Sydnee Walker wants a home to call her own — a place where she makes the rules. Walker became chronically homeless after a trip to the hospital several years ago. She ended up at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center in downtown Dallas and lived there for a year before finding The Cottages at Hickory Crossing in 2019. Sydnee Walker realized …

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas will soon stop paying extended benefits because of a decline in the state’s unemployment rate, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Thursday. The state has historically given unemployed Texans 26 weeks of assistance, but job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic triggered extended benefits, which provides an additional 13 weeks of benefits during periods of high state or national …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County K9 deputy is under investigation after he was arrested on felony charges of continuous violence against a family member and aggravated assault impeding breathing. Deputy Jose A. Quintanilla, 39, was booked into Harris County jail and relieved of duty. On Aug. 25, authorities were called to a hospital in the 6100 block …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is now facing hate crime allegations after an attack on a landscaper in the Boulevard Oaks neighborhood in June. Chester Irving is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly beating Paciano Gonzalez-Hernandez while he was landscaping someone’s yard. Prosecutors added a hate crime enhancement to the charge this week. “The biggest problem with someone like …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houstonian from Afghanistan has family currently stuck in the chaotic country. He was so worried about their safety that he didn’t want to show their faces. Mahboobullah Sahil said his brother barely escaped the deadly chaos outside the Kabul airport on Thursday. “He had his documents in hand. He was trying to get inside the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — High temps will stay on the steamy side with highs in the middle 90s into the weekend. Lucky for us, moisture is moving in from the east and that means a return of those cooling afternoon and evening storms. One or two of those storms could be on the strong side, so be prepared for a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The city of Houston is reporting its first pediatric COVID-19 death with no underlying health conditions. According to an announcement made by the city on Thursday, a boy, who was only identified as being between the ages of 10 and 19 years old, died of the virus. He had no underlying health conditions, according to the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston woman is issuing a strong warning to the community after a hit-and-run escalated into a shooting on Tuesday. Veronica Delgado said she had to run a quick errand Tuesday evening and was driving on the South Loop East, trying to merge for the exit onto I-45. Delgado said as she was merging, a driver, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The driver of an 18-wheeler survived a major crash Friday morning after his truck went over the guardrails of a bridge and tumbled onto the ground below. It happened around 12:30 a.m. on the US-59 westbound exit that connects to the southbound lanes of the 610 West Loop. The driver told officers that he was taking …