HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a fugitive who is accused of indecency with a child. According to Crime Stoppers, in June of 2019, Rudy Mijangos Villagran performed indecent sexual acts on a child in the 7300 block of Bissonnet Street. During the investigation, authorities said the child made an …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A gas leak inside a southeast Houston home caused a large fire which led to an explosion on Sunday morning, according to the Houston Fire Department. It happened on Doulton Drive around 10 a.m. Authorities said a person called CenterPoint to report the gas leak. About an hour later, they said the explosion occurred, lifting the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The number of homicides in the city of Houston has doubled this year, according to Mayor Sylvester Turner, and a new push to end the violence is expanding. Turner joined community and faith leaders at a “Stop the Violence H-Town” rally on Sunday as the city continues to see a streak of violent crime in the …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A man now faces multiple charges after he was suspected of shooting and killing his wife inside their Spring home Saturday night. Sergeant Jason Brown with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the man asked for deputies to come to the 19500 block of Lockridge Drive because he had shot his wife. On Sunday morning, deputies …

HOUSTON, Texas — Defensive end J.J. Watt has expressed frustration about the Houston Texans’ play amid this losing season on several occasions, but his frustration appeared to boil over after Sunday’s 37-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. After acknowledging that the defense had played “horrendously” on Sunday and that this was the most difficult year of his 10 NFL seasons, …

HOUSTON, Texas — Samaje Perine ran for two touchdowns, including a 3-yard score late, to give the Cincinnati Bengals their first road win in more than two years with a 37-31 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday. The Texans were driving after Perine’s second score when Deshaun Watson was sacked by Sam Hubbard, who forced a fumble that Margus …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A family of four lost everything when a fire destroyed their north Houston home on Christmas Eve. The only thing left standing amidst the black remains was a colorful painting of Astros star Alex Bregman. “Entering the house, I was trying to see what was salvageable,” said Erika Mejia, who created the painting for an art …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re seeing some patchy dense fog early this morning, some locations northwest of Houston are reporting visibilities of just 1/2 mile. That will gradually clear through the morning. We’ll get limited sunshine during the day with highs in the mid 70s and a 20% chance of a brief shower. The next system we are keeping an …

PORTLAND, Oregon — James Harden finished with 44 points and 17 assists for the Houston Rockets, despite falling 128-126 to the Portland Trail Blazers in overtime Saturday night. CJ McCollum also scored 44 points, including a 3-pointer with 6.3 seconds left that gave the Trail Blazers the lead. Damian Lillard had 32 points and nine assists to help Portland get …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A man now faces multiple charges after he was suspected of shooting and killing his wife inside their Spring home Saturday night. Sergeant Jason Brown with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the man asked for deputies to come to the 19500 block of Lockridge Drive because he had shot his wife. On Sunday morning, deputies …