LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A woman has been found safe after Houston police began investigating a possible abduction after a security camera picked up some disturbing audio from a passing car in west Houston, authorities said.Houston police said the video was captured about 10:15 p.m. Sunday by a camera located at the 2400 block of North Boulevard.According to police, witnesses said they saw an unidentified woman who was possibly abducted between Greenbriar Drive and Kirby Drive near the Boulevard Apartments.Police searched the area after reports were...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A woman has been found safe after Houston police began investigating a possible abduction after a security camera picked up some disturbing audio from a passing car in west Houston, authorities said.Houston police said the video was captured about 10:15 p.m. Sunday by a camera located at the 2400 block of North Boulevard.According to police, witnesses said they saw an unidentified woman who was possibly abducted between Greenbriar Drive and Kirby Drive near the Boulevard Apartments.Police searched the area after reports were...WW…

Associated Press, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: May 21, 2020, 7:30 amUpdated: May 21, 2020, 6:24 pmTags: , , , , , , Sign up for our NewslettersAssociated Press, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: May 21, 2020, 7:30 amUpdated: May 21, 2020, 6:24 pmTags: , , , , , , CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Update: 5:35 p.m. — Several law enforcement officials confirmed to KPRC 2 that the gunman who opened fire at a Corpus Christi Naval air station early Thursday morning has been identified as Adam Alsahli of Corpus Christi.Update: 2:15 p.m. — The FBI confirmed that the...…Associated Press, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: May 21, 2020, 7:30 amUpdated: May 21, 2020, 6:24 pmTags: , , , , , , Sign up for our NewslettersAssociated Press, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: May 21, 2020, 7:30 amUpdated: May 21, 2020, 6:24 pmTags: , , , , , , CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Update: 5:35 p.m. — Several law enforcement officials confirmed to KPRC 2 that the gunman who opened fire at a Corpus Christi Naval air station early Thursday morning has been identified as Adam Alsahli of Corpus Christi.Update: 2:15 p.m. — The FBI confirmed that the...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The Houston-area doctor featured in a controversial, viral video claiming anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, is a cure for COVID-19, offered to treat White House staff Friday after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced they had COVID-19.Dr. Stella Immanuel went viral around the world after President Trump and one of his sons shared video of her speaking on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in July. Twitter and Facebook subsequently took the video down for violating their misinformation...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The Houston-area doctor featured in a controversial, viral video claiming anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, is a cure for COVID-19, offered to treat White House staff Friday after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced they had COVID-19.Dr. Stella Immanuel went viral around the world after President Trump and one of his sons shared video of her speaking on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in July. Twitter and Facebook subsequently took the video down for violating their misinformation...WW…

, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: September 8, 2020, 3:12 pmUpdated: September 9, 2020, 12:19 pmTags: , , , , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: September 8, 2020, 3:12 pmUpdated: September 9, 2020, 12:19 pmTags: , , , , , , HOUSTON – Houston Fire Capt. Tommy Searcy, 45, died Tuesday after a monthslong battle with coronavirus, the Fire Department confirmed to KPRC 2.The 18-year veteran of the department spent weeks in intensive care at Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands, according to the Houston Professional Fire Fighters...…, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: September 8, 2020, 3:12 pmUpdated: September 9, 2020, 12:19 pmTags: , , , , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Senior Digital News EditorPublished: September 8, 2020, 3:12 pmUpdated: September 9, 2020, 12:19 pmTags: , , , , , , HOUSTON – Houston Fire Capt. Tommy Searcy, 45, died Tuesday after a monthslong battle with coronavirus, the Fire Department confirmed to KPRC 2.The 18-year veteran of the department spent weeks in intensive care at Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands, according to the Houston Professional Fire Fighters...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – In a letter to employees Monday, the University of Texas Medical Branch Health system interim president, Dr. Ben Raimer, told employees that despite efforts to hold off on job reductions during the coronavirus pandemic, the new budget will call for cutting about 200 jobs. Raimer said there is a $174 million budget shortfall, due in large part to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs will mainly be support staff and officials don’t anticipate there will be a need to cut jobs in clinical...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – In a letter to employees Monday, the University of Texas Medical Branch Health system interim president, Dr. Ben Raimer, told employees that despite efforts to hold off on job reductions during the coronavirus pandemic, the new budget will call for cutting about 200 jobs. Raimer said there is a $174 million budget shortfall, due in large part to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs will mainly be support staff and officials don’t anticipate there will be a need to cut jobs in clinical...