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Houston’s own professional boxer, O’Shaquie Foster, is gearing up to defend his WBC super featherweight title against challenger Abraham Nova at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Friday, February 16th. The 30-year-old champion, hailing from Orange, Texas, and training in Houston, is readying himself for his second defense of the WBC strap, headlining a major …

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a fatal road rage shooting that occurred on Saturday night in northeast Harris County, as per officials. The shooting took place at the underpass located at the 5200 block of Aldine Mail Route at Eastex Freeway. However, the specific details leading up to the incident remain undisclosed. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez shared on …

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera footage a week after deputies shot a woman they allegedly mistook for a burglar. Responding to a reported burglary at the Pines of Woodforest Apartments in the Cloverleaf area around 2 a.m. on Feb. 3, deputies encountered a situation that escalated quickly. The caller, Mitchell, expressed regret over reporting the suspected …

The Department of Public Safety is probing a police shooting incident in Glenn Heights. Glenn Heights Police Department was called to a reported robbery underway on Sunburst Dr. close to Doe Creek Trail. GPD stated that officers reached the scene around 2:15 p.m. and encountered gunfire from one of the suspects. The condition of the suspect involved in the shooting …

CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — Police found no threat to Armstrong Elementary after responding to a reported fight nearby that sent the school into lockdown. The lockdown happened Friday morning after a fight reportedly broke out between two parents near campus, school officials said. The school went into secure mode, forcing students to have recess indoors. After the Conroe ISD Police Department …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Super Bowl Sunday is mere days away, bringing a genuinely unpredictable 2023 season to a close. How unpredictable? Did you think the Houston Texans would be a playoff contender with rookies at quarterback and head coach? Well, the football world and sports books didn’t think so. In August 2023, before the season’s first snap, the Texans had …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 2-year-old boy is still in the hospital with brain injuries after being ejected from a vehicle more than a week ago, his family said. Juan Suarez’s great-grandmother drove him home along Hirsch Road in northeast Houston on the morning of Jan. 30. A surveillance video obtained exclusively by Eyewitness News shows that when they reached the …

Houston Independent School District (HISD) is steadily progressing towards Superintendent Mike Miles’ objective of designating 150 campuses as New Education System (NES) schools by the academic year 2026-2027. Recently, Miles disclosed that 19 campuses have chosen to adopt the NES model. These schools were identified by the district, along with five others, as potential candidates for NES adoption, although it …

In southeast Houston, a significant sinkhole emerged Friday morning due to a water leak, as reported by Houston Public Works. Crews from the public works department were dispatched to address the sinkhole, which occurred near the junction of Sims Drive and Swallow Street. An HISD bus transporting students to school was partially engulfed by the 8-foot-wide cavity. Fortunately, the HISD …

Clyde McKenzie, a resident of southwest Houston for nearly two decades, is grappling with a nightmarish situation as a massive sinkhole slowly consumes his property. Initially noticing a small hole in the fall, McKenzie has watched it grow to the size of half a football field. Expressing deep concern, he pointed out additional sinkholes in the area and visible cracks …