HOUSTON, Texas — Texas’ tallest tower, which stands boldly in downtown Houston, is up for makeover and name change. Global real estate powerhouse, Hines, announced that 600 Travis Street will now be known as JPMorgan Chase & Co. Tower. The naming comes as JP Morgan Chase takes over as the building’s anchor tenant, according to a press release. Downtown regulars …

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) — This week, the oil and gas industry is center stage with federal and state leaders, leaving neighbors in communities that depend on the energy sector anxious. The state’s latest jobs report shows 14,000 mining and logging positions, which includes oil and gas, were lost in the Houston area during 2020. One of the hardest hit areas …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Hospitals have been using ultraviolet lights for years to kill bacteria and viruses and to disinfect surgical areas. That same technology is also sold as wands and other UV products you can use at home. Consumer Reports looks into the science behind UV sanitizing lights. Can the same technology kill the coronavirus? Ultraviolet technology has been used …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A powerful storm system rolling through the Plains this weekend will bring some quick weather changes to Houston this weekend. First we get to enjoy another calm day with some sunshine Friday. You’ll want a warm coat in the morning with low temperatures back into the upper 30s. A little frost is even possible, most likely …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are searching for an unlicensed caretaker accused of tying a boarding home resident to a chair so tightly it caused an infection that caused his death. John Grant, 56, is charged with injury to an elderly individual. According to court documents, he physically abused 65-year-old Clifton Barber in May 2020 at an unlicensed boarding …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two years after Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were killed during a botched Houston police raid into their home, their families have filed civil lawsuits. On the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2019, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were shot to death in their home at 7815 Harding Street in southeast Houston after police initiated a no-knock …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The city of Houston Thursday confirmed it had suspended union president Marty Lancton indefinitely, government speak for a firing. It comes six weeks after Lancton says the city stopped paying his salary and is the latest in a bitter battle between firefighters, the department and Mayor Sylvester Turner. Under the last several union contracts, the president …