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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Three Houston police officers and a sergeant, who have been fighting to get their jobs back after shooting and killing a man who was suicidal back in 2020, have been reinstated. The officers and sergeant made their case before an arbitrator last week. In April 2020, police responded to a call in east Houston about a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are asking for the public’s help in the search for a driver accused of hitting and killing a man before fleeing the scene in the Westchase area. The crash happened on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Houston police said the victim, identified as Hector Emilio Mateo-Suar, was struck by a dark-colored SUV with tinted windows while he …

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 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Public Utilities Division reported a water main break Monday in The Heights. Officials said it happened just before 9 a.m. on Heights Boulevard and Katy Freeway. No other details were released, but has reached out asking for information regarding how long repairs will take. SkyEye was at the scene and captured the video above …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The University of Houston men’s basketball team won the American Athletic Conference title game Sunday afternoon after a 71-53 win over Memphis. The Coogs were ranked No. 18 heading into the matchup against the Tigers in Fort Worth. Center Jalen Duren led the team in scoring with 14 points in 33 minutes. He also had 10 …

HOUSTON, Texas — After a historic Houston theater seemingly closed for good last year due to economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic, its supporters – including film lovers, preservationists and directors Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson – got to work to try and revive it. But they also grappled with whether they should be doing this amid a worldwide crisis in which …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Education Agency to create a task force to examine the state’s teacher shortage problem. In a letter to TEA Commissioner Mike Morath on Monday, Abbott said the task force should investigate why these shortages exist, recommend policy changes to the state education agency and consider more flexibility in the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Governor Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that Sunday would be a designated day of prayer statewide for Ukraine. Abbott was in town visiting a Ukrainian Catholic church in north Houston. At about 10 a.m. Sunday, Abbott arrived at the Pokrova Ukrainian Catholic Church near West Gulf Bank where he spoke to the congregation after its two-hour …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An enthusiastic crowd set two records at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo School Art Auction on Sunday. Grand champion Gracin Nguyen’s colored drawing, “In His Hands” sold for $250,000 to Randa and Ray Gilliam, Mary and Ken Hucherson, Julie and Alan Kent, and Kristina and Paul Somerville. Gracin is a student at Pearland ISD. “For …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are asking for the public’s help locating a man with Alzheimer’s who was last seen in the Memorial area on Sunday afternoon. Robert Watkins, 73, left on foot from the 8600 block of Westcott, according to authorities. Watkins, also known as Earl, is described as an African-American man, 5 feet and 9 inches tall, …