HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Olympic gold medalist and Houston native Simone Biles took time out of her training season to meet with Henderson Elementary students, specifically to encourage young girls. Biles visited the school to educate the group of girls about the importance of healthy living. She walked them through her daily routine, sleep schedule and her eating habits. She …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Desmond Bitner and Nathan Marquez said opening a bike shop in east downtown was only the first goal they wanted to accomplish in their new community. “I think the first thing we need to address is we need to stop thinking of alternative transportation as alternative transportation,” said Bitner with EaDo Bike Co. The EaDo Bike …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The runners participating in this year’s Aramco Half Marathon and Chevron Houston Marathon may not know Bernie Tretta’s name, but she is making sure every athlete is in the race. Bernie started the Houston chapter of Achilles International, a non-profit organization that helps people with disabilities participate in sports. Six years ago, members couldn’t race in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Astros’ owner Jim Crane says his baseball team is not in crisis because of the cheating scandal and will be fine. Speaking at the 5th Annual Diamond Dreams Gala charity fundraiser, Crane said, “We think the future is bright. We’ll make the adjustments. You got a lot of really smart people here, in baseball ops, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Collin says sea fog and rain showers will remain an issue until a stronger cold front arrives this afternoon. Behind the front, cooler and drier air will move in, bringing back sunshine. This front will also make for breezy, cold conditions for Chevron Houston Marathon weather with start time temps in the 40s. Wind chill will …

Occasional showers along with areas of fog will continue through tonight. No severe weather is expected, but a few rumbles of thunder will be possible. A cold front will move across the area early Saturday morning, bringing in drier air and breezy north winds. The weekend will be chilly, but there will be plenty of sunshine. Latest Forecast TONIGHT: Areas …

AUSTIN — Scandal-plagued Speaker Dennis Bonnen on Friday chose Tarrant County GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione as the House’s top budget writer. With top state offices dominated by Houston Republicans, business and education leaders from North Texas were expected to cheer Bonnen’s selection of Capriglione as chairman of the influential House Appropriations Committee. That’s true even though the four-term Southlake lawmaker …

A federal appeals court has found that a lower court made the right decision in tossing a lawsuit that accused Dallas County commissioners of discriminating against white voters. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its opinion, affirming the lower court ruling, that the four white voters who brought the lawsuit failed to provide evidence that the county’s 2011 …

EL PASO — Jonathan Palant was attending a play in Dallas the evening after a mass shooter drove from North Texas to this bruised border community to commit a massacre. He sat there, grappling with a sinking feeling. Then he felt a familiar calling: Do something. This Martin Luther King weekend, Palant, an associate professor of music at the University …

Mesquite police arrested two 17-year-old men in connection with reports of gunshots fired Tuesday night at Poteet High School, police said Friday. The gunshots were reported around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of Poteet Drive while fans were leaving a basketball game between Poteet and Lancaster High School, police said. Officers who were there determined that a fight broke out …