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City of Houston approves $13M for new security tech at renovated IAH​ terminal


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas — A new terminal currently under construction at George Bush Intercontinental Airport just got the green light for new security technology. This week, Houston City Council unanimously approved the funding for the new Mickey Leland International Terminal’s security equipment. The Mickey Leland International Terminal Project is part of the $1.43 billion IAH Terminal Redevelopment Program, or ITRP, which is …

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Houston Grand Opera announces season, initiative to fight fine arts education gap in schools


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Grand Opera in March announced its upcoming 2024-25 season on the Wortham Theater Center stage, which includes classics like Puccini’s La Boheme and the iconic Broadway production of West Side Story. However, the company made news with new initiatives designed to reach young Houstonians and help bridge the growing gap in fine arts education within the Houston Independent School …

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Houstonians see water rate increase amid claims of inaccurate, high billing


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The cost of water and wastewater bills increased on Monday for many Houstonians amid the ongoing controversy over inaccurately high water billing statements, which Mayor John Whitmire pledged to resolve. The increase dates back to a previous agreement with the city and the Environmental Protection Agency in 2021 that new annual rates would increase every year on …

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Officials identify man shot and killed while walking dog near The Heights on Sunday


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 23-year-old man shot and killed while walking his dog on Sunday night in northwest Houston has been identified as Christensen Hill. His family told Eyewitness News that he was a good and quiet kid. Hill was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot of Co-Op Summer Street. The Houston Police Department said the suspects took off …

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HPD chief learned of suspended cases the day before Astroworld tragedy


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Sitting at the center of a conference table, surrounded by media and members of his team, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner answered questions about the controversy surrounding thousands of adult sex crime cases that were suspended due to lack of staff. It was the first time in weeks that Finner, who has held just two news conferences …

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83-year-old great-grandmother’s family ‘knew’ man accused of carjacking her would be caught


April 3, 2024

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of attacking an 83-year-old great-grandmother during an alleged carjacking in the Aldine area is now behind bars. Quinton Montgomery was captured by Harris County sheriff’s deputies on Monday night, just five days after first showed videos of the violent attack. It happened last Thursday outside the La Michoacana on Aldine Mail Route Road. …

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Fire engulfs SE Houston building that neighbors call a magnet for crime


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Crews working to put out the flames of a fire that engulfed a vacant building in southeast Houston on Tuesday evening. Eyewitness News crews were on the way to another story at about 6:30 p.m. when ABC13 reporter Alex Bozarjian spotted the vacant building in flames. Video captured by shows the vacant building, believed to have once …

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US-Mexico border sees decrease in migrant arrests in March, Border Patrol reports


April 3, 2024

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Fewer migrant people were arrested coming over the U.S.-Mexico border in March than in the months before, according to newly released numbers from the Border Patrol. According to City of Houston statistics, about 586,000 undocumented migrants lived in our city in 2016. Those numbers have fluctuated ever since, but it’s clear that as laws change, there’s a …

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