The Dallas Regional Chamber will launch a COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign Wednesday in an effort to push the region over the threshold for herd immunity. The campaign, titled “Take Care of Business,” will use targeted advertising and a sweepstakes with the goal of getting 600,000 more North Texans ages 16 and older vaccinated so businesses can resume pre-pandemic levels of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman who depends on METROLift for rides to see her doctor is saying she ended up in a big bind when her ride never showed. “Somebody dropped the ball,” said Maxine Singler. Singler said she feels frustrated after she said METROLift never showed up Monday to take her to her doctor’s appointment. “We kept on …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man at a gas pump in a southwest Houston convenience store was shot and killed Tuesday night, police said. Investigators arrived at Sunny’s Food Store off Stella Link and Link Valley at around 8:30 p.m., where they found a man had been shot. Police say it appears the man was approached by a group of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mohamed Mokbel, the pharmacy executive at the center of a multi-million dollar federal health care fraud investigation, was the victim of an armed home invasion. His attorney, Charles Flood, confirmed to the incident happened at his Afton Oaks home early Tuesday morning. It’s the same $2 million home where federal investigators arrested Mokbel in March. As …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to investigate increased cases of mail theft and other mail issues at postal offices in her district. Fletcher, who represents Texas’ 7th Congressional District, sent a letter to the Postmaster Inspector General on Tuesday requesting an investigation into issues occurring at several post offices. Her district …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities have found an 11-year-old boy who was reported missing after he was last seen in southwest Houston. Tuesday evening, police were asking for help in finding Caleb Hunsberger who was last seen in the 6300 block of Chimney Rock Road. Almost an hour after sharing their search for Hunsberger, who is said to have Asperger …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The woman who admitted to making several false 911 calls that led to the botched Harding Street raid in January 2019 learned her sentencing for the crime on Tuesday. Patricia Ann Garcia, 53, pled guilty in March to a charge of conveying false information. Federal Judge George Hanks sentenced Garcia to 40 months in federal detention …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We had our hottest temp of the year so far on Tuesday when we made it to 93. At one point, it felt like 102 with the humidity factored in. We have more of the same the rest of the week. Our mini heat wave won’t end until the end of the weekend when significant rain …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An autopsy has officially identified the child found dead in a Jasper, Texas, hotel room as 5-year-old Samuel Olson. The little boy died by homicidal violence, officials determined. The cause of death was blunt head trauma. Theresa Balboa appeared in court for the first time in Harris County on Monday. A judge added a $100,000 bond …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There were at least five people shot at four different locations across the city of Houston overnight, and three of them were killed. There have been around 200 homicides this year alone. That’s up about 30% compared to last year. Franklin Street A man and a woman flagged down an officer for help at the intersection …