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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Lake Houston is home for Roger Randall. For 33 years, he’s taught disabled children and adults how to water ski and boat with his company, Texas Adaptive Aquatics. Roger is proud of this lake and the people who use it. “We get them out of their wheelchairs, get out and have fun on the water,” Roger says …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you liked Tuesday’s weather, then you’ll like Wednesday’s weather, too! Temperatures overnight will dip into the 50s across most of Houston and Southeast Texas. Humidity at sunrise will bottom out around 60%, so there will be a crisp feel the air that might have you reaching for a light jacket. But if you do sport a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Commissioners remain at odds over 2023’s budget and tax rate. Tuesday morning in Commissioners Court, for the second meeting in a row, the quorum was not met after commissioners Tom Ramsey and Jack Cagle were not in attendance, forcing a new tax rate to not be adopted. During the meeting, Judge Lina Hidalgo, commissioners Rodney …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A hazmat incident that was feared to have blocked the outbound North Freeway into the Monday evening commute has been cleaned up, the Texas Department of Transportation said. Multiple lanes of northbound I-45 North Freeway were blocked between West Road and Aldine Bender, Texas Department of Transportation tweeted at 2:19 p.m. TxDOT told that it wasn’t the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Homicide detectives are investigating what led to a toddler to fall to his death at a northwest Houston home on Sunday, according to police. At about 12:10 p.m., the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division said it responded to a call at the 5900 block of Flintlock Road near Fawndale Lane. Authorities said the death of the 2-year-old …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, both Stratford and Cy-Fair wore gold for Friday’s high school football game – a contest paused after the first quarter to celebrate kids battling and beating cancer. We start with the ‘Game of the Week’ – the undefeated Stratford hosted one-loss Cy-Fair. Bobcats were down 14-0 after the first quarter, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was Mother’s Day in 2015 when the family of 23-year-old Ayesha Talat had not heard from her. Living nearby, her father and sister, Maysha Talat, went to check on Ayesha in a northwest Harris County apartment. Maysha, who was 17 years old at the time, found her big sister dead inside her bedroom. “As soon as …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Federal authorities are trying to figure out how at least a dozen fully-automatic M16s ended up among military surplus equipment sold to a Houston couple. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) executed a search warrant in a Richmond-area storage facility on Monday afternoon. However, that only came after the couple voluntarily notified authorities of their …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — New numbers show how many Houstonians are struggling to keep the lights on, and for those who are, there are millions of dollars in assistance that’s available. Whether it’s struggling to make one payment during the year, keeping the thermostat at safe temperatures, or having to decide between food, medicine, or utilities, Houston’s numbers are above the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman was hiding behind a trash can outside a small events venue in far southeast Houston when someone started screaming. “Get up. Get up,” she remembers them yelling at her. “They’re going to shoot you if you keep sitting there.” The woman started running, but as soon as she turned a corner, she wasn’t moving anymore. …