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As the 2019-2020 school year comes to an end, parents want to know how their local school district plans to educate children in the fall. Channel 2 Investigates sent a po...

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Waiting for your stimulus check? Here are a few things that might help you get it faster

It’s been just over two months since the government started sending out stimulus checks to aid Americans through the financial rigors of the coronavirus pandemic. The mon...

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Here are the Houston COVID-19 hot spots as officials push residents to be tested

Two months ago when the pandemic was still new to the Houston area, KPRC 2 Investigates identified several “super neighborhoods” that had a high number of coronavirus cas...

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METRO: Transparency about bus drivers who test positive for COVID-19

Trust Index: Changing messages in the war on COVID-19

First, it was “flatten the curve,” then, “slow the spread." There has been no shortage of catchy phrases or hashtags used by public leaders during the fight against coron...

Virus percentage ticks down slightly in Texas, but health experts still call for caution

One of the numbers watched closely by state health officials is the positivity rate. This the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus over a 7-day period. T...

Education

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After nationwide backlash, a school board rescinded its vote to scratch 5 books off high school curriculums

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Annual Spring Livestock auction raises more than $75,000 online to support student projects and education goals

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For trade students, online classes can't replicate hands-on

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DATABASE: What more than 140 Houston-area school districts are planning for Fall 2020

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Loughlin, Giannulli plead in college scam but await fate

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This week, the world lost Ravi Zacharias: A look inside his life

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One Good Thing: Local student earns more than $1 million in scholarship offers from around the country

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These top earners at UH are taking a pay cut to ease the financial pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic

Border

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Mexican border city tightens checks on US visitors coming from Brownsville

Democrats ask Trump to suspend construction of border wall on country’s southern border

UPDATED: Checkpoints to screen drivers heading into Texas from Louisiana

Work on the border wall continues — without social distancing

City leaders respond to critics of COVID-19 restrictions as small business owners look for relief

US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus

Trump: US, Canada to close border to nonessential travel

Key Trump administration officials failed to act on warnings about family separation, watchdog reports

Court temporarily halts Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

HISTORY

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Remembering Queen Elizabeth II’s royal visit to Houston nearly 30 years ago

On May 22, 1991, thousands of Houstonians filled the streets waving British flags, hoping to get a glance of British royalty. It was a rainy Wednesday morning when Queen ...

Peek inside the 9th oldest home in Houston, up for grabs for $800K

Mount St. Helens, 40 years later: Looking back, ahead on anniversary of worst U.S. volcanic disaster

The day marks the 40th anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, when Mount St. Helens, located in southern Washington state near the Oregon bord...

Made in Texas: How Stetson hats became a staple of the American cowboy

May 5, 1961: NASA sends the first American into space

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. is credited as the first American to journey into space on May 5, 1961.

WATCH: Holocaust survivor gets heartwarming surprise from U.S. military band

The youngest survivor of the Dachau concentration camp got a beautiful surprise from a U.S military band for the anniversary of his liberation

Restaurant Reports

Consumer expert Amy Davis answers your questions about retailers reopening May 1

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Reopening Texas: This week, DPS will begin phased opening of driver license offices

During coronavirus pandemic, a new crepe and waffle spot in Cypress opens up

Houston-area family searching for their grandfather’s old Coast Guard jacket that was accidentally donated

Recent Stories

10 things Houstonians care most about in 2020, according to the latest Kinder survey by Rice University

VIDEOS & PHOTOS: This what Galveston has looked like over Memorial Day weekend

A drive-in rave is coming to the Houston area Friday

South County 4th of July parade canceled in The Woodlands for 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns

WATCH: Alligator spotted swimming near North Jetty in Galveston Saturday

HPD: 1 person injured in fiery, multi-vehicle crash on Hwy 59

Annual Spring Livestock auction raises more than $75,000 online to support student projects and education goals

New Peruvian-style chicken restaurant opens in west Houston

Senior living community in Bryan reports 45 cases of COVID-19

Fire marshal to begin to enforce 25% occupancy at clubs and bars amid health violations, Mayor Turner says

UPDATED SUNDAY: This is what the coronavirus curve and hospitalization rate in Texas looks like right now

Texas mom delivers rare set of identical quadruplets during the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus hot spots in Texas homeless shelters highlight challenges unsheltered residents face social distancing, staying clean

Protesters rally for lifting all COVID restrictions on Texas

My favorite Texas trip: The time I got pulled over at gunpoint on I-10 outside of Sealy

‘Strong’ after shooting, El Paso now vulnerable to virus

No mask, no service: Can businesses legally require customers to wear masks?

