A freak accident at a community pool in Frisco has a family from Lil Elm in disbelief after their 13-year-old’s life changed in an instant. According to his family, Semyon Williams Jr. also known as SJ, was at the neighborhood pool in Old Orchard Park in Frisco last Thursday when he dove into the shallow end while trying to run …

The summer season of travel is in full swing. Airports and roadways will be packed over the next week as nearly six million Texans are expected to travel for an extended July 4th holiday. Friday morning, both Dallas Love Field and Dallas Fort Worth International airports saw heavy traffic. Experts say the holiday week will flirt with record travel. “We …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We Belong is a quarterly streaming show dedicated to highlighting the diverse communities throughout the greater Houston region. For the latest episode, we first visit Boynton Methodist Church, a church that’s been serving this community for more than 140 years. Recently, it got a historic designation from the State of Texas, and members have been working …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — Federal agents arrested a major target in an international counterfeit cancer drug operation Wednesday in Spring. The man, identified only as an Indian national by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was taken into custody in a busy parking lot at the north Freeway and Rayford Road. Sources told he thought he making a quick stop. Instead, he was …

KEY WEST, Florida (KTRK) — A 65-year-old man from Houston died while snorkeling off the Florida Keys on Tuesday. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, Beau Alan Follis was snorkeling when he lost consciousness. CPR was performed and the U.S. Coast Guard brought the man to shore, where paramedics continued to treat him, MCSO said. Follis was taken …

HOUSTON, Texas — Ginger Martinez of Gin Martini Designs stitches vibrant and bold looks for her clients who range from musicians to cosplayers and drag queens. “As soon as they put them on, like you see their face light up and they are a completely new person and they feel so much more confident,” Martinez shared. The designer said she got her start …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were injured after authorities say gunfire erupted outside a northeast Houston convenience store Wednesday night. Just before 11 p.m., the Houston Police Department responded to the shooting outside the business on Green Street in the Greater Fifth Ward area, where several crime scene markers could be seen being placed by officers. According to police, people …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The manager and operator of a Houston-area dental clinic will spend time in federal prison for orchestrating a $6.8 million Medicaid fraud scheme. He’s also accused of allowing his unlicensed son to perform services on patients. Rene Fernandez Gaviola, 68, pleaded guilty on Jan. 26 to the alleged scheme. Federal prosecutors said he operated three Floss Family …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Investigators with Houston police returned to the home of a now former NASA engineer to execute another search warrant after finding videos of his sexual encounters on his previously seized devices, court records show. Eric Sim, 37, is charged with seven counts of sexual assault with seven different victims listed. At the same time as his arrest …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When storms roll in and they’re packing a punch, OSHA says it’s important for companies to have emergency plans for their workers that include what to do during inclement weather. Having a plan is important as decisions for safety sometimes need to happen quickly. We’ve seen it firsthand. One example includes construction homes blowing in the wind …