AUSTIN, Texas — In what’s expected to be the final ruling on the matter, the Texas Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Greg Abbott’s order limiting Texas counties to only one drop-off location for voters to hand deliver their absentee ballots during the pandemic. The ruling, issued Tuesday by the all-Republican court, is the final outcome in one of a handful of lawsuits …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our cold front is on the move again, and that means we need to get ready for even colder and wetter weather Wednesday.   The cold front stalled over Southeast Texas for most of Tuesday, and at one time temperatures were in the 80s east of the front and in the 40s west of it! Temperatures …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With the COVID-19 positivity rate going up in Houston and a sudden uptick in cases, hospitals are getting concerned. Over the summer, Houston hospitals were in surge capacity, which ultimately stressed the system and staff. Hospital officials said that’s something they don’t want to see happen again. “We don’t want to be back where we were …

If you walk near any early voting location you will dozens and dozens of campaign signs. Most are not Donald Trump nor Joe Biden signs. There are many down-ballot, local races, vying for your attention. “I’m Tom Ramsey, at the very bottom of the ballot,” said the former Mayor of Spring Valley Village. Ramsey is running for Harris County Commissioner, …

The family of a 16-year-old shot and killed down the street from her home is asking the shooter to turn himself in. Mareja Pratt was a sophomore at Elsik High School and the youngest of six children. “Family was first. She loved her family and that’s gone. They took it away from me. They took that away from me. They …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In front of Wilcrest Baptist Church Monday afternoon, two sisters saw their younger sister shot to death. “She was only 16. She was just a baby,” said Prie Pratt, the victim’s sister, through tears. Mareja Pratt was a sophomore at Alief Elsik High School. She had a big smile, loved school, according to her family, and …

child   HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston ISD just announced a change to its COVID-19 policy that adjusts the protocol for schools closing due to positivity rates. Under the new changes announced Monday, the district will keep schools open for in-person learning. If they were still operating under the old rules, they would be going back to virtual learning as …

Dinesh Sah, 55, of Coppell, allegedly sought around $24.8 million in forgivable Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans but ultimately received $17.7 million  Sah filed for PPP loans for 15 businesses that claimed to have more than 500 employees and hundreds of thousands of dollars in payroll expenses  However, investigators say that the majority of the businesses were registered in June, …

LAHORE: The Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coord­ination (IPC) and the Pak­istan Olympic Association (POA) seem to be at odds over the venues for next year’s South Asian Games. The Games have been allocated to Pakistan but while the POA initially marked venues in three cities of Punjab, the IPC ministry has approved funds in millions for the renovations of Pakistan Sports …

CAPE TOWN: The entire board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) has resigned ahead of a government-imposed deadline for it to co-operate in an investigation of misconduct within the sport’s national governing body. The acting president and a group of board members resigned at a meeting Sunday and the remainder stepped down on Monday, Cricket South Africa said. Three board members will stay …