Crime

UPDATE: Argument between 2 guests leads to shooting at Post Oak Hotel, police say

Husband, wife found dead inside Katy home after apparent murder-suicide

HPD: Man shot, killed by common-law wife during domestic dispute

Thieves steal $20,000 worth of trailers from storage business in Spring

UPDATE: 4 people injured in shooting outside club in Midtown

Dead boy’s mom arrested in his murder after faking abduction, police say

Ask 2

Ask 2: Is the mandatory 14-day quarantine for people traveling to Texas still ongoing?

Ask 2: What are the current rules for Galveston beaches?

ASK2: How can I get to a testing center if I don’t have a car?

Ask 2: When will the Harris County Public Library reopen?

Ask 2: Are more people driving on Houston roads now?

Ask 2: Why are the major freeways completed with concrete and not asphalt?

Ask 2: Are restaurant employees in Harris County required to wear masks?

Ask 2: How did Cut and Shoot, Texas get its name?

Investigates

DATABASE: What more than 140 Houston-area school districts are planning for Fall 2020

Waiting for your stimulus check? Here are a few things that might help you get it faster

Here are the Houston COVID-19 hot spots as officials push residents to be tested

METRO: Transparency about bus drivers who test positive for COVID-19

Trust Index: Changing messages in the war on COVID-19

Virus percentage ticks down slightly in Texas, but health experts still call for caution

Education

After nationwide backlash, a school board rescinded its vote to scratch 5 books off high school curriculums

Annual Spring Livestock auction raises more than $75,000 online to support student projects and education goals

For trade students, online classes can't replicate hands-on

DATABASE: What more than 140 Houston-area school districts are planning for Fall 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli plead in college scam but await fate

This week, the world lost Ravi Zacharias: A look inside his life

One Good Thing: Local student earns more than $1 million in scholarship offers from around the country

These top earners at UH are taking a pay cut to ease the financial pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic

Border

Mexican border city tightens checks on US visitors coming from Brownsville

Democrats ask Trump to suspend construction of border wall on country’s southern border

UPDATED: Checkpoints to screen drivers heading into Texas from Louisiana

Work on the border wall continues — without social distancing

City leaders respond to critics of COVID-19 restrictions as small business owners look for relief

US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus

Trump: US, Canada to close border to nonessential travel

Key Trump administration officials failed to act on warnings about family separation, watchdog reports

Court temporarily halts Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

After nationwide backlash, a school board rescinded its vote to scratch 5 books off high school curriculums

Texas mom delivers rare set of identical quadruplets during the coronavirus pandemic

New York Times publishes names of 1,000 lives lost to coronavirus

What you need to know about latest TSA coronavirus screening procedures

Your Memorial Day BBQ will look a little different this year. Here’s how to make the most of it

Dead boy’s mom arrested in his murder after faking abduction, police say

HISTORY

Remembering Queen Elizabeth II’s royal visit to Houston nearly 30 years ago

Peek inside the 9th oldest home in Houston, up for grabs for $800K

Mount St. Helens, 40 years later: Looking back, ahead on anniversary of worst U.S. volcanic disaster

Made in Texas: How Stetson hats became a staple of the American cowboy

May 5, 1961: NASA sends the first American into space

WATCH: Holocaust survivor gets heartwarming surprise from U.S. military band

Restaurant Reports

Consumer expert Amy Davis answers your questions about retailers reopening May 1

Rules for restaurants and bars county-by-county in the Houston area