Today: We discuss a federal judge's ruling on a longstanding Houston minority business contracting program, catch up with Houston singer Christina Wells, and find out how we can discern political fact from fiction during campaign season....
Tomball ISD Opens New Fifth-Grade Addition at Creekside Park | A+ Awards Details Tomball ISD
Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas says local leaders, landowners and park advocates should have a chance to weigh in before additional construction moves forward....
Ken Paxton's Senate campaign received thousands in donations from the data center industry as Hood County awaits ruling from the AG on its data center moratorium....
Tomball ISD Opens New Fifth-Grade Addition at Creekside Park Tomball ISD
New bankruptcy records detail millions of dollars in assets and payments as the camp faces wrongful death lawsuits over the July 2025 flood.
State Rep. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, used the event to lay out his “New American Dream” economic proposals. Attorney General Paxton, his Republican rival, made his own campaign swing through Houston last week....
One month after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed during an ICE operation in Houston's Magnolia Park neighborhood, multiple investigations remain underway. ICE has announced agents will begin wearing body cameras, Harris County has approved $2.5 million to support an ind...
Tomball parking study finds modeled downtown shortage as city plans for future growth ABC13 Houston
Harris County leaders on Thursday unanimously passed a measure to set aside $2.5 million over three years to support District Attorney Sean Teare’s independent investigation into the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an ICE operation in Magnolia Park last month. Sal...
Texas Democrats are urging the Trump administration to delay its plans for building border barriers and roads across the West Texas park.
Paxton, the Republican attorney general, spoke at the White Oak Music Hall on Wednesday evening. Talarico, a Democratic state representative, will make his own campaign swing through the Houston area this weekend....
Episode: 1610 Thoughts on the nature and purpose of experiments. Today, we wonder why people do experiments.
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide at a home in the 13000 block of Campos Drive in the Cypress area. HCSO Sgt. Mike Ritchie said deputies responded to the residence earlier in the morning after a man called 911 and report...
A tractor-trailer rolled over Wednesday in the Willowbrook area.
The new park in Missouri City recognizes the history of the Palmer Plantation, where slaves gathered under an oak tree during the 1860s to learn they had been freed....
A man died after being shot early Saturday in the parking lot of a convenience store in north Harris County, and investigators are searching for the gunman, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office....
Today: We discuss where the U.S. currently stands on the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, learn about the Sickle Cell Association of Texas’s Camp Cell-A-Bration, and talk with Texas Southern University’s new Chief Financial Officer....
Precinct 4 said the unknown vehicle hit the overpass, causing concrete debris to fall onto the roadway.
UPDATE | 2 p.m. Officials said the roadway is now reopen. Reopened Wow! Great job by our Dist 6 deputies shutting the roadway down allowing the txdot work crews to quickly make the necessary repairs to reopen the south bound lanes of SH 249. The overpass will remain closed. Drive...
Tomball Parkway reopens after vehicle hits overpass, drops debris on roadway KHOU
Democrat James Talarico has outraised Paxton in funds 3-to-1. Will John Cornyn supporters make the difference?
MD Anderson is a global leader in cancer research, tapping hundreds of foreign-born scientists. Now Gov. Greg Abbott’s restrictions on H-1B visas may limit the talent pool....
Protesters gathered at Ervan Chew Park Sunday afternoon, calling for transparency and accountability for the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents. Ronaldo, Salgado Araujo’s son, said the family laid their father to rest Sat...
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of an unidentified woman who was found unresponsive outside an unoccupied trailer early Saturday morning....
Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating after a woman was found unresponsive outside a trailer in northwest Harris County early Saturday.Deputies said EMS was called to the 1100 block of Blue Bell Road at about 3 a.m. HCSO said deputies arrived around 3:11 a.m.P...
Court documents state that Maitlin Page White, 28, was charged with two felony counts of online impersonation in Harris County.
About a year ago, the Guadalupe River destroyed their RV park, where a family was swept away by the raging water.
The Houston born-and-raised filmmaker, known for his iconic production and directing style, is joining a movement to save the Garden Oaks Theater in Independence Heights from being demolished in a matter of days....
Paxton's campaign said he plans to debate after Talarico challenged him to do so, though it did not commit to a specific host.
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A northwest Harris County community that has spent years fighting to close a nearby landfill could be one step closer to seeing it shut down.Harris County Attorney Abbie Kamin announced Monday that her office has filed a Notice of Intent to Sue to move the Hawthorn Park Recycling...
Six days after an ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston’s Magnolia Park neighborhood, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said federal authorities still haven’t been fully transparency or answered questions about what happened.The Harris County Distri...
Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she finished her 2024 sophomore album, “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin.” “I was looking for, like, a personal revolution,” Waterhouse said. Putting the words together for “Loveland,” the album's wistful...
Graham Platner on Friday submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine’s U.S. Senate race, officially ending an upstart yet troubled campaign whose dissolution threatens Democrats’ pursuit of chamber control.The Maine Democratic Party announced later Friday that it will...
According to deputies, an altercation occurred before the shooting, which left two people injured early Friday morning.
Crews are again draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as President Donald Trump’s problem-plagued effort to revamp the waterway pushes well past his initial goal of having it ready by July 4 to mark the nation’s 250th birthday.The president at first suggested his renovati...
