A 16-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were seriously injured in a car crash Saturday afternoon in Waxahachie, officials said. The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Shoreside Trail, not far from State Highway 77, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. The girl was driving a 2007 Honda Accord and didn’t turn before a curve, leading the car …

The brief break we had in the heat earlier in the week is now officially gone. We will be dealing with more traditional August heat and humidity today and all week. With increasing humidity levels, heat index values will rise as high as 105 degrees. Much of North Texas will be placed under a Heat Advisory from noon until 8 …

WASHINGTON — A Democratic spokesman who has worked with Texas House Democrats who have committed to stay in Washington, D.C., to push for federal voting protections said Sunday a meeting was in the works with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others on Monday as Gov. Greg Abbott’s second special session continues in Texas, but later said they were still working …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Community activist Quanell X is asking the public’s help in the search for a missing woman who was last seen nearly two weeks ago on the night of her birthday in southwest Houston. Shawtyeria Waites disappeared from the 8900 block of Chimney Rock Road near Braeswood on July 27. According to Quanell, Waites was with two …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Officers from the METRO Police Department were responding to a scene where a man was reportedly hit by a METRORail train near downtown Houston. The incident happened on the Red Line on Main Street near McGowen Sunday night. According to METRO officials, the operator of the train saw the pedestrian on the tracks and attempted to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — School districts in the greater Houston area are coming up with options for families who may not be 100% ready to send their students back to the classroom amid the newest COVID wave. Last week, newly appointed Houston ISD’s superintendent Millard House II said that he would be proposing a mask mandate as students return to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — School districts in the greater Houston area are coming up with options for families who may not be 100% ready to send their students back to the classroom amid the newest COVID wave. Last week, newly appointed Houston ISD’s superintendent Millard House II said that he would be proposing a mask mandate as students return to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The forecast in both the short term and longer-range look to be about as “classic Houston” is it gets. Monday will bring another round of hot temperatures with highs in the upper 90s and feels like temps above 105. We will still have a chance for a few cooling downpours, but the overall coverage will be …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A man was shot to death and five others were hurt early Sunday when gunfire erupted at a north Harris County nightclub. It happened around 2 a.m. at the club in the 2600 block of FM 1960 East near Treaschwig Road and Humble Westfield Road. It began with a fight inside the Visions night club that …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Private schools in Texas have more flexibility with COVID-19 protocols as cases rise, while public schools are getting creative in ways to keep kids safe. WITH COVID-19 CASES RISING, CAN SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT MASK MANDATES? In March, Gov. Greg Abbott signed an order not allowing schools to implement mask mandates past the beginning of June. Despite surging …