HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The latest round of a mask mandate fight between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has concluded with a court victory for the county. The Texas 3rd Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that effectively keeps in place the county’s mandate for face coverings that has been challenged by Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. Abbott, who signed an executive order in May 2021 banning such requirements at the county and city levels, argues his office can only impose mandates, while often arguing for personal accountability to help stem the…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two years ago, the shutdown of RodeoHouston signaled the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rodeo’s return this year is something that health experts said could signal the end of the pandemic. LARGE SCALE EVENTS RETURN NEXT MONTH DESPITE RISING CASES Next month, two large-scale events that haven’t taken place during the pandemic return to the Houston area. RodeoHouston and Mardi Gras in Galveston return in February. Right now, there’s a surge of COVID cases, and hospitalizations. Texas is reporting case numbers the state has never experienced. Despite this, Houston Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Persse…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Hundreds of Harris County Jail inmates were taken to Louisiana Thursday as the sheriff tries to make sure Texas regulations can be followed at the building. In November, state jail inspectors found the Harris County jail in violation of state standards and noted a tense and hostile environment inside the jail. It came days after a jail staffer was allegedly brutally sexually assaulted by an inmate inside her jail office. reported other assaults inside the jail around the same time. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards ordered Sheriff Ed Gonzalez to come up with a…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A frigid north wind will push our temps into the 30s Friday morning. The Houston area will experience middle and upper 30s while our north and northwest areas will deal with a brief, light freeze. The weather will rapidly change this weekend when a warm front moves in bringing us a combination of warm temps, rain and thunderstorms. What’s my chance of getting wet this weekend? Pretty high. There’s a 70% chance on Saturday and a 60% chance on Sunday. Any chance for severe weather? An upper air disturbance will combine with warm, humid air from…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston mom has filed a police report after she said her daughter was assaulted by her teacher. “She was calling me crying and she was scared. I was like, ‘Kamille, what’s wrong? ” said Sabrina Chandler. “She told me that her teacher in the cafeteria pushed her. She said, ‘Yes, ma’am. She pushed me to where I almost fell on the ground.'” Chandler said she got the frantic call from her 11-year-old daughter Wednesday during lunch. She said her daughter, Kamille Estes, explained the incident in the cafeteria at Varnett Public School’s southwest campus. Estes…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police need help in identifying the person who shot and killed a man in the middle of a residential street in south Houston. On Tuesday morning, 40-year-old Sherman Bernard Payton was on his way to pick up medicine from the pharmacy for his mother, who is battling cancer. “I said, ‘Be careful’ and he said, ‘Mama, God got me. I don’t have no fear of death,'” his mother, Katie Payton recalled. Sherman Payton was walking down Fairgreen Lane and headed to the bus stop on MLK around 10:50 a.m., according to police. During his walk,…
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Pfizer Inc expects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany’s BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday. “The study has been amended to give a third dose to everybody who’s less than five at least eight weeks after their last vaccination,” Dr. Alejandra Gurtman, a Pfizer vaccine researcher said at a meeting of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). She said the company aims to have data for the age group by the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 1,085 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest tally in two months, as authorities warned of a fifth wave of infections and made preparations to try to contain the fast-spreading Omicron variant. According to the latest figures shared by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 46,585 samples were tested during this period, out of which 1,085 turned out to be positive, showing a national positivity rate of 2.32% as compared to yesterday’s 1.8 per cent. STATISTICS 6 JAN 22: TOTAL TESTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 46,585 POSITIVE CASES: 1085 POSITIVITY %:…
KARACHI: In an alarming trend, the positivity ratio of COVID-19 cases in Karachi has reached beyond nine percent, the provincial health department said on Thursday amid concerns over rising cases of Omicron variant. According to the Sindh health department, the positivity ratio has reached 9.23 percent, a day after it was reported at 8.91 percent, showing an alarming increase of around 0.5 percent in a day. It further shared that 1085 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the province while 636 patients are currently being treated at the intensive care units of the province. Pakistan has reported 1,085 COVID-19 cases…
