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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — October is here, and it usually brings a lot of weather changes along with it. Historically, this month brings Houston’s first fall day with a high in the 60s and the first morning with a low in the 40s. It’s also our second wettest month of the year behind June, bringing an end to the Texas hurricane …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 6-year-old boy who was struck by a car and killed has been identified as Darien Lewis. His grandfather was there as Darien was stuck underneath the truck that he saw repeatedly hit him. “I got on the ground, and I held him,” Dana Hubbard, Darien’s grandfather, said only to. “I felt his pulse and said, ‘We …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Spectacular fall weather continues Tuesday, but what’s in the air could cause problems for some with asthma and allergies. Ragweed pollen will remain high, and we are also under an Ozone Pollution Watch. High clouds continue to stream in overhead courtesy of what was once Hurricane Orlene. The storm made landfall on the Pacific side of Mexico …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — As Election Day approaches, Harris County leaders talked about mail-in ballot concerns and what they’re doing to fix their issues after ballots were missed during the primary. WITH MAIL-IN BALLOT CHANGES MADE IN 2021, SEVERAL REJECTIONS TOOK PLACE IN 2022 In 2022, Republicans passed an election integrity bill. They said it would be necessary to make …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are looking for the driver responsible for hitting a pedicab, injuring a man and woman, after an Astros game last week. The crash happened on Sept. 27 at about 9:40 p.m. near the intersection of Austin and Capitol Street. Surveillance video shows a small gray SUV hitting the pedicab and flipping it onto its side. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Apartment managers ready to serve an eviction on Monday came upon something grisly: a body decomposing, wrapped in blankets, inside a coat closet. Houston police confirmed their investigation into the discovery at the sprawling Redford Apartments in the 1300 block of Redford Street, near Edgebrook Drive and the Gulf Freeway. Eyewitness News learned that since the body …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Neighbors in Houston’s Fifth Ward said a community garden has become a nuisance property. “This is a community garden that was put in here by the ex-city councilman Jerry Davis,” resident Rodney Thomas said. Thomas lives directly next door to the fenced-in lot on Leffingwell Street and said he has only seen a single community event, a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A deadly crash caused major delays for drivers along West 610 Loop on Monday evening. The three-vehicle crash was verified at 6:25 p.m. and cleared at 9:51 p.m. on I-610 just before Beechnut Street, according to Houston TranStar. All northbound and southbound lanes along the West Loop are open after being closed due to the wreck, according to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In the heart of the Texas Medical Center, inside Houston Methodist, Dr. David Baskin and his team formulated a theory after noticing how cancer cells behaved compared to our normal cells. They posed the question, is it possible that magnetic energy may be used to kill cancerous cells? “I’ve been researching glioblastoma for years, trying lots of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Spectacular fall weather continues Tuesday, but what’s in the air could cause problems for some with asthma and allergies. Ragweed pollen will remain high, and we are also under an Ozone Pollution Watch. High clouds continue to stream in overhead courtesy of what was once Hurricane Orlene. The storm made landfall on the Pacific side of Mexico …