Three men accused of invading a home Tuesday morning and tying up a mother before one allegedly shot an officer have been arrested and charged, the Houston Police Department said. The homeowner, who is the woman’s father, told local KHOU that it all started when his daughter saw the men holding a DoorDash bag, and she opened the door to …
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Firefighters were battling a massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston that sparked grass fires and burned power poles on Monday, forcing people in the surrounding neighborhood to evacuate as a giant plume of fire was shooting high up into the air. The fire began at 9:55 a.m. in La Porte, located about 25 miles southwest of Houston. Video images from …
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In just a two-week span, fugitive operations officers from the federal Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations in Houston and the ERO Waco office successfully apprehended five illegal immigrants who are currently wanted for murder or homicide in the United States or abroad. According to a press release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents were able to …
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A Houston-area 6-year-old and his grandmother were hospitalized after they were shocked and burned by a downed power line in a destructive storm last week. Morgan Winters told ABC 13 that her mother, 56-year-old Charlotte, was pointing out the energized line to someone else from a distance at the Lake Conroe campground where she lives when she and her grandson …
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A recent survey named the “dirtiest” city in the U.S., and earning the top spot this year is none other than Houston, taking the crown from last year’s dirtiest, Newark, New Jersey. Houston’s ranking in the study from LawnStarter came after a comparison of 152 U.S. cities in the categories of pollution, living conditions, infrastructure and customer satisfaction. The study …
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U.S. Highway 59, a major evacuation route from Houston, has been a problem for East Texas for decades. And as flooding rivaling that of Hurricane Harvey inundated the region in April, the highway closed in several places, cutting off a major evacuation route for countless people seeking shelter from the floods. Plans to upgrade the highway, which stretches more than …
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An injured cement plant worker has filed a lawsuit against several companies he said allowed plant operations to continue during a severe storm last week after cranes collapsed, hurting him and killing one of his colleagues. The lawsuit, brought by Crosby Ware against Sesco Cement, Agri-Systems, Lampson International and McRay Crane & Rigging, accused the companies of gross negligence for …
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A suspect allegedly seen on video running over a man twice with a car before straddling, kissing and fatally stabbing him multiple times in broad daylight has been charged with murder. Karon Fisher, 20, is described in court documents obtained by KTRK-TV as a man, but is referred to as a “she” by the Houston Police Department. The homicide took …
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The Houston Police Department identified the man wanted in connection with the killing of a local attorney at a McDonald’s over the weekend. Anthony Martin Landry, 57, is wanted for murder in the shooting death of 46-year-old Jeffrey Limmer, the department said. Officers responded to the McDonald’s at 8147 Katy Freeway at about 6 p.m. on May 4 after receiving …
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Houston’s mayor has replaced the city’s police chief, saying Wednesday it was the best thing for a law enforcement agency that’s still under intense scrutiny over why hundreds of thousands of cases were never investigated, including more than 4,000 sexual assault allegations. Mayor John Whitmire said he did not push out former Police Chief Troy Finner but accepted his retirement …
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