank and withdrawing money, I went to Bellaire, but it happened so fast I really don’t remember it,” Truong said. According to police, two teens, who …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are searching for a 68-year-old woman after she disappeared Thursday in west Houston, according to police. Melba Cloud was last seen in the 12800 block of Ashford Brook Drive on March 16 at about 9 a.m. She was last seen wearing a multi-colored Nigerian shirt with blue pants that have a white stripe down the side …

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Marcus Sasser looked just fine, scoring 22 points, and top-seeded Houston stifled local favorite Auburn in the second half for an 81-64 victory in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night. The Cougars (33-3) overcame a 10-point halftime deficit, returning after the break with a chip on their shoulders. Essentially shutting down the lane, Houston played with the desperation …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are looking for two men wanted in connection to a Heights-area murder back in January that appears to be drug-related. Polie Phan, 26, and Jaidan Vu Nguyen, 25, are charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting and are wanted by Houston police. HPD was called to the 1700 block of West TC Jester on Friday, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police announced on Friday the arrest of a bandit accused of breaking into several hot spots in and around downtown. Eyewitness News was the first to expose the rash of burglaries back in January. Business owners said they were sleeping in their bars with weapons to protect their property. We aired some surveillance video back then, …

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (KTRK) — Marcus Sasser is “100%” planning to play in the Houston Cougars’ second-round matchup with Auburn, the team announced Friday. The senior guard and UH’s leading scorer’s status improved a day after he played 18 minutes in the team’s win against Northern Kentucky and re-aggravated a groin injury he has been nursing since the American Athletic Conference tournament. After the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Can’t make it to the June 21 concert of Drake’s ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour with 21 Savage in Houston? Don’t worry, you can catch it the next day as it was announced that 14 new shows were added to the rapper’s highly anticipated tour. Due to overwhelming demand to see the ‘Uptown’ rapper, Live Nation announced …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people who aren’t old enough to legally buy alcohol confessed to detectives that they were involved in a violent robbery in Chinatown last month that left a woman with severe injuries, according to Houston police. Joseph Harrell, 17, and Zy’Nika Woods, 19, are charged with aggravated robbery and were taken into custody. Det. Tyrus Fontenot, who …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An elderly couple is out $6,000 after being targeted by scammers who impersonated their grandson, claiming to be in jail after a car accident. Their son-in-law, Gerard Garza, said the scammers were so bold, they came to pick up the money in person and asked for cash a second time. Garza couldn’t help but get emotional thinking …