A man is in custody after a SWAT standoff Wednesday at a car dealership in Rockwall. Rosye police said officers and deputies from the Royse City Police Department and the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office were trying to serve felony arrest warrants on 37-year-old Willie Jermaine Weekley prior to the standoff. Weekly was wanted out of Royse for two counts of family violence/violation of a protective order, police said. Just before 3 p.m., authorities got to the Clay Cooley Hyundai dealership in the 1500 block of Interstate 30E to serve the warrants. Police didn’t say why officers were serving the warrants…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Here are the North Texans who have been charged in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Thomas Ballard, 35, of Fort Worth: The motorcycle mechanic is charged with multiple felonies, accused of assaulting police with a baton and hurling a “tabletop” at them during the riot. Detained pending trial. Kevin Sam Blakely, 55, of McKinney: A windshield repair worker, he allegedly breached the Capitol. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and is free while awaiting sentencing next year. Larry R. Brock Jr., 53, of Grapevine: The retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and defense contractor is accused of storming the Capitol and…
HOUSTON, Texas — Amid a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations as the omicron variant travels around Harris County, public health officials are preparing to acquire additional nurses for local hospitals. With COVID-19 hospitalizations and hospital staffing shortages once again on the rise, Texas officials will be sending 972 nurses to help hospitals across the state, said Lori Upton, vice president of regional nonprofit Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council, at the Jan. 4 Harris County Commissioners court meeting. Of those employees, 356 will be going to Harris County institutions. The state’s added staff members will still leave Harris County hospitals looking for almost…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman is dead and a man is injured following a shooting in northeast Houston. On Wednesday at 2:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 10900 block of Cheeves Drive to a shooting. Once at the scene, officers found a woman had died and a man was wounded. Police said the man and woman were sitting inside a vehicle in the front yard of a home, when a dark-colored vehicle came up and fired multiple times. Police did not immediately disclose information on the suspect or suspects, or whether the man and woman were targeted.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As family members rally around George Floyd’s 4-year-old great-niece who was shot in her sleep early on New Year’s Day, attention of the incident shifts to Houston police, who have launched an internal investigation into whether officers were delayed in their response to a little girl’s shooting. Derrick Delane, the father of the young victim Arianna Delane, told Eyewitness News on Tuesday that they were forced to drive the little girl to the hospital themselves shortly after she was hit at their apartment on the city’s south side at about 3 a.m. last Saturday. He added…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As the omicron variant continues to spread and the increased demand for COVID-19 testing remains, the Houston Health Department opened another mega testing site Wednesday morning and two more mega sites will be open starting Thursday. Kaylan Henderson, the deputy assistant director for the COVID response team with the Houston Health Department, is one of the many involved in ramping up the city’s testing efforts. “Back on Dec. 20 is when we first started seeing this influx of individuals wanting to come in and get tested. We have exceeded capacity every day,” said Henderson. Last week,…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is requesting for the FBI to investigate nationwide and Houston ‘pop-up’ testing sites to make sure they are operating under federal guidelines. On Wednesday, Jackson Lee said that several community members and a recent ABC13 report highlighted concerns due to delayed test results and a temporary site that moved to another location. “I do want the FBI to take a look at whatever is appropriate under their authority, any allegations made about a pop-up center,” Jackson Lee said. “The best thing for them to do would be to set up a number…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s round balls and big, round numbers for Houston Baptist University’s head men’s basketball coach Ron Cottrell. “A whole group of people have pulled this off and gotten us to the point we are now,” Cottrell explained Wednesday. Last month Cottrell, the fifth-longest tenured coach in NCAA Division one men’s basketball, won his 500th career game. All have come during his 31 seasons with HBU. “It’s a tribute to the administration,” Cottrell noted. “And the support we’ve had from our fans, unbelievable assistant coaches and the fact we’ve been able to have really, really good players…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Business is good at Tony’s Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant has been a popular staple for delicious Mexican food for the past 30 years near 610 North Loop and Ella Boulevard. As we enter another year of the COVID-19 pandemic, managers said they are finding it more difficult to fill the vacant positions. “There’s a lot of people who have left because of the pandemic,” said assistant manager Antonio Vega. Vega said they have had many employees quit, which has put a strain on the employees still working there. “It puts a lot of strain on the…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are investigating a shooting that injured a man and a police officer Wednesday night. The scene unfolded in the 9000 block of Pheasant Trace Court in the Jersey Village area. According to Jersey Village police, officers in the area found a stolen vehicle. The officers followed the vehicle, but when they attempted to make a traffic stop the suspect accelerated in reverse and hit the police unit. At that, the officer on the passenger side fired his weapon and struck the suspect in the shoulder. The suspect was taken to the hospital in unknown condition.…
