, Digital Content Specialist , KPRC Published: July 31, 2020, 5:57 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 10:44 amTags: , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Digital Content Specialist , KPRC Published: July 31, 2020, 5:57 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 10:44 amTags: , , , HOUSTON – KPRC 2 is proud to once again join NBC and Telemundo’s initiative and team up with and animal shelters in the Houston area to host the sixth annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption drive for the entire month of August.Participating animal shelters in the Houston area may offer reduced fee...…, Digital Content Specialist , KPRC Published: July 31, 2020, 5:57 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 10:44 amTags: , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Digital Content Specialist , KPRC Published: July 31, 2020, 5:57 pmUpdated: August 6, 2020, 10:44 amTags: , , , HOUSTON – KPRC 2 is proud to once again join NBC and Telemundo’s initiative and team up with and animal shelters in the Houston area to host the sixth annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption drive for the entire month of August.Participating animal shelters in the Houston area may offer reduced fee...WW…

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…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that won’t stop the event from carrying on next year.Rodeo officials announced the new dates for the 2021 Barbecue Contest and the month-long livestock show and rodeo.The contest will be on Feb. 25 through 27 and the 2021 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will start on March 2 and will run through March 21.Days after opening, the 2020 event was called off due to the imminent threat of the coronavirus pandemic in the Houston area. One of the first positive cases of coronavirus in...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – The due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that won’t stop the event from carrying on next year.Rodeo officials announced the new dates for the 2021 Barbecue Contest and the month-long livestock show and rodeo.The contest will be on Feb. 25 through 27 and the 2021 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo will start on March 2 and will run through March 21.Days after opening, the 2020 event was called off due to the imminent threat of the coronavirus pandemic in the Houston area. One of the first positive cases of coronavirus in...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Tuesday saw the largest single-day increase in newly reported coronavirus cases in the Houston area since the numbers started being tracked in March.After a steady decline in the number of newly reported COVID-19 cases for the past couple of weeks, 14,687 cases were added to the numbers Tuesday.A bulk of those newly reported cases – 13,875 – came from Harris County.According to a pair of tweets from Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a majority of those new cases were the result of a backlog being cleared.“341 cases are...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – Tuesday saw the largest single-day increase in newly reported coronavirus cases in the Houston area since the numbers started being tracked in March.After a steady decline in the number of newly reported COVID-19 cases for the past couple of weeks, 14,687 cases were added to the numbers Tuesday.A bulk of those newly reported cases – 13,875 – came from Harris County.According to a pair of tweets from Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a majority of those new cases were the result of a backlog being cleared.“341 cases are...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A person was struck and killed by a Southwest airplane Thursday night on a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, according to the airport. The flight was arriving from Dallas.According to preliminary information released by the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 1392 reported seeing a person on Runway 17-Right, shortly after the Boeing 737 touched down at 8:12 p.m. The driver of an Airport Operations vehicle subsequently reported finding the victim on the runway.It is...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A person was struck and killed by a Southwest airplane Thursday night on a runway at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, according to the airport. The flight was arriving from Dallas.According to preliminary information released by the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 1392 reported seeing a person on Runway 17-Right, shortly after the Boeing 737 touched down at 8:12 p.m. The driver of an Airport Operations vehicle subsequently reported finding the victim on the runway.It is...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: AUSTIN – Some nursing home restrictions will be lifted Thursday as part of the latest phase of the governor’s reopening plan.Gov. Greg Abbott announced the change to nursing home visitations, , saying in part:“With the medical advancements we have made and the personal hygiene practices we have adopted, Texans have shown that we can address both the health and safety concerns of COVID-19 while also taking careful, measured steps to restore the livelihoods that Texans depend on. Achieving both goals requires safe standards that...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: AUSTIN – Some nursing home restrictions will be lifted Thursday as part of the latest phase of the governor’s reopening plan.Gov. Greg Abbott announced the change to nursing home visitations, , saying in part:“With the medical advancements we have made and the personal hygiene practices we have adopted, Texans have shown that we can address both the health and safety concerns of COVID-19 while also taking careful, measured steps to restore the livelihoods that Texans depend on. Achieving both goals requires safe standards that...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: BRUSH, Colo. – Administrators at a Colorado nursing home hard hit by COVID-19 say shipments of personal protective equipment needed to protect their staff were seized and redirected by the federal government.Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, has had at least 26 residents with lab-confirmed positive COVID-19 tests and at least five residents with probable COVID-19. Twenty residents have died from the disease. The facility also has at least 19 staff with lab-confirmed positive tests and at least 14 probable staff cases.CEO Shelly...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: BRUSH, Colo. – Administrators at a Colorado nursing home hard hit by COVID-19 say shipments of personal protective equipment needed to protect their staff were seized and redirected by the federal government.Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, has had at least 26 residents with lab-confirmed positive COVID-19 tests and at least five residents with probable COVID-19. Twenty residents have died from the disease. The facility also has at least 19 staff with lab-confirmed positive tests and at least 14 probable staff cases.CEO Shelly...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A man is in custody after authorities said he was found drunk and naked inside a vehicle in northwest Harris County.The incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 6100 block of the North Sam Houston Parkway West, according to Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.Herman said authorities conducted a welfare check on a man who was slumped over inside a running vehicle. When they approached the man, authorities realized he was naked and showing signs of intoxication, Herman said.The man was asked to put on...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A man is in custody after authorities said he was found drunk and naked inside a vehicle in northwest Harris County.The incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 6100 block of the North Sam Houston Parkway West, according to Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.Herman said authorities conducted a welfare check on a man who was slumped over inside a running vehicle. When they approached the man, authorities realized he was naked and showing signs of intoxication, Herman said.The man was asked to put on...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A mother is dead and four children are recovering after a two-vehicle crash in north Harris County.The crash was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday night at the intersection of TC Jester Boulevard and Swords Creek Road.Investigators said 30-year-old Angelina Billups was driving a Chevy Traverse with four children as passengers, when police suspect she ran a stop sign at the intersection and slammed into a Cadillac sedan.Billups was killed. One of the children -- a 9-year-old girl who was in the front passenger...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – A mother is dead and four children are recovering after a two-vehicle crash in north Harris County.The crash was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday night at the intersection of TC Jester Boulevard and Swords Creek Road.Investigators said 30-year-old Angelina Billups was driving a Chevy Traverse with four children as passengers, when police suspect she ran a stop sign at the intersection and slammed into a Cadillac sedan.Billups was killed. One of the children -- a 9-year-old girl who was in the front passenger...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – In northwest Harris County, Westlake and Westlake Forest are among the newest neighborhoods in the Houston-area to use technology once only available to police: license plate readers.Flock Safety, based in Atlanta, provides the cameras to neighborhoods at a cost of $2,000 per camera, per year.Westlake and Westlake Forest have a total of six cameras. Installed just last week, the solar-powered devices record vehicles exiting the neighborhood. The cameras have already recorded 35,000 license plates.Designated HOA board...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: HOUSTON – In northwest Harris County, Westlake and Westlake Forest are among the newest neighborhoods in the Houston-area to use technology once only available to police: license plate readers.Flock Safety, based in Atlanta, provides the cameras to neighborhoods at a cost of $2,000 per camera, per year.Westlake and Westlake Forest have a total of six cameras. Installed just last week, the solar-powered devices record vehicles exiting the neighborhood. The cameras have already recorded 35,000 license plates.Designated HOA board...WW…