North Texans who happened to look up at the sky about 9 on Sunday night may have glimpsed the streak of a large green shooting star before it burst into a bright orange circle and disappeared from sight. Photos and videos of the meteor have been filling social media feeds since. “It was a fireball,” said one user who reported …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Tatiana Lamy planned on spending her birthday skiing in Denver. “I’ve never worn skis, so I was going to be on the bunny slopes with the little people,” Lamy said. Lamy said her sister gifted her the trip to Colorado and she was set to leave on February 18, but like thousands of Texans, she ended …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — COVID-19 cases are on the rise across the country and inside United Medical Memorial Center, Dr. Joseph Varon said their COVID unit is filling up to a level they haven’t seen since last fall. “In the last 14 days, we’ve had a 500% increase in the number of admissions,” he said. As the Chief of Critical …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two Houston-area college students were held captive for 12 hours as two armed men emptied a bank account and forced them to sell their phones. The Houston Police Department is investigating the kidnapping and robbery from early May They released composite sketches of the suspects last week. On Monday night, the victims, who did not want …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is being accused of shooting his date in the chest and leaving her paralyzed when he found out she was a transgender woman. It happened in May in southwest Houston near Sharpstown. According to court documents, 25-year-old Eric Aguillon met the woman on a dating app called “MeetMe.” Investigators said the two were at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re seeing COVID-19 numbers in the Houston area that we haven’t seen in months, which may be the reason why experts say vaccination numbers are also on the rise. HOW DO WE COMPARE TO LAST SUMMER’S SURGE? Experts say we’re experiencing numbers we haven’t seen in months, but it’s still lower than last year’s summer surge. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman has been charged with murder after she admitted to shooting a woman, who has since died, while walking her dog overnight. Christine Alexandra Fesus, 34, told Harris County deputies it all started when she was walking her dog and got into some kind of confrontation with a homeless woman. The shooting happened outside of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A father and daughter who worked as educators in the Houston area for years were killed in a car crash during a long-awaited trip to Germany. Leighan Cortes taught sixth grade science at Pin Oak Middle School in Bellaire since 2015. Her father, Randy Meek, taught for 11 years at Manvel High School and continued as …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A pregnant woman and her boyfriend were killed Sunday morning during a shooting at a soccer tournament at a northwest Harris County sports facility. Family members believe the gunman was the woman’s ex-husband, and that he pulled the trigger after a confrontation between the three, but authorities did not confirm that information. The shooting happened …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston’s high hit 98-degrees late Monday due to dry air mixing down. Relief is on the way Tuesday as a batch of deeper moisture wraps around an upper level low over the Gulf of Mexico. It will still get hot in the afternoon, but scattered downpours will pop up to cool off some Houston-area neighborhoods. The …