The new year starts off with a bang at Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas with Katy Blakey and KARK’s D.J. Williams as hosts. This year at Reunion Tower, spectators will experience the addition of a 225-drone light show to the annual presentation of panoramic fireworks and tower light show, including more than 5,000 pyrotechnic special effects fired from Reunion Tower and the 259 LED light display. The drone light show, engineered and flown by DFW-based Sky Elements, will light up the sky at heights of up to 400 feet and create an array of visual elements and an immersive experience…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Crime Stoppers needs your help. Alejandra Garcia was struck and killed by a white late model Ford Explorer early on Sunday, Oct. 31. Authorities say the driver failed to stop and render aid. The victim was walking in the westbound lane when hit. She suffered major injuries from the accident and later passed away. Garcia was walking in the westbound lane of the 300 block of W. Mt. Houston Road around 5:25 a.m. when she was hit. She suffered major injuries from the accident and died at the scene. Her body was later discovered in the…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting federal help to slow down the latest COVID-19 surge in Texas. The governor said Friday that the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas Department of State Health Services requested resources for federally-supported testing sites, medical personnel and additional federal allocations of the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab. Sotrovimab is used to fight the omicron variant of COVID-19 and reduces hospitalizations, but supplies have been running low. Earlier this week, the state’s health department warned that five of its regional infusion centers ran out sotrovimab, which is also the only monoclonal antibody treatment…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Amid a massive COVID-19 surge in Houston, doctors are pleading to the public to stay away from large gatherings to celebrate the New Year. “What I would suggest people to not do is to go to very large 50-60 person parties where people are blowing whistles and all those sort of thing and celebrating and you don’t know the vaccination status of the people in that environment,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Fauci recommends a small celebration with family who are all vaccinated, but Dr. Luis…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston man says he is lucky to be alive after breaking through a window to escape a house fire. “It was a fire. I had to get away from the fire! I had to jump through a window. By the grace of God I made it through,” said Anthony Ford speaking with just hours after he survived the fire that destroyed his grandfather’s home, passed down to his father and now to him. “This is my family’s house. I grew up in this house. My family raised me in this house,” he said. It was…
TEXARKANA, Texas — Last day of 2021 and Texas is raining fish — literally. Texas has seen record breaking heat and a record freeze in 2021. So instead of raining cats and dogs, one part of the state may have rained…fish? Residents of Texarkana, Texas reported seeing fish falling from the sky and landing in their yards. The city of Texarkana posted on Facebook, “2021 is pulling out all the tricks… including raining fish in Texarkana today. And no, this isn’t a joke.” How does this happen? Fish can get swept up in waterspouts or drafts and fly into our…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Health Department plans to increase the number of tests available at its affiliated COVID-19 mega testing location at Minute Maid Park and open two more mega sites next week, in order to meet the increased need for COVID-19 testing. According to the Houston Health Department, every day this week at least one of its COVID-19 testing sites has reached capacity as sites across the region are seeing a spike in the demand for free COVID-19 tests. “We recognize that the demand is here right now,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. “We anticipate the demand…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Already this month in Harris County there have been over a thousand DWI charges and law enforcement says they are gearing up for what they know will be a busy New Year’s Eve. “That’s one of the big concerns about tonight that this is the first New Year’s Eve in two years where things are going to be somewhat open,” said Sean Teare, the Chief of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Vehicular Crimes Division. More officers will hit Harris County streets on New Year’s Eve as part of the “No Refusal” initiative. “Tonight we are…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County Precinct 1 deputy who shot a 17-year-old suspect has been terminated after a review found the deputy’s conduct was not consistent with departmental policies, Constable Alan Rosen said Friday. The teen, identified as Charisma Hannibal, is in the hospital after the Dec. 26 shooting near NRG Stadium. According to authorities, Hannibal erratically drove a stolen car into an off-limits parking lot. The deputy tried to stop her, but she allegedly refused. Hannibal eventually stopped and got out of the vehicle. That’s when the deputy gave her verbal commands, which police say she ignored.…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Get ready for a shock to the system, as feels-like temperatures drop 60 degrees or more from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning. We’ll ring in the New Year with record warm temperatures. If our forecast high of 86 verifies, it will not only be a record for January 1st, but also for the entire month of January. The heat index could even get up to 88 before we start to cool off Saturday evening. Rain chances are low at just 20%. The cold front won’t reach Southeast Texas until Saturday evening, with the brunt of the…
