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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway to learn more about the person whose body was found in a shed during a house fire Wednesday, according to police. Just after 5 p.m., multiple crews responded to the blaze in the 200 block of E. 30th Street in the Independence Heights area. SkyEye was over the scene of the house fire, …

Authorities are investigating after a small plane crashed Sunday afternoon in Parker County. A Cessna C310 airplane crashed near Poolville, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The twin-engine plane had departed from a Wise County airport, according to the Parker County Sheriff’s Office. NTSB and Federal Aviation Administration will lead the crash investigation. Additional details, including whether there were …

The 6-year-old girl who died after a shooting Wednesday in Old East Dallas was the sister of a teen who was fatally shot late last month, law enforcement officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. Aylayna Ross was shot about 2:40 p.m. at a townhome in the 2100 block of North Fitzhugh Avenue, near Fuqua Street. She was pronounced dead at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are investigating an incident involving a METRORail train that left one person dead on Monday. Although details are limited, officials with Houston METRO confirmed with that a death investigation is underway. The transportation agency said the incident happened at 4:35 p.m. on Fulton Street. It’s unclear what led up to the person’s death, and police did …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person was taken to the hospital after a home caught fire in southwest Houston Monday afternoon. The Houston Fire Department arrived at the scene at 12417 Wind Jammer St. @HoustonFire is currently on scene at 12417 Wind Jammer performing extinguishment efforts after receiving reports of a mobile home on fire. HFD rescued one civilian from the fire. …

HUFFMAN, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed a fire that prompted a Life Flight response on Monday afternoon was accidental. According to Harris County officials, the Huffman Volunteer Fire Department responded to a home fire on the 2700 block of 3rd Street in Huffman. HCFMO confirms a man in his 50s was burned in the fire and …

A person seriously injured Sunday evening in an apartment fire in Fort Worth has died, a fire department spokesman said Monday. Another person was seriously injured. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Fort Worth firefighters were dispatched to an apartment fire in the 600 block of King George Drive, just northwest of the intersection of Woodhaven and Boca Raton …

Dozens of cars were damaged in a fire at an automobile auction facility in Denton County early Sunday morning, officials say. Authorities were dispatched about 1:30 a.m. to the facility in the 3700 block of McPherson Drive, near Harmonson Road, in Northlake, Denton County Emergency Services District 1 said in a news release. Crews from the Flower Mound Fire Department, …

HOUSTON, Texas — Lawyers representing former Houston Dash manager James Clarkson said they filed a lawsuit against the National Women’s Soccer League, the NWSL Players Association (NWSLPA) and others on Friday, claiming Clarkson was defamed when a joint investigation conducted by the league and the NWSLPA concluded he engaged in “abuse and emotional misconduct.” Others named in the suit include law …

A woman was arrested Wednesday in the killing of an acquaintance days earlier in the Red Oak area of Ellis County, according to the county sheriff’s office. Deputies responded about 10 a.m. Monday to a home in the 1000 block of Vinson Lane and found a man lying face down in the front yard with apparent gunshot wounds. The victim …