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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is working to determine what led to a 70-year-old man shooting and killing a 28-year-old manager at a business in northeast Harris County. Deputies arrived at a local pipe and steel company on 7135 South Lake Houston Parkway after a call reporting that the manager had been shot. “The manager was pronounced …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The identity of a U.S. Navy recruiter who allegedly killed his wife while she was holding their child in her arms has been released. Law enforcement sources confirmed Greg Hightower as the man who allegedly shot his wife to death in the Humble area A woman is dead after investigators said her husband shot her and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) —has been following for a while the reports of cancer-causing chemicals and its effects on the residents of Fifth Ward for decades. On Friday, the Houston Health Department announced it has already started informing families that all 42 soil samples collected in July around the contaminated Union Pacific Rail Yard in the Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you’re making your way to the Galleria area this weekend, be aware of the bad traffic that’ll be in the way. The Southwest Freeway at the I-610 West Loop is closed in both directions until 5 a.m. on Monday. There are detours that drivers can take, like Richmond Avenue, but it will be best to avoid …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Patrol cars, heavily-armored SWAT officers, and a tactical robot were spotted in an otherwise normal northwest Harris County neighborhood on Friday evening. The activity was in connection with a reported shooting that happened at the Meadows of Northwest Park neighborhood in the 9700 block of Phil Halstead Drive, which is not too far from Antoine and the …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A registered sex offender accused of attacking and pulling down a woman’s shorts in a gym parking lot has been given a $100 bond. Eyewitness News cameras were present as Baloch Yousef was handcuffed and taken into custody on Friday afternoon. The 33-year-old has been charged with indecent assault. As Yousef was being put inside a police …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A recession isn’t what concerns U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, instead, it’s another area that, as we discovered, Houston is currently focusing on. In an interview only on, Walsh said if he were 18 years old, a field he would go into would be welding, which is a hot commodity right now. “I think cyber security is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — You walk into a room full of River Oaks Chamber Orchestra musicians, and it initially appears no different than any other group of talented musicians. But in the oboe section, Alecia Lawyer sees her musicians in a far different light. “It’s all about the people,” said Lawyer, who founded ROCO 18 years ago. It all started after …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A fire broke out inside a stable and killed several horses in northeast Houston early Friday morning. Houston Fire Department crews were called to a home in the 4800 block of Linn Street around 2 a.m. and arrived to find a large horse barn fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters acted quickly and were able to get the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’ve got a very steamy weekend on the way, but things will feel much better after a front moves through Monday. Temps will flirt with the record of 95 on Saturday and there won’t be a drop of rain in sight. An Ozone Pollution Watch is also in effect. Ozone is a lung irritant that can trigger …