HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston’s east side for years. Trains will sit on road crossings for hours, cutting children off from schools, adults off from work, and entire communities from Houston. When trains stop for hours, people crawl over them and under them. “Don’t make me lose a son or daughter before you build a bridge, man,” resident Milford McGrudy, who lives next to the Market and Zindler intersection, said. Trains leaving the Eaglewood rail yard on Houston’s east side can take half an hour to pass – that’s if they’re moving. “My kids, I live over in Fifth Ward;…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Imagine catching a pass from Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud. At the C.J. Stroud Foundation football camp at St. Thomas High School, young players lived out a fantasy shared by many Texans fans. At one point on Tuesday morning, Stroud gathered a group of young campers and searched for a way to get them to move to the next station. “Go Texans on three. We’re gonna run over there. Who’s fastest?” Stroud asked the bunch. The answer from every camper was unanimous: “Me!” The group didn’t make it to the three-count before they sprinted to the next…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man charged with murdering a woman in Houston in 2023 walked out of the doors of a courthouse in Mississippi on Friday and is now on the run, according to authorities. Joshua Zimmerman, 30, is accused of killing 23-year-old Keyanna Mercer at the Red Carpet Inn at 6868 Hornwood on Sept. 2, 2023. He was captured on Sept. 29, 2023, by officers with the Southaven Police Department in Mississippi on separate felony charges, including attempted murder, armed robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, and a charge in relation to the theft of a car. Houston…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston’s bitter eight-year dispute with its fire department is over. The City Council unanimously approved a massive settlement Tuesday that, according to City Controller Chris Hollins, could cost taxpayers up to $1.5 billion over the next 25 to 30 years. Employees will get at least 24% raises over the next five years and lump-sum checks for back pay. Preliminary calculations show individual firefighters will receive tens of thousands of dollars in pay bumps come July. “We still have to buy houses. We still have to buy cars. We still have to live. We want to entertain ourselves.…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Police Department released pictures of two male persons of interests after a 12-year-old girl’s body was found in a creek this week. Police said the young girl was found off West Rankin Road near the North Freeway, walking distance from where she lives, after investigators believe she snuck out of her home around 10 p.m. on Sunday. Her mother last saw her when she went to bed, according to police. On Tuesday, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said the young girl was talking to her 13-year-old boyfriend on the phone at a convenience store around midnight.…
SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A 46-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting at least two strangers at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, according to charging documents. On Tuesday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office shared Sergio Marroquin’s mugshot with Eyewitness News, saying investigators believe there are more victims. Marroquin was charged after allegedly pulling down swimsuits of at least two women at the water park’s lazy river on June 16, according to court records. Investigators told that the victims were 35-year-old twins, one of which was holding her son during the incident. Marroquin faced a judge during probable cause court on Monday.…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — forecasts torrential rain waves for Weather Alert Days on Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather team believes coastal areas will see most of the impact from wind and storm surge from Potential Storm 1 in the Gulf. Coastal Brazoria County is among the areas of concern. Officials said on Tuesday that they are closing access to the county beach at 5 p.m. “Currently, the tide is all the way or pretty close to the dunes, so we are moving to close,” Brazoria County public information officer Sharon Trower said. Trower told that all beaches, including Surfside, across…
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LAHORE: Industry representatives and public have criticised the government over its plans to impose 18 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) on locally produced infant formula milk and baby food. They said the heavy taxation would worsen malnutrition among infants and children as parents would be compelled to choose cheaper and unhealthy alternative feeding solutions. According to the budget proposal presented by the finance minister last week, the government intends to withdraw the zero-rating status of locally produced infant formula, baby food and fortified child nutrition milk powders and impose 18pc GST on it. “In other countries, governments reduce taxes on such products,” said…
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has sought reply from the federal government within a fortnight to a petition seeking complete ban on a popular video-sharing application TikTok as it had failed to stop uploading of ‘blasphemous and indecent’ material on it. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah fixed June 20 for hearing request of the petitioner for interim relief seeking removal of all the objectionable material from TikTok till final disposal of the petition. The petition is filed by a lawyer Imran Khan requesting the court to direct the respondents including the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority…
