On a day all about celebrating academic achievement, in a sea of graduates, there are some whose accomplishments rise above the crowd. But there’s only one, in Texas Women’s University’s class of 2024, who made history. During TWU’s spring commencement, Chancellor Dr. Carine Feyten recognized Hana Taylor Schlitz for walking the stage at just 16. “This makes her what we …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Parts of downtown Houston were still blocked off on Monday in what Mayor John Whitmire calls an “exclusion zone.” The closure is for sidewalk cleanup and repairs after windows were blown out in Thursday’s destructive storm. A three-block-by-three-block section – from Louisiana Street to Travis Street and McKinney Street to Polk Street – remained closed as crews …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A northeast Houston woman finally got a resolution from CenterPoint Energy on Monday afternoon after turning to Action 13 for help. She and her grandson thought they had been trapped in their house for the last five days after Thursday’s storm, which caused what they believed were live power lines to fall onto their property. According to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Rice University released the 2024 Kinder Houston Area Survey on Monday, revealing much about how Houstonians feel about the region’s past, present, and future. More than 5,300 respondents participated in the survey’s 43rd year, which chronicled the changes in southeast Texas and provided a blueprint for the future. Houstonians are really concerned about three key things: crime …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An off-duty Houston police officer is accused of interfering with an alleged drunken driving investigation after the vehicle he rode in rolled over, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said. According to deputies, Adan Lopez was not wearing a seat belt during the single-vehicle crash at about 2 a.m. on May 18 in the 22000 block of FM-1314 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Five days after storms crippled Houston, several hundred seniors on the northeast side remained without power Monday. Their affordable housing complex, Cypress Gardens, off U.S. 90, lost power during the storm. “I feel stranded. I feel like I’m on an island by myself, you know? I feel disconnected from society. Can’t talk to nobody. It’s kind of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — According to officials, Spring Branch and Cypress-Fairbanks independent school districts will continue to close on Tuesday in the aftermath of last week’s destructive storms. On Monday, Spring Branch ISD noted that roughly a third of its campuses do not have power. The district added that the electricity is coming on but shutting off shortly after. District offices, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Heights High School and 35 other Houston ISD campuses are closing Tuesday as the district continues recovering from last Thursday’s destructive storm. HISD posted about the closures Monday evening, hours after classes were halted at 54 campuses. However, that didn’t include Reynolds Elementary School and Heights High, where classes began but later dismissed earlier after air conditioning …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Recovery is in progress in Houston and surrounding areas after severe weather on Thursday, and CenterPoint Energy is continuing its ongoing efforts to restore power. MONDAY: As of Monday at 10 p.m., fewer than 150,000 customers remained powerless. According to CenterPoint outage tracker, about 210,000 customers had their power restored in the last 24 hours. CenterPoint said more …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Many parts of Spring Branch were still without electricity on Monday following last Thursday’s deadly windstorm. There were long lines of people throughout the day at the nearby Boys and Girls Club on Pitner Street, where officials set up a food distribution center. The area is primarily made up of Spanish-speaking immigrants. The people waiting in line …