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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 35th annual Art Car Parade returns to Houston to show off its 250 mobile masterpieces as they come roaring downtown. Just after his H-Town takeover at the Houston Rodeo, Bun B was named the grand marshal of the 2022 Art Car Parade. Bun B will lead hundreds of wacky cars through Houston’s streets as they …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police have released photos of a man they said they’d like to speak with in connection with the stabbing death of a 34-year-old man outside a north Houston restaurant. On Nov. 28, 2021, a fight ensued inside El Pollo De Oro restaurant on 179 Aldine Bender Road and ended in the parking lot, police said. That’s …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — If you think your flood insurance bill is already too high, upcoming changes will make it even pricier. Starting Friday, most of us will be paying even more because the Federal Emergency Management Agency is changing the way it calculates rates. “Flood insurance rates wouldn’t be rising if the flooding wasn’t a direct threat to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A body was found during the search for a Houston man who went missing while fishing at Buffalo Bayou on Saturday. On Tuesday, Texas EquuSearch crews were out at the scene searching for 34-year-old Levin Jerson Revolorio. Hours after the search began, an officer at the scene confirmed a body was found. The body has not …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A police officer crashed into an innocent driver while trying to chase a suspect in northwest Houston overnight. According to Houston police, the officer was doing proactive patrolling as part of the Overtime Crime Reduction Unit and noticed a suspicious vehicle shortly before 1 a.m. on Tuesday. The car is reportedly linked to a crime involving …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A mother is on a crusade to keep her daughter’s alleged killer in custody. We’ve been following Alex Haggerty’s murder case since Houston police say he killed Brittany Burfield in 2018. He’s been held without bond, but that could change next month. Tricia Valentine has been to every hearing associated with her daughter’s case. The next …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — E-cigarettes don’t currently fall under Houston’s smoking ordinance, but they could soon be. The ordinance, which was passed in 2006, prohibits smoking tobacco inside public places, within 25 feet of a public building’s entrance or exit, and other public areas, including bus stops and outdoor spectator events. On Wednesday, Houston City Council will discuss adding e-cigarettes …

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 driving a black Nissan Altima out of the washateria parking …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Recently, we’ve seen COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths decrease in Harris County. That means measures like social distancing and masking have also relaxed, but the COVID pandemic isn’t over. “Thank heavens, most of them do have less severe disease. We still have people on ventilators, and we are still seeing people die every week of this …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The family of a man killed in front of his son while at a car wash in west Houston Friday night is desperately searching for answers. Charles Dade, 51, had just picked his car up from the mechanic, according to his cousin, Darren Crumity. Dade and his son went to the car wash on South Dairy …