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The U.S. has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston in what a Chinese official called an outrageous and unjustified move that will sabotage relations between the two countries.Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin condemned the action, which comes at a time of rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies. He warned of firm countermeasures if the U.S. does not reverse its decision.“The unilateral closure of China’s consulate general in Houston within a short period of time is an unprecedented...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The U.S. has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston in what a Chinese official called an outrageous and unjustified move that will sabotage relations between the two countries.Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin condemned the action, which comes at a time of rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies. He warned of firm countermeasures if the U.S. does not reverse its decision.“The unilateral closure of China’s consulate general in Houston within a short period of time is an unprecedented...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Houston police and fire officials responded to reports that documents were being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston Tuesday night, according to the Houston Police Department.Houston police said they began receiving reports that documents were being burned just after 8 p.m. at 3417 Montrose Boulevard where the consulate is located. . Videos shared by a viewer who lives next to the consulate show several open bins or containers with flames coming out of them. People could be seen throwing...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Houston police and fire officials responded to reports that documents were being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston Tuesday night, according to the Houston Police Department.Houston police said they began receiving reports that documents were being burned just after 8 p.m. at 3417 Montrose Boulevard where the consulate is located. . Videos shared by a viewer who lives next to the consulate show several open bins or containers with flames coming out of them. People could be seen throwing...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough, a Republican, invited the Republican Party of Texas to hold its in-person convention in the county slated for next week at George R. Brown Convention Center.Wednesday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, announced that he instructed the Houston First Corporation to “exercise its right contractually in canceling the State’s Republican Convention that was set to take place next week at GRB.” The city’s lawyers exercised provisions in the contract that the Texas GOP signed to...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough, a Republican, invited the Republican Party of Texas to hold its in-person convention in the county slated for next week at George R. Brown Convention Center.Wednesday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a Democrat, announced that he instructed the Houston First Corporation to “exercise its right contractually in canceling the State’s Republican Convention that was set to take place next week at GRB.” The city’s lawyers exercised provisions in the contract that the Texas GOP signed to...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order Thursday while in public and in businesses. There are to the order that goes into effect at noon Friday.Though for months, Abbott was against issuing a statewide mask order, daily coronavirus cases totals have swelled and in the past few weeks and he has slowly rolled back previous statements and of the virus.RELATED: There were nearly 8,000 new cases reported in the state as of Thursday evening, bringing the state total to 175,9777 cases. The state is at a 13.32% positivity...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order Thursday while in public and in businesses. There are to the order that goes into effect at noon Friday.Though for months, Abbott was against issuing a statewide mask order, daily coronavirus cases totals have swelled and in the past few weeks and he has slowly rolled back previous statements and of the virus.RELATED: There were nearly 8,000 new cases reported in the state as of Thursday evening, bringing the state total to 175,9777 cases. The state is at a 13.32% positivity...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Harris County could be the next to implement a mask mandate in the coming days, following similar orders in cities like Austin and San Antonio.Judge Lina Hidalgo’s office told KPRC 2 Hidalgo hopes to finalize the mask order by Friday.Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday that he and Hidalgo had reviewed the order first issued by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff. He said he was open to the idea of the mask and they were discussing the possibility. Hidalgo’s office said Wednesday that the legalities of the order were being...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Harris County could be the next to implement a mask mandate in the coming days, following similar orders in cities like Austin and San Antonio.Judge Lina Hidalgo’s office told KPRC 2 Hidalgo hopes to finalize the mask order by Friday.Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday that he and Hidalgo had reviewed the order first issued by Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff. He said he was open to the idea of the mask and they were discussing the possibility. Hidalgo’s office said Wednesday that the legalities of the order were being...WW…