Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A violent night in Houston leads to concern and a call to action from law enforcement. Within the last 24 hours, there have been at least nine shootings, which have resulted in the deaths of at least three people. “We haven’t seen this kind of violence, since the late 80s and early 90s when crack first hit the streets here in Houston,” said Doug Griffith, the president of the Houston Police Officers Union.The volume of calls stretches the Houston Police Department then and puts Houstonians in danger, Griffith said. “We are easily...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A violent night in Houston leads to concern and a call to action from law enforcement. Within the last 24 hours, there have been at least nine shootings, which have resulted in the deaths of at least three people. “We haven’t seen this kind of violence, since the late 80s and early 90s when crack first hit the streets here in Houston,” said Doug Griffith, the president of the Houston Police Officers Union.The volume of calls stretches the Houston Police Department then and puts Houstonians in danger, Griffith said. “We are easily...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Members of the Houston Fire Department’s elite rescue team said Monday night it was not safe yet to remove the bodies of three construction workers who were killed when 13 floors of concrete staircases collapsed.After the team rescued a construction worker from the collapse earlier in the day, team members stood by as engineers checked the stability of the perimeter of the collapsed stairwell.A few team members will stand by overnight into Tuesday as construction workers cut holes in the roof of the 15-story future...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Members of the Houston Fire Department’s elite rescue team said Monday night it was not safe yet to remove the bodies of three construction workers who were killed when 13 floors of concrete staircases collapsed.After the team rescued a construction worker from the collapse earlier in the day, team members stood by as engineers checked the stability of the perimeter of the collapsed stairwell.A few team members will stand by overnight into Tuesday as construction workers cut holes in the roof of the 15-story future...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The Harris County District Attorney’s Office filed a second felony charge against a now-former Bank of America employee who prosecutors say tricked young women into .A Bank of America spokesperson said the company fired Juan Esteban Ramirez after two customers, both 20-year-old women, filed police reports against him. The prosecutor on the case told KPRC 2: “It’s highly unlikely that these are the only two victims.”“What I think is particularly dangerous about Mr. Ramirez’s behavior is that he is creating victims that are...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The Harris County District Attorney’s Office filed a second felony charge against a now-former Bank of America employee who prosecutors say tricked young women into .A Bank of America spokesperson said the company fired Juan Esteban Ramirez after two customers, both 20-year-old women, filed police reports against him. The prosecutor on the case told KPRC 2: “It’s highly unlikely that these are the only two victims.”“What I think is particularly dangerous about Mr. Ramirez’s behavior is that he is creating victims that are...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Harris County health officials scrambled Monday to administer 8,430 doses of the coronavirus vaccine after a power outage caused some of the vials to thaw.Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said that after the power outage, a backup generator meant to keep a freezer at the Harris County Public Health building running failed. That led to 8,430 doses of the Moderna vaccine to thaw. She said that was when officials began developing a plan to administer the doses before they become unusable.“We were looking for places where there were...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Harris County health officials scrambled Monday to administer 8,430 doses of the coronavirus vaccine after a power outage caused some of the vials to thaw.Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said that after the power outage, a backup generator meant to keep a freezer at the Harris County Public Health building running failed. That led to 8,430 doses of the Moderna vaccine to thaw. She said that was when officials began developing a plan to administer the doses before they become unusable.“We were looking for places where there were...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MISSOURI CITY, Texas – The Lake Olympia Homeowner’s Association in Missouri City sued an elderly resident recently for up to $10,000 in damages after she refused to get rid of her pet chickens.Teddi Alvey, a mother of five, grandmother of ten and retired nurse, has kept chickens as pets for 45 years; first in Utah, then Arizona, and in Missouri City, outside Houston, since 1998.“Some people get a dog, or a cat, we get chickens. We’re just chicken people,” Alvey said, laughing.The Alveys thought chickens were allowed in the...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MISSOURI CITY, Texas – The Lake Olympia Homeowner’s Association in Missouri City sued an elderly resident recently for up to $10,000 in damages after she refused to get rid of her pet chickens.Teddi Alvey, a mother of five, grandmother of ten and retired nurse, has kept chickens as pets for 45 years; first in Utah, then Arizona, and in Missouri City, outside Houston, since 1998.“Some people get a dog, or a cat, we get chickens. We’re just chicken people,” Alvey said, laughing.The Alveys thought chickens were allowed in the...WW…

, Anchor/ReporterPublished: August 11, 2020, 12:44 amUpdated: August 11, 2020, 12:33 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Anchor/ReporterPublished: August 11, 2020, 12:44 amUpdated: August 11, 2020, 12:33 pmTags: , , HOUSTON – On Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners plan to debate and vote on whether or not to remove FIGG Bridge Engineers from the nearly $1,000,000,000 Houston Ship Channel Bridge Replacement Project.A bridge in Florida designed by FIGG collapsed and killed six people in 2018. Citing that collapse, the Federal Highway Administration recently...…, Anchor/ReporterPublished: August 11, 2020, 12:44 amUpdated: August 11, 2020, 12:33 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Anchor/ReporterPublished: August 11, 2020, 12:44 amUpdated: August 11, 2020, 12:33 pmTags: , , HOUSTON – On Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners plan to debate and vote on whether or not to remove FIGG Bridge Engineers from the nearly $1,000,000,000 Houston Ship Channel Bridge Replacement Project.A bridge in Florida designed by FIGG collapsed and killed six people in 2018. Citing that collapse, the Federal Highway Administration recently...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The surveillance video is difficult to watch.Four guys can be seen walking up to another man leaving an Exxon convenience store in Harris County and beating him up.The victim identified himself as Mason. He never let go of his groceries as his attackers took turns punching and kicking him on the ground. He was alone for only several seconds when a fifth attacker walked up.“He comes up to me, kicks me in the face, and screams, “Black Lives Matter, b****!” Mason said.He said he walked home to his apartment, where his girlfriend,...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The surveillance video is difficult to watch.Four guys can be seen walking up to another man leaving an Exxon convenience store in Harris County and beating him up.The victim identified himself as Mason. He never let go of his groceries as his attackers took turns punching and kicking him on the ground. He was alone for only several seconds when a fifth attacker walked up.“He comes up to me, kicks me in the face, and screams, “Black Lives Matter, b****!” Mason said.He said he walked home to his apartment, where his girlfriend,...WW…