Harris County officials are investigating the deadly shooting of a 19-year-old found in a vehicle north of the Katy area.
Costco is quietly discontinuing two Kirkland Signature craft beers, including an award-winning brew fans have called "one of the best lagers on the market."...
Soak up the sun with the 15 best pool floats for 2026 to make the most of your summer fun.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed while driving on the Grand Parkway near FM 529 early Friday morning.A 19-year-old man was shot and killed while driving on the Grand Parkway in west Harris County Friday morning, accor...
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two people were shot during a parking lot takeover in northeast Harris County early Friday morning.Deputies were called around 1:25 a.m. Friday to the area of Eastex Freeway and Little York Road after reports of a shooting...
Surveillance video is helping to paint a clearer picture of what happened in the moments leading to Tuesday's deadly ICE shooting.
"A Shop for Killers" Season 2 is coming to Disney+ and Hulu with more action, new enemies and a deadlier battle for survival.
Four Houston Democratic members of Congress on Thursday demanded an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Tuesday in Houston’s Magnolia Park neighborhood, saying ICE has not released video evide...
A 19-year-old online leader of a nihilistic extremist group was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in federal prison for a horrific campaign of racketeering and child sexual exploitation aimed at sowing social chaos....
The Texans have made it to the playoffs three years in a row under the leadership of coach DeMeco Ryans.With Super Bowl ambitions and a strong desire to advance further in the postseason after losing each of the past three seasons in the AFC divisional round, the Texans are set t...
A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he deliberately damaged the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a case his attorneys and other critics of the Trump administration have called politically motivated....
A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defense attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial pow...
Baleigh Burmaster, the Houston Methodist veterinary technician who was a victim of a violent attack inside a parking garage, has filed a lawsuit against TMC....
Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday evening in Houston’s Magnolia Park neighborhood to demand answers and justice following the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an ICE enforcement operation.Protesters marched along Canal Street chanting “ICE out of Houston” and d...
Graham Platner said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after facing an allegation of sexual assault, shuttering an insurgent campaign that had withstood months of controversy only to implode and imperil Democrats’ attempt to regain power in Was...
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa is making affordability the centerpiece of her campaign for governor, unveiling a proposal to send every Texas household a one-time $1,500 payment if she’s elected in November.Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, announced the plan Tuesday durin...
After four years in exile, the prediction market platform Polymarket has begun a well-funded campaign to sell a new version of itself to the American public. To do so, the company is trying to convince policymakers, regulators, the public and prospective customers that the busine...
City officials responded to flooding Tuesday night at the entrance to the Galena Manor subdivision, where standing water blocked part of the area following heavy rainfall.The flooding was reported around 10 p.m. near Clinton Drive at the entrance to the neighborhood. It came afte...
The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Latino civil rights leaders are calling for transparency after Araujo was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Tuesday morning during an enforcement operation in Houston’s Magnolia Park neighborhood.The shootin...
A National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C., has ballooned during the celebrations of the country's 250th anniversary of independence, bolstered in part by contingents from Democratic-led states.That participation has sparked anger among some in the nation's capital who argue...
Lionel Messi did it yet again at this year’s World Cup.The Argentina great scored another goal — his eighth of the tournament — and led his team to an improbable 3-2 victory over Egypt on Tuesday despite trailing by two with only 11 minutes of regulation time to play.The defendin...
The FIFA World Cup 26™ may have moved on from Houston, but the excitement surrounding the tournament is still going strong. Along the way, one cocktail has been popping up on menus at bars across the city: the Buchanita.Made with just two ingredients, it’s Buchanan’s signature ma...
Walmart is paying over $13 million to settle a Texas investigation alleging it shortchanged Spark gig drivers on customer tips and base pay, marking a massive win for the state's grocery delivery workers....
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Episode: 1615 On learning to use coal. Today, we learn why we shouldn’t bring coals to Newcastle.
The state-appointed superintendent also reported that Wheatley High School, where a string of F ratings triggered the ongoing state takeover…
At least two families at the Palms on Rolling Creek Apartments say management falsely accused them of not paying rent — and one of them has …
A 2-year-old girl who prosecutors allege was punched and stomped on by her mother's boyfriend has died, according to the Harris County Sheri…
KIPP confirmed that no students or staff were harmed during an incident involving a parent and an unaffiliated individual in southwest Houst…
A semi-truck hauling dirt overturned, forcing the closure of the southbound lanes of the East Sam Houston Tollway on Thursday afternoon, acc…
Superintendent Mike Miles responded to a HISD teacher's emotional video, stating the teacher's concern has been a concern for years.
Aaron Reitz did not reveal what FBI testing found in bags taken from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van after his July 7 shooting death. Other men…
Rodney Scott, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, indicated Thursday the agency would stick with its plan to build vehicle barri…
U.S. President Donald Trump has implemented tariffs to try to bring more manufacturing jobs to America. Still, U.S. manufacturing jobs have …
After 50 years in the Texas Legislature and nearly three at City Hall, Whitmire says he will seek a second term as mayor.
We often talk about big school districts like HISD, Katy, Fort Bend and Cy-Fair, but ABC13 reporter Lileana Pearson is showing how smaller d…
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