A former McKinney day care employee pleaded guilty to seven charges of injury to a child Wednesday, more than a month after she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for physically abusing a child at the day care where she worked. Jessica Joy Wiese, 45, now faces an additional 10 years behind bars for abusing infants in her care, …

The woman suspected of stabbing her boyfriend to death in Arlington earlier this month insisted he already had the wound when he came home from a club, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit. Leah Noelle Franklin(Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office) Leah Noelle Franklin, 31, faces a murder charge in the death of Antonio Daniel Merle. She was arrested in Louisiana on Saturday, and …

Police are seeking two persons suspected of committing seven robberies in a three-hour span throughout Fort Worth Monday. The robberies occurred in central, south and northwest areas of the city, the Fort Worth Police Department said Wednesday afternoon in social-media threads accompanying posted surveillance footage of one of the incidents. The footage, captured at a convenience store in the 700 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are searching for an armed suspect they say robbed two moms after they dropped off their kids at the bus stop. Crime Stoppers said the two women had dropped off their children at the bus stop around 6:40 a.m. on Jan. 17. One of the women involved in the robbery, Eunice Cantu, told ABC13 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Tim Tebow is a married man. The former NFL quarterback married former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. The couple shared their love story with People magazine. They exchanged vows in a sunset ceremony in front of guests at a resort in the bride’s home country of South Africa. The sports commentator says he wrote his own vows …

While the Houston Texans’ season had the misfortune of once again being two wins short of a Super Bowl berth, the team’s biggest star has already found an alternate and arguably more high profile plan for that weekend. Late night broadcasting institution “Saturday Night Live” tapped Watt to host the show on Feb. 1, the night before the big game, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Corey Evans doesn’t get nervous while performing stand-up comedy in front of his peers. As a seventh grade teacher, he’s grown a pretty tough skin. “I’ve been teaching for about six years and I’ve been a stand-up comic for about six years,” he explained. “So, I’ve always been a teacher and a comedian at the same …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Neighbors in Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens aren’t happy with Union Pacific Railroad. “Meetings and talking don’t get things done if you don’t come out here and start getting them done,” Lisa Harris-Glenn said. RELATED: Residents say high cancer rate caused by nearby rail yard For years, people in the area claimed they were being sickened by …

HOUSTON,Texas (KTRK) — Kenneth Eakins takes the same route every day. He drives down the streets so many avoid, under the overpasses and abandoned lots east of downtown Houston. “I have this tagline that I say a lot,” he explained. “We’re going where love has not yet arrived.” Eakins is an Outreach Case Manager for the Star of Hope Mission. …

The third annual Houston Sports Awards is underway in downtown Houston. Tuesday’s event will celebrate ‘A Golden Era’ and will honor Carl Lewis, Mary Lou Retton and Rudy Tomjanovich as its third Hall of Fame Class. The Legacy winners are chosen by the Sports Awards Executive Committee with input from the Selection Committee. HSA announced the finalists for their awards …