Phil Archer
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Phil Archer is a veteran Houston journalist who began his career with KRPC TV in 1976. Starting out on the police beat as a reporter-photographer, he's covered everything from government to fires, floods and foreign wars.As a Channel 2 correspondent he's investigated charity rip-offs in Houston, documented the war on the ground in El Salvador, and pursued a fugitive priest to Spain.Phil has won awards from the Associated Press, UPI, Houston Press Club, Houston Fire Department, Association for Retarded Citizens, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, and American Quarter Horse Association. In 2006, the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters awarded Phil first place for his coverage of Hurricane Katrina.In 1978, he received the Perringer Award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters after being stabbed and hospitalized while covering the Moody Park Riot.In 1983, Phil was chosen to attend the University of Chicago as a William Benton Fellow in Broadcasting.Prior to that, he attended the University of Houston, majoring in journalism.Phil is a native of Wichita Falls, Texas.He and his lovely wife Joy reside in Fort Bend County.Want to drop Phil a line or give him a news tip? E-mail him at parcher@click2houston.com.
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A driver leads police on a chase for more than an hour before he jumps off a parking garage and is apprehended.
An 18-year-old whose bloody body was found
in a closet of her family's home died of a stab
wound to the neck.
A man dies after he was detained by a police officer, KPRC Local 2 reports.
A Houston-area woman turns other people's junk into a money-making business, KPRC Local 2 reports.
Some lucky Houston-area residents win tickets to attend Michael Jackson's memorial service, and one man hopes it will change his life, KPRC Local 2 reports.
July 6, 2009: A driver leads police on a chase through several cities and parts of the Houston area for more than an hour. Ryan Korsgard reports.
July 5, 2009: A man who was speeding away from authorities struck a concrete wall and jumped 50 feet to his death off a highway exit ramp. Lisa Baldwin reports.
July 5, 2009: An arrest is made in a slaying the Wheel of Justice team has been following for more than a year. Joel Eisenbaum reports.
July 6, 2009: Hundreds of acres of land have been burned by a forest fire west of Houston, KPRC Local 2 reports.
July 6, 2009: A forest fire in Colorado County has burned nearly 2,000 acres of land, KPRC Local 2 reports. Phil Archer reports.
Police chase a driver for about an hour and ends when he jumps off the roof of a parking garage, KPRC Local 2 reports.
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