HOUSTON – From the rescues and resilience we witnessed in the Texas Hill Country floods to the heroics of a K-9 named Rocky, these are the stories that mattered most to our audience in 2025.
We ranked them starting with the most read:
July
The Texas Hill Country floods captured attention far beyond our borders, and Houston-area readers held on to many moments and memories. More than 1,000 search and rescue workers rushed to Kerr County to help find victims. In this story, KRPC 2 reporter Gage Goulding and producer David Langham tell the story of one man -- Ashton Bolton -- and his remarkable rescue one day after the flooding. It started “with the faintest scream...”
October
Sugar Land woman among 4 killed in Texas shooting spree was in relationship with gunman
A man went on what police initially thought may have been a shooting spree provoked by road rage. It started in Sugar Land and ended in southwest Houston. What KPRC 2 Reporter Corley Peel later learned is that the shooter and the woman he shot multiple times at a Sugar Land intersection had been in a relationship.
July
Houston pediatrician responds to controversial post about flood victims
Backlash was swift and harsh when Dr. Christina Propst’s post about Kerr County flood victims circulated online. KPRC 2 Digital Producer Holly Galvan Posey wrote about the doctor’s apology and her now former employer’s condemnation.
December
$3M bond for student accused of killing Baytown classmate over missing THC vape
One of the most-read stories as 2025 came to a close was the fight between two high school friends that ended with one dying and the other charged with stabbing him to death. KPRC 2 Reporter