KEY WEST, Florida (KTRK) — A 65-year-old man from Houston died while snorkeling off the Florida Keys on Tuesday. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, Beau Alan Follis was snorkeling when he lost consciousness. CPR was performed and the U.S. Coast Guard brought the man to shore, where paramedics continued to treat him, MCSO said. Follis was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators said they don’t suspect foul play in his death, though the results of an autopsy are pending.
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HOUSTON, Texas — Ginger Martinez of Gin Martini Designs stitches vibrant and bold looks for her clients who range from musicians to cosplayers and drag queens. “As soon as they put them on, like you see their face light up and they are a completely new person and they feel so much more confident,” Martinez shared. The designer said she got her start after college with drag queens, “they were the first people who let me design whatever I wanted for them.”
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were injured after authorities say gunfire erupted outside a northeast Houston convenience store Wednesday night. Just before 11 p.m., the Houston Police Department responded to the shooting outside the business on Green Street in the Greater Fifth Ward area, where several crime scene markers could be seen being placed by officers. According to police, people were hanging out outside the corner store when someone in a gray sedan drove up and started firing rifle rounds. Police believe the passenger and driver of that vehicle then got out and started shooting toward the store, injuring one…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The manager and operator of a Houston-area dental clinic will spend time in federal prison for orchestrating a $6.8 million Medicaid fraud scheme. He’s also accused of allowing his unlicensed son to perform services on patients. Rene Fernandez Gaviola, 68, pleaded guilty on Jan. 26 to the alleged scheme. Federal prosecutors said he operated three Floss Family Dental Care locations from 2018 until April 2021. Those locations were at 3300 S. Gessner, 6121 Hillcroft, and 6929 Jensen. According to court documents, Gaviola paid patient recruiters kickbacks for Medicaid client referrals. The recruiters, in turn, gave a portion…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Investigators with Houston police returned to the home of a now former NASA engineer to execute another search warrant after finding videos of his sexual encounters on his previously seized devices, court records show. Eric Sim, 37, is charged with seven counts of sexual assault with seven different victims listed. At the same time as his arrest in late February, investigators took several devices from Sim’s home as part of a search warrant. Forensic analysis of an external hard drive turned up a folder labeled “sex tapes” and several other folders with women’s first and last names,…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — When storms roll in and they’re packing a punch, OSHA says it’s important for companies to have emergency plans for their workers that include what to do during inclement weather. Having a plan is important as decisions for safety sometimes need to happen quickly. We’ve seen it firsthand. One example includes construction homes blowing in the wind by a Harley Davidson in The Heights back in May. Just a few weeks ago, a 15-year-old boy in Magnolia was working a summer job on a construction site last month when a storm blew in, and he was killed…
HOUSTON, Texas — For more than four decades, the Houston Pride Band has been serving the community through concerts, parades and performances. The band unites LGBTQ+ and allied musicians through a shared love of music and provides an inclusive and fun social experience. “The Houston Pride Band was actually founded back in 1978. We’re in our 45th concert season this year,” said Houston Pride Band President Jason Svatek. “At that time, it was hard to do things in a group, so it was kind of done more in secret. But over the years they became very visible marching in the Montrose Pride Parade,…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — More than five years after a couple was killed in their own home during a botched no-knock raid, the trial for the officer in charge is expected to begin. Jury selection in the trial for disgraced Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines is scheduled to begin on Friday. He’s charged with two counts of murder. As part of the selection, 120 potential jurors will fill out questionnaires. Then on Monday, voir dire begins, which is when the defense and the state examine the potential jurors. On Tuesday, individual voir dire begins. Questioning the potential jurors one at…
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Minister of State for Information Technology & Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja has assured to extend full facilitation to the IT companies for investments in Pakistan. Addressing a delegation of Swedish companies in Islamabad today, she mentioned that Special Investment Facilitation Council is facilitating investment in diverse sectors. The Minister of State said digitization of economy is top priority of the present government. She said we have kicked off with the digitization of the Federal Board of Revenue. She said approval has been given for the establishment of national digitization commission to be headed by the prime minister and represented by…
