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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston doctor was convicted on Friday for unlawfully prescribing more than $1 million worth in opioid hydrocodone pills, according to officials. James Pierre, 52, unlawfully prescribed pills from June 2015 through July 2016 to people posing as patients at West Parker Medical Clinic, a pill-mill clinic located in Houston, court documents show. Pierre, along with …

HOUSTON, Texas — Heads up, Houston cyclists: an annual bike ride is back and is welcoming participants to roll out. The annual Tour de Houston has returned after a hiatus due to COVID and runs Sunday, April 3. Kicking off downtown, the ride will begin downtown at City Hall, travel west along Allen Parkway, with scenic views of Buffalo Bayou, the new …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Rapper Travis Scott reportedly performed Saturday night for the first time since 10 concertgoers were killed in the Astroworld tragedy. According to Hollywood publications, including TMZ and Rolling Stone, Scott’s private performance was for a pre-Oscars party in Bel Air, California. This follows Scott’s announcement earlier this month about a new initiative called Project HEAL, …

HOUSTON, Texas — From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2018, the museum’s official portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama have become iconic. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of President Obama and Amy Sherald’s portrait of the former First Lady have inspired unprecedented responses from the public. In addition to the artworks …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The gunmen who shot two men outside a southwest Houston apartment complex Sunday morning took off and then came back to fire more rounds, according to police. Police said the two shooting victims were in a car when they were hit at about 12:20 a.m. on Harwin near Ranchester. The car was left riddled with bullets, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston gang member was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in the shooting of a 19-year-old girl to death in 2019, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday. “This gang member took a teenage girl to a quiet neighborhood by promising to release her to her friends and gunned her down in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Germaine Franco has made history with her nomination for Best Original Score in the Disney film ‘Encanto.’ She spoke to ABC13 from her home in Los Angeles where she works as a film composer. Franco, who graduated from Rice University in 1984, spoke proudly about her alma mater. Win or lose, Franco has already made Academy …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston gang member was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in the shooting of a 19-year-old girl to death in 2019, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Saturday. “This gang member took a teenage girl to a quiet neighborhood by promising to release her to her friends and gunned her down in …

FRESNO, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are searching for a suspect accused of tackling and sexually assaulting a woman while walking along a neighborhood trail in Fresno, Texas. According to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, on March 22, a woman reported to authorities that she was walking along a trail near a retention pond in the Estates Trail Run subdivision. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police said they tried several pit maneuvers to stop a pickup truck in a chase they were led on for 30 minutes, but in this case those tricks did not work on the suspected robbers. The chase started near Little York Road and Shady Lane. It ended at about 1:40 a.m. Saturday at Chrisman and …