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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There are more than trophies and legacies on the line when big league baseball players fight for the World Series championship. There is, of course, the big, fat winner’s purse at the end. The Houston Astros’ 2022 World Series championship run has earned the team the biggest piece of a record players’ pool of $107.5 million, MLB.com‘s Mark …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A flat tire, stall, or even a minor wreck can instantly go from inconvenient to tragic on Houston area roadways. What you do in the moments following the incident can make the difference in whether you make it home. With five million registered vehicles in the Houston TranStar service area, the goal is to keep traffic moving, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A deadly stabbing that happened onboard a METRORail in downtown Houston on Monday night will be referred to a grand jury, the Houston Police Department said in an update on Tuesday morning. METRO police Chief Vera Bumpers says the stabbing happened between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 1150 Rusk St. on METRO’s Purple Line. Houston police …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Don’t call it a comeback, even if the 30 MLB.com team beat writers think it is. Those writers determined Justin Verlander’s return to form after pitching in just one game from 2020 through the 2021 season was more than enough to give him the American League Comeback Player of the Year. The Houston Astros’ ace had a banner year …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston 2026 World Cup Bid Committee believes the highly anticipated sporting event will be the largest in history. Houston is one of the cities hosting. But before that, fans in H-town are watching the 2022 World Cup, and the build-up leading to the big tournament again in four years has already started. “I’m from the U.S. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person has been hospitalized in what Houston police are calling a road rage shooting on the city’s south side. On Tuesday, at about 6:24 p.m., officers responded to reports of a person shot twice in the 6300 block of Foster Street. HPD posted to Twitter about the scene and said a man was taken to a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former security guard is accused of a cover-up and is charged nearly one year after a woman was struck by a stray bullet and killed, court records show. The 28-year-old suspect, Moises Castillo, is charged with murder. Houston police homicide investigators believe he fired the bullet that killed Ada Beatriz Aguilar, a 47-year-old mother. Authorities arrested …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s been more than a week since a Houston man vanished after leaving a popular Heights bar. A $5,000 reward is now being offered for information that can lead to answers in the disappearance of 26-year-old Delano Burkes. Their top priority is finding Burkes. Friends last saw him around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, after going to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man has been detained after an hourslongs standoff in southwest Houston. On Tuesday afternoon, police said they were responding to a scene in the 4200 block of Knotty Oaks Trail, where a man had barricaded himself after firing a gun. Near the scene, police found a man with a gunshot wound. That man was pronounced dead …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A person has died after a deadly stabbing that appeared to take place onboard a METRORail on Monday night. Houston and METRO police departments responded to the 1100 block of Rusk Street. While HPD said the stabbing happened on the tram, METRO police weren’t sure if the assault took place on it or at a stop. A …