HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has halted the distribution of $1.95 billion that was approved for flood mitigation projects in Texas following Hurricane Harvey. A news release from HUD said the Texas General Land Office failed to provide paperwork detailing how the money would be spent to help people and communities at risk of natural disasters and climate change and said the state has 45 days to provide the information. “We look forward to receiving and reviewing Texas’s submission of the additional information needed for approval,” the Friday statement said. “We are hopeful…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A shooter is on the run after wounding three people, killing one of them, at an after-hours club in southwest Houston, police say. The shooting happened in the 7200 block of Clarewood near Bonhomme at about 7:55 a.m. According to Houston police, an altercation happened inside the club about 10 minutes before the shooting, and the DJ stopped the music. Several people were then removed from the club. Police say the shooting happened in the parking lot, wounding a customer, a security guard and an employee at the club. The customer died. Authorities say they have…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you were hoping to get tested for COVID-19, some testing sites in the Houston area will not be open Saturday due to inclement weather. meteorologists were tracking strong thunderstorms pushing through southeast Texas along a warm front. In response, The Houston Health Department announced on Twitter that at least three testing sites will be closing. The Kingwood Community Center Minute Maid Park Lot C Because this testing site is appointment-based, folks can expect to be notified by DAVACO, the company operating the site, for details on rescheduling. Delmar Stadium Folks who had an appointment scheduled…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Cy-Fair ISD teacher was arrested Saturday after being accused of locking her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her moving vehicle this week at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site because she didn’t want to be exposed to him. The school district confirmed Friday that the teacher, 41-year-old Sarah Beam, had a warrant issued for her arrest. Deputies with Precinct One Constable’s Office attempted to arrest Beam at her home in Jersey Village Friday night, but they left the house without taking anyone into custody. According to the documents, Beam had driven to the Pridgeon Stadium…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A couple of small, brief tornadoes touched down in southeast Texas Saturday afternoon, and a few more are possible overnight. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Harris County until 3 a.m. and until 2:15 a.m. for Liberty and Polk counties. Brief tornadoes are possible in rotating, heavy thunderstorms that could also cause street flooding overnight. Small hail and wind gusts to 40 mph are also possible in the strongest storms as they move northeast. More rain is possible Sunday morning as we await the arrival of a cold front. Heavy rain will be the…
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s defeat in the opening match may have marred Ross Taylor’s farewell Test series but the retiring stalwart believes Bangladesh’s shock victory at Mount Maunganui was a massive boost for the game and the format. Bangladesh, currently ranked ninth, stunned world Test champions New Zealand by eight wickets on Wednesday for their first victory against New Zealand at the 16th attempt. A smarting New Zealand will be bidding to level the series in Christchurch, which hosts the second and final Test from Sunday, and give Taylor a fitting farewell. After a decade-and-half in international cricket, Taylor, however, took…
ZURICH: Cristiano Ronaldo was left off the three-man shortlist on Friday for FIFA’s best player award for 2021, with Mohamed Salah on it instead. Six-time FIFA award winner Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski are also candidates to win the award on Jan 17. Lewandowski won last year ahead of Ronaldo and Messi. No player from Italy’s European Championship-winning team or Chelsea’s Champions League title squad was on the shortlist. Ronaldo, a five-time winner, failed to make the cut for only the second time since he was first nominated at the 2007 FIFA awards. He missed out at the 2010 awards…
JOHANNESBURG: India captain Virat Kohli should be “good to go” for the decisive third Test against South Africa, which starts in Cape Town on Tuesday, coach Rahul Dravid said. Kohli missed his side’s seven-wicket defeat in the second Test at the Wanderers after pulling up with a back spasm but has been back in the nets and resumed training, Dravid added. “I think he should be fine. He’s had the opportunity to run around a little bit, he’s had the opportunity to test it a little bit,” said Dravid as India, who won the first Test in Pretoria by 113…
KARACHI: Things are going the way of the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee, further raising hopes that the FIFA suspension on Pakistan will soon be lifted and the country’s football would emerge from another of its darkest chapters. The accounts of the country’s football governing body had been frozen since the court-elected PFF of Ashfaq Hussain Shah seized control of the PFF headquarters in Lahore from the FIFA-appointed NC in March, prompting a suspension from global football body FIFA. On Friday, a writ petition filed by Ashfaq against the decision of the trial court to freeze the accounts until a…
