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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With the NFL draft four weeks away, several professional scouts will be on the University of Houston campus Friday to watch pro prospects work out. Coogs receiver Jake Herslow is one of 13 UH players scheduled to work out – even though he’s been told he doesn’t have the size or the speed or the skills. …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver they say intentionally ran over a man in a Home Depot parking lot in north Harris County. The incident happened on March 12 at about 7:35 a.m. in the 22300 block of Kuykendahl Road. The victim, a 53-year-old man, was walking from his vehicle …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man accused of driving drunk and killing a married couple did not appear before a judge on Wednesday. We’re told by court staff that Donovan Donte Harris was appointed an attorney, but did not show up. Judge Ramona Franklin did not make a decision on bond for two counts of intoxication manslaughter. Ann and Sederick …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are still searching for two women accused of robbing and shooting a teenage girl as she walked home from work. In an exclusive interview, through an interpreter, 17-year-old Yessica Pineda told ABC13 that she suffered serious injuries after she was shot three times in her legs the night of March 18. It happened after …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — For more than two decades, heartbroken families have turned to a group of volunteers to help them track down missing loved ones. The latest family to get the news they didn’t want was that of Levin Revolorio. Texas EquuSearch located the 34-year-old Guatemalan’s body at the bottom of Buffalo Bayou Tuesday. As of Wednesday, his …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are investigating after an off-duty officer was stabbed in southeast Houston. On Wednesday, officers responded to the call at a shopping center in the 6100 block of Telephone Drive. According to a tweet from Houston police, the officer stabbed was from an outside agency. The officer’s condition was not immediately known. It’s unclear what led …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — People in southeast Houston are cleaning up after strong winds toppled bricks and damaged roofs of a condo. Gregory Thibodeaux couldn’t believe what just a few seconds of a strong storm did to his Sharpstown condo on Sands Point Drive. His window was blown out by an awning that came off of another building around 9:30 …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — About 118 people accused of crimes including indecent exposure, DWI and racing were released from the Harris County jail last weekend due to a computer outage that prevented them from getting a probable cause hearing. The Harris County Universal Services computer system, used by all law enforcement agencies to file charges, was down from March …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston family and police are searching for a missing mother of four. Elsa Murillo’s family hasn’t seen her in more than two weeks. They’re working with Houston police to track down where she went after a trip to a washateria. Surveillance video shows Elsa Murillo, 43, driving a black Nissan Altima out of the washateria …

HOUSTON, Texas — Opera fans, take note: The Ivy League of the South has announced the opening of the city’s newest music and performing arts venue. Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music will debut its new Brockman Hall for Opera in April, complete with a series of corresponding public events. The 84,000-square-foot Brockman Hall for Opera, the Alice Pratt Brown Hall, …