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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — At 99 years young, Pinkie Cooper has seen a lot in her time early on. Hurricane Harvey, however, stands out. “It was real bad, and water was so high. And the truck couldn’t come here,” Pinkie Cooper said, standing on her pink-edged home in her pink robe. “I had to walk out to the street.” She has …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 42-year-old man charged with stalking a woman is also accused of harassing her online and at her job, while making threats to kill her husband, according to court documents. Brian Perez is charged with stalking, a third-degree felony, court documents show. Perez appeared in probable cause court on Aug. 18, where additional details of the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Educators, politicians, and others met at the University of Houston on Tuesday to discuss ways to keep Texas teachers from leaving the classroom. They said it could be a blueprint to tackle this issue nationwide. According to the American Federation of Teachers, 43,000 Texas educators left the field in 2021, and Tuesday was intended to find immediate …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Health reported that a patient with monkeypox has died, but that does not mean the patient died from the virus. We know that patient, who is not publicly identified, was immunocompromised. An autopsy will determine the cause of death, but still, it has caught the attention of public health officials in Austin, and at the Centers …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Taste Bar and Kitchen, a popular Midtown Houston restaurant that has been under fire over money owed to the state and former workers, was devoid of business activity on Tuesday as a Texas Comptroller’s Office notice hung at its entrance. Eyewitness News cameras captured a sign that reads, “The property was seized for unpaid taxes.” In a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Flying high above the pine trees of Piney Point Village, a humming drone is changing the world of police work for Memorial Villages Police Department. “When we’re actually flying it, I call it, ‘Air One,'” Community Resource Officer Larry Boggus said. For years the drone has acted as an eye in the sky for the small police …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A 33-year-old man was taken to a mental health facility after his car broke down and he allegedly started shooting at a paramedic supervisor who stopped to help him Tuesday morning in Spring, officials said. Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies said at about 4 a.m., an EMS supervisor heading to work happened to drive by a man …

HOUSTON, Texas — The Houston Texans made a surprise cut and released veteran running back Marlon Mack on Tuesday. The Texans signed Mack to a one-year deal in March after his four-year stint with the Indianapolis Colts. Mack was relegated to 32 carries over the past two seasons after he tore his Achilles in 2020 and the emergence of Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor last season. The …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 22-year-old man accused of killing a father over a spot in a Walmart parking lot has posted bond. Christopher David Hernandez is charged with Joshua Lazard’s murder after police said he shot and killed the stranger in broad daylight. “If it’s something as stupid as a parking spot, come on,” Lazard’s wife, Itasca Dickson, told. “I’m …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man has been arrested and charged in the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old in southeast Houston, according to police. Dione Mathis, 23, also known as Dione Brown, is charged with the murder of 18-year-old Kelvin Shaver, according to the Houston Police Department. On June 11 at 9:55 p.m., HPD officers said they responded to a shooting …