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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Forget about deals and deadlines. Spring training is underway after both sides reached an agreement in Thursday’s Major League Baseball lockout. What to watch for the Houston Astros as the team reports and prepares for a full 2022 season? Jonathan Bruce & Adam Winkler get you ready. Plus, are the Houston Cougars being overlooked in March …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — SkyEye 13 is over the end of a chase at a gas station in southwest Houston. Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office said the chase started out as a traffic stop, when the suspect yelled out he was not going to jail and took off. SkyEye was on the scene of the chase when it began …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Bail Bond Board has rejected a proposal which would require bond companies to collect a minimum 10% of a defendant’s bond. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the sheriff’s Office did their own spot check on some of the bonding companies to view records involving some of the higher bonds posted, and they found that …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When Alexandra Dunn and Tracy Schneck’s mom died last August, the sisters had her cremated and planned on taking her ashes to her favorite vacation spot in Florida over the holidays. Then their father, Bob Dunn, had a stroke days after Thanksgiving. The sisters thought he was getting better but on Jan. 1, he died at …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — “We’ll try again next month,” that’s the promise from Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia after a key bond reform measure failed to pass on Wednesday by a confluence of events. “Please do your duty, vote to approve this policy change,” Paul Castro told members of the Harris County Bail Bond Board during Wednesday’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Within the next few weeks, more than 100 license plate reader cameras are set to be up and running in Houston’s Council District J, according to Councilmember Edward Pollard, who represents the district. The cameras are part of an effort to combat the uptick in crime, according to Pollard. In February, as city officials laid out …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Ukrainians in Houston are sharing their stories about their families in the war zone fighting to flee the Russian invasion. Dmytrii Dolhov, 27, has lived and worked in Houston for two years. He says he watches the images of war and destruction unfold in Ukraine every day. Dolhov grew up in the northeast city of Sumy. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — This could be another positive sign that things are going in the right direction. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Thursday morning that she’s lowering the county’s COVID-19 threat level again, this time from orange to yellow as positive cases and hospitalizations due to omicron variant infections decline. Yellow, which is also Level 3, signifies there’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Many folks will remember Selvin Young for what he did on the football field. The Jersey Village High School alumnus had a standout career for the Texas Longhorns – including winning the 2005 national championship. After playing two seasons in the NFL, Young is now excelling in the shadows of NRG Stadium – home of the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was midnight on Feb. 8 when a tow truck driver named Jimmy said he was just trying to clean his car but was held up at gunpoint. “He was covered in a face mask, pulled out the gun and told me don’t move,” Jimmy recalled. “I still got that one bullet in my stomach.” Authorities …