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PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — One extremely dedicated Houston Astros fan celebrated being cancer-free by being first in line, waiting for 33 hours outside an Academy Sports + Outdoors in Pasadena. Liza Valverde is such a big Astros fan that she chose to bypass her chance to ring the bell after her last radiation treatment on Wednesday so she could wait in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A major weather change is coming Friday when a cold front blasts through Southeast Texas. Veterans day starts off mild and humid with the potential for patchy dense fog. Temperatures will warm to near 80 as we head into the early afternoon. The first half of the day will be mostly dry, but rain chances will steadily …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — If you live in Harris County, you’ve probably heard a lot of talk about crime and criminal court judges. Conservative groups have poured money into commercials, working to sway voters into electing Republican judges, and they noticed. “I think some people are getting released (from jail) when they shouldn’t be. So, I would have liked to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Some baseball traditions are hard to drop. For example, you always douse the slugger who blasted the walk-off homer with the dugout cooler water, or you’re never ever going to mention that a pitcher is throwing a perfect game before the final out. So, when the Houston Astros clinched their hard-earned World Series championship, there was a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — HCA Hospitals nationwide have delayed access to patient data after medical charting software Meditech completely went down. A spokesperson for HCA told Eyewitness News that the delay came during a software upgrade with one of their vendors on Wednesday morning. “We experienced a complication which is affecting some of our systems, including causing a delay in access …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are searching for a man accused of violently stealing a woman’s purse while she unloaded groceries in her driveway. It happened on Nov. 7 at about 1:30 p.m. in a residential neighborhood off Fuqua and Blackhawk Boulevard. “Her initial reaction was to try to fight the perpetrator and try to hold on to that bag,” …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Melrose Community Center had to stop voting on Tuesday after a city employee with the parks department was electrocuted to death. The city of Houston is investigating the situation. Right now, it’s unclear what exactly caused the electrocution. Jorge Osorio, 64, was an electrician who loved his job, according to his family. His family told ABC13 he …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It only took the jury one hour and 45 minutes to find Marcus Murphy guilty on Wednesday. Murphy’s defense team plans to file an appeal, but for now, he was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. “I’m about as happy as any mother can get,” Petricia Buffalo, victim Ebony Harris’ mother, said. “It …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston woman believes she suffered from breast implant illness (BII). Melissa Lima, who was once married to former Houston Astro Jose Lima, first got breast implants in 2002. She said she was self-conscious about the size of her breasts. “It was the early 2000s, and it was all about, you know, the Baywatch look. With the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There was no violent intent when a couple of White Claw hard seltzer cans were tossed at Texas Sen. Ted Cruz during the Astros championship parade, the lawyer of the fan jailed for the stunt said on Wednesday. In fact, Joey Arcidiacono’s attorney, Bill Stradley, said his client was hoping the two-term lawmaker would enjoy the beverage …