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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Three people are under arrest in connection to a $65 million organized crime and money laundering scheme that has fueled many recent cellphone robberies and thefts in the Houston area, investigators said. Federal agents and Houston police raided two homes, and a business, simultaneously on Tuesday morning. Two men and a woman were arrested after raids …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Some doctors are warning of a summer surge of COVID-19 cases. Dr. Peter Hotez, the Dean at Baylor College National School of Tropical Science, says new sub omicron variants are identified. He says the BA 2.12 variant is considered the most infectious variant yet. “Looks to me like we’re heading towards a full-blown wave that could …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Rockets’ ping-pong balls have spoken! The team, who finished last season with the worst record in the NBA, was awarded pick No. 3 for next month’s NBA Draft. The Rockets were among three teams that had the best chances at obtaining a top-four selection. Houston could not land any worse than the fifth pick. …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — An 11-year-old boy who authorities say was shot in the neck through the front window of his home suffered a spinal cord fracture, but his mother says they don’t know yet if he’ll be paralyzed. Mekhi Benson continues treatment at the hospital after the shooting over the weekend in the 5000 block of Roth Forest Lane …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A robbery suspect has been hitting banks across the Houston area since October 2021, and authorities are hoping to find him before he strikes again. On Tuesday, authorities released images of the man they hope will be identified by the public. They said the man has robbed at least three banks since October in southwest Houston, …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man charged with two felonies in Harris County is out on a $2 total bond. In December 2021, 50-year-old Melvin Cross Jr. was charged with a felony in possession of a weapon and assault of a family member after court records state “he choked his girlfriend and stopped her blood circulation.” His lengthy criminal …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Monday night, reported on a brazen robbery in Alvin, where two men pocketed a $15,000 Rolex from a high-end resale shop. Since then, two other store owners in the Houston area said they fell victim to the same heist. Houston police have not confirmed whether these crimes are connected, but each case shares some similarities. …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The 41st Kinder Houston area survey, an assessment of Harris County residents’ top-of-mind concerns, was released on Tuesday. The Kinder Institute released the results during its first in-person luncheon since 2019. The economy and crime are at the top of residents’ concerns in this year’s Kinder Houston Area Survey. This is the last year Stephen Klineberg …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re growing more optimistic that a pattern change will bring rain chances starting this weekend, but we have a few more hot, hazy days to get through first. Temperatures Wednesday morning will start off in the low 70s, and patchy fog will be possible in rural regions away from Houston. Temperatures will then soar back into …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — One man has been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting at a busy flea market on Sunday afternoon in north Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. At about 1 p.m., deputies responded to a shooting at La Tia Pancha in the 8800 block of Airline Drive where multiple people were shot, …