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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A wrong-way driver is dead after a three-vehicle crash Monday morning on the Gulf Freeway involving two suspected drunk drivers, according to Houston police. The freeway was closed for hours as crews worked to clean up the major accident. The crash happened in the outbound lanes of I-45 south at Scott in the Third Ward area …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A clothing booth owner is expected to survive after he was shot while confronting two men who were trying to shoplift at a flea market in northwest Harris County, according to deputies. Deputies were called to the shooting Saturday night at the Traders Village flea market on Eldridge Parkway near West Road. During the confrontation, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police said they are working to learn details leading up to a man being shot and killed Friday morning in his apartment near Willowbrook Mall. Officers said they arrived to the shooting scene at about 10:45 p.m. on West Greens Road near Highway 249. The man was found shot in the leg and possibly his stomach, …

HOUSTON, Texas — Surveying his kingdom – in this case, NRG Stadium – Houston’s king of hip-hop, Bun B, was all business. Walking the arena dirt and the sprawling, star-shaped RodeoHouston stage, H-Town’s unofficial mayor patiently rattled off orders, sounding as much executive producer as legendary rapper. “I cannot wait for Houston to see this show,” Bun told CultureMap as …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A family-owned gas station in southwest Houston claims alleged thieves stole a total of roughly 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the station’s underground fuel storage tanks over three days. Jerry Thayil, the manager at Fuqua Express gas station, said his family opened the business a few years ago. This week, Thayil said that while taking …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to federal prison after ramming a stolen pickup truckinto a security gate at the FBI’s Houston office, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Nestor Mariano Vidal Batista pleaded guilty on Feb. 24. Batista is ordered to serve 14 months in federal prison, Judge Gregg Costa announced on Friday. Batista, a Cuban …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division is searching for the suspect responsible for a series of aggravated robberies at drug stores in southeast Houston. On Feb. 17 at about 8:50 p.m., a man pulled out a knife on the drug store employee at the front counter and demanded the money from the cash register, according to …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Spring Branch man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity for his part in a “wobbly-wheel” scam, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Tuesday. “These fraudsters targeted innocent drivers by acting as good Samaritans to take advantage of people’s good nature,” Ogg said. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dr. Ruth Simmons has announced that she will be stepping down as president of Prairie View A&M University. Simmons accepted the position as president in the summer of July 2017, after the departure of President George Wright. In her message to the school she notes the accomplishments that she is proud to have made while serving her …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A suspected car burglar is dead after police said he was shot by people trying to stop him, then run over by a woman who may have been an accomplice in southwest Houston. The shooting happened at an apartment complex on Clarewood near Chimney Rock around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Ulysses, who says he is the brother …