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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 79-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash while crossing an intersection in east Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. The pedestrian was using a walker or cane as he crossed the intersection of Navigation Blvd. and N. 77th Street on Sunday morning, police say. He was hit by a driver who failed to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A group of protestors dwindled in downtown Houston as the National Rifle Association Convention came to a close. The annual convention drew protestors calling for greater gun reform following the mass shooting in Uvalde just hours away, claiming the lives of 19 innocent children and two teachers. “I am fighting for children’s lives,” Maris Deleon, a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Memorial Day brings back an ever so small chance for a rain shower as a strong south breeze transports in moisture from the Gulf. The atmosphere should be too stable to produce any thunderstorms, but isolated showers are possible from the late morning to the late afternoon. Temperatures are starting this morning in the upper 70s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are asking for the public’s help locating an 81-year-old-man who was last seen in southeast Houston on Friday night. Allan Arcemont was last seen at his home located at the 500 block of Edgebrook Friday at about 9 p.m. Authorities do not know what he was last seen wearing. Arcemont is described to have …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The International Festival USA is hosting a Day of Unity on Saturday on the steps of City Hall until 9 p.m. On Friday, Discovery Green announced that it would be canceling the festival set due to security concerns stemming from protests surrounding the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the subsequent gun convention in Houston. iFest USA, regarded …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A vehicle hit one of CenterPoint Energy’s power poles causing an outage to about 3,700 customers in northwest Harris County on Saturday, according to CenterPoint. The outage has since been restored. “Customers’ service will gradually be restored as we continue to work to isolate circuits and crews finalize the necessary repairs,” said a spokesperson for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston city leaders have been assuring safety and security in advance of the National Rifle Association convention, which got underway Friday at the George R. Brown Convention Center. But none of the leaders ignored the potential for high tension in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman unleashed a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Both National Rifle Association Members and anti-NRA protestors traveled from across the country to be at the NRA Annual Meetings in Houston this weekend. The annual meeting happens in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman unleashed a rampage earlier this week that left 19 children and two teachers …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A strengthening Gulf breeze is bringing higher humidity back to Houston. Temperatures this morning are only dropping in to the mid 70s because of the muggier air, but the flip side is we get lower highs Sunday afternoon. It will still heat up into the low 90s. You can expect peak wind speeds up to 20 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston man who confessed to two murders after being arrested for rape has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Chris Dontrell Roddy, 31, was arrested in July 2020 after DNA linked him to the sexual assault of a woman jogging at MacGregor Park in February 2020. …