HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 23-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run incident last Saturday in north Harris County, and investigators are still working to identify the driver who failed to stop and render aid. Leonor Martinez said her daughter Rosa Cruz was going to meet up with a friend, following a quinceañera party on Saturday, Jan. 22. “She was like, ‘I’ll come back home in two hours,'” Martinez said. “She never came home.” The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said Cruz was walking northbound on Lillja Street near Aldine Bender at about 10:30 p.m. when a pickup truck struck…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A senior police officer with the Houston Police Department credits training he learned from Memorial Hermann Life Flight crews for saving the life of his K9 partner. K9 officer Nate was injured when a robbery suspect stabbed him during a chase on Jan. 22. “I was thinking, ‘I can’t lose him. I don’t want to lose him,'” said senior HPD officer Paul Foster. Foster said the suspect, later identified as Ryan Smith, stabbed Nate while he was running away from law enforcement. That blade went into Nate’s chest, hitting several arteries, but amazingly not hitting any…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A chase that started in southwest Houston ended with officers opening fire and hitting a robbery suspect on Westheimer Road, according to police. Police said officers started pursuing a suspect at about 3:40 p.m. around Leawood Boulevard and Bissonnet Street. It was unclear why they were chasing the driver. “He’s hitting a bunch of cars. He’s hitting a bunch of cars,” an officer can be heard saying in Rangecast audio. HPD initially reported the suspect fired shots at officers who then returned fire and hit the man in the the 13400 block of Westheimer Road. HPD…
AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is running 11 percentage points ahead of Democrat Beto O’Rourke in this year’s race for Texas governor, according to a University of Texas at Tyler poll released Sunday. Buoyed by 2-to-1 support among whites and a growing number of voters who identify as Republican, Abbott leads O’Rourke in a hypothetical matchup, 47%-36%. He even holds a narrow lead over O’Rourke among Hispanics, 40%-39%. Registered voters are not in a great mood about Texas’ current direction: 50% say things are on the wrong track, compared with 49% who say the state is headed in the right…
John Francis Knott was the editorial cartoonist for from 1912 to 1957. His work appeared next to daily editorials, supplementing the text with evocative imagery. In the 1930s and 1940s, one topic that Knott often returned to was Dallas traffic. Steady population growth meant more cars and consequently more traffic accidents and deaths. During those decades, The News reported frequently on the state of driving in Dallas. Knott’s work emphasized sensible driving in order to prevent disaster, supporting consistent traffic laws and local safety campaigns. In the second of a recurring series about Knott’s work, The News looks back at some of his most…
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GILGIT: Mohammad Karim from Gilgit-Baltistan is the lone Pakistani alpine skier, who will represent the country in the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022. Mr Karim is optimistic to perform well in the mega event. Talking to Dawn, he said: “I have completed the required training and wish to build Pakistan’s image internationally in winter sports.” He is scheduled to fly to China on Feb 1. He said he had started skiing at the age of four on wooden skis made by his brother, also a skier, in Naltar valley. Mr Karim said he had started professional skiing in 2010, and had also…
KARACHI: Pakistan fast-bowler Nasim Shah clinched a five-wicket haul as Quetta Gladiators got off the mark at the HBL Pakistan Super League after beating Karachi Kings by eight wickets here at the National Stadium on Saturday. Nasim ended up with figures of 5-20 as Quetta, after winning the toss, restricted Karachi to a paltry total of 114, which the Sarfraz Ahmed-led side chased down comfortably. Quetta openers Ahsan Ali and Will Smeed (30 off 35, three fours and a six), combined for a 76-run partnership, which ended with the latter falling to Mohammad Imran in the 12th over. Ahsan scored…
KARACHI: With two wins already under his belt, public fancy bay horse Desco completed a hat-trick while lifting the Snowfall Cup in the Gymkhana race meeting here at the Karachi Racecourse on Saturday. Desco came from behind to beat mare Kiran Princess by a length-and-a-half to win his maiden cup at the course. Bay horse Gladiator One fell third by three lengths followed by another bay horse Fair Deal who completed the frame five lengths away. The victorious horse who has come from Lahore belongs to the stables of Aamir Dyer and was ably piloted home by senior rider Zaki…
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Dr Fehmida Mirza informed on Saturday that the Punjab government has been asked to hand over the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) headquarters to the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee in order to get football back on track in the country. The Punjab government had in November seized control of the PFF headquarters from the court-elected federation of Ashfaq Hussain Shah, whose earlier takeover of the headquarters from the Haroon Malik-led NC has seen FIFA suspend Pakistan in April last year. “We have written a letter to the Punjab government to hand over the PFF headquarters…
