HOUSTON, Texas — A project looking to improve drainage and resurface sections of Buffalo Speedway that bisect the city of West University Place will see some important updates in 2022, according to city officials. Of the project’s four phases, Phase 2 and Phase 4 are under construction, said Gerardo Barrera, the city’s public works director. Phase 2, which runs from an outfall to the Poor Farm Ditch drainage channel to south of Cason Street, is set to be completed in 2022. Phase 4 focuses first on the eastern northbound lanes from Wroxton Road to Amherst Street, which are set to…
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two middle school students robbed and assaulted a high school student at gunpoint on his way home from school in east Houston, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 6. It happened at about 4 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2022 in the 800 block of Maltby near Avenue H. Deputies said the boy was walking near Edison Middle School when two middle school boys, who attend Edison, assaulted the high school boy and stole his backpack, which contained a laptop and vaccination card. Precinct 6 was contacted by the victim’s family and investigated the incident. The…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Chevron Houston Marathon finally returned this year and celebrated 50 years of the iconic race! Over 28,000 runners signed up to participate in the races Sunday morning. The highlight of the 2022 race weekend was the running of the Chevron Houston Marathon and the Aramco Houston Half Marathon. You can see all of our favorite moments from the race in the video player above. James Ngandu won the Chevron Houston Marathon with a time of 2:11:03 in his debut marathon.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’ve got another cold morning on the way but it won’t feel as bad as Sunday morning. That’s because our winds will be a lot lighter. After cold morning temps in the middle 30s, the rest of MLK Day will be nice and mild with temps making it to the 60s under bright sunshine. How does the weather look for the week? The warm air really returns on Tuesday when we make back to the middle 70s. Even that won’t last long. After temps make it to the upper 70s Wednesday afternoon, another cold front will…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s been two years since the killing of Juanisha Fortune, and a Houston family is still desperate for answers as to who did it. On Jan. 16, 2020 at about 7:40 p.m., Fortune was shot multiple times while walking through a wooded lot in the 8900 block of Cullen Boulevard. Fortune was taken to the hospital where she later died. Two years later, her family, along with Houston Crime Stoppers, returned to the area where Fortune was found dead and passed out fliers to spread awareness. Fortune’s sister, Laura, said the family has raised her six…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A store manager was shot to death Saturday evening after confronting two men who attempted to leave the business without paying for merchandise in southwest Houston, according to police. Now, officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the men responsible. Police said two men entered a business at about 7:30 p.m. in the 11000 block of Fondren Road. They browsed the store for several minutes and tried to leave without paying. That’s when police said the manager confronted the men and asked them to leave the store. An argument continued as the suspects walked…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The family of a beloved Cracker Barrel manager shot and killed in an attempted robbery is pleading for anyone with any information on their loved one’s accused killer to come forward. “Just a senseless way to lose her life. She was just trying to go to work to make a living,” Gail said about her sister. Robin Baucom worked at the restaurant on the North Freeway near Airtex for over 30 years. Her family said it was her second home. On Saturday morning, Baucom got to work like she did most days. Another employee who had just…
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After Virat Kohli’s sudden resignation the spotlight turned to his likely successor as India Test captain on Sunday, with white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul favourites to take over the high-pressure job. Kohli, 33, shocked the cricket-crazy nation on Saturday by stepping down following the team’s 2-1 series loss in South Africa. The superstar batsman walks away as India’s most successful Test leader, with 40 wins and 17 losses in 68 Tests as captain. “At the moment Rohit and Rahul are the only two names that come to mind” to succeed him, a senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in…
Novak Djokovic said he was disappointed that a court on Sunday dismissed his challenge to a deportation order and accepted his hopes of playing at the Australian Open were dashed. The top-ranked tennis star released a statement shortly after three Federal Court judges unanimously upheld a decision made on Friday by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to cancel the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds because he is not vaccinated for Covid-19. “I am extremely disappointed with the Court ruling to dismiss my application for judicial review of the Minister’s decision to cancel my visa, which means I cannot stay…
