The community is invited to participate in a panel discussion in Fort Worth on Tuesday, June 25, to discuss public safety concerns. The Fort Worth Tarrant County NAACP and the Fort Worth Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are hosting the event. Organizers said it will be a safe space to discuss community safety issues and work toward solutions. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Potters House Fort Worth. The event is free. Those interested in attending can RSVP here.
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
What would you do if your boss texted you to ask you to buy gift cards for a client? The message could be part of a scam dubbed the “boss scam” or the “CEO scam” that begins with a text message sent to your phone. Two NBC 5 employees received text messages on their personal phones from someone posing as our boss. The text from the fake boss said he was busy in a meeting and needed the employees to buy Apple gift cards for a client. The scammer claimed he was on a friend’s phone. Luckily our employees didn’t…
The “summer slide” is in full swing. Also known as “brain drain,” learning loss is something families fight every summer as kids lose academic progress when they’re not in school. For parents, it’s a juggling act to help kids retain what they’ve learned in school without losing out on the fun and freedom of summer. For some students like Rubi Torres of Thomas J. Rusk Middle School, it’s tough when that momentum from the school year and the support from teachers comes to a halt. “Because in school, you get support to do more stuff and do the things you…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s a new era for Texas Southern University with the arrival of the institution’s new leader: James Crawford III. “Been a whirlwind, but it’s been exciting,” he said. “There’s a lot of excitement on the campus, and we don’t even have students here, so I can’t wait for the students to get here.” “Why Texas Southern?” Brandon Hamilton asked the new president. “I said to the board when I chatted with them, ‘It is the students because I can see myself in these students.’ I come from a fairly modest background and had aspirations just like these…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston could be in for the first heat wave of the season with temperatures potentially rising into the upper 90s later this week. With the summer heat finally here, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith compares this incoming heat to normal temperatures this time of year. The weather southeast Texas is experiencing this June has been very different from last year. It’s a tale of two Junes. In mid-June of 2023, temperatures skyrocketed. Houston had three 100-degree days in a row at the start of summer with an additional 13 days where high temperatures were above 95 degrees. In…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A judge set bail at $10 million for one of the capital murder suspects accused of killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nunagray, who was found in a creek in north Houston last week. On Monday, 26-year-old Franklin Jose Pena Ramos faced a judge, who believes the man is a flight risk. He’s been placed under a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, hold since June 20. An ICE spokesperson confirmed last week that Pena and the second suspect, 22-year-old Johan Jose Martinez Rangel are from Venezuela and were in the country illegally. Border Patrol arrested them near El…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The owner of a Houston massage establishment that was closed for suspected human trafficking has been banned from the massage business in Texas for life and has agreed to close. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has revoked the license for Hsin Wei Chen and the eight Houston and Beaumont businesses he’s affiliated with. The closures came after a Friday settlement agreement with TDLR. On Monday afternoon, some businesses had not been closed. ABC13 found at least two still open, with a male customer walking out of one on Bellaire Blvd. TDLR Communications Manager Tela…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As the murder case against disgraced Houston Police Department officer Gerald Goines inches toward trial, prosecutors were dealt a setback on the charges against several other officers on Monday. More than five years ago, a botched no-knock raid on Harding Street in southeast Houston killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, who were not drug dealers. In the months that followed, several officers were charged, including the lead case agent, Gerald Goines, who is facing murder charges. But the path toward finding justice for the Tuttle and Nicholas families hasn’t been easy. Today, the judge overseeing many charges…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating three Texas Medical Center institutions after a whistleblower came forward accusing three heart surgeons of violating regulations during complicated operations. On Monday, the FBI posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying that the doctors had “gambled with their patients’ care during complicated open-heart-surgeries no less, compromising quality care over quantity and then falsely billed Medicare for reimbursement of services they improperly delegated.” According to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (BSLMC), Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), and Surgical Associates of Texas P.A. (SAT) have jointly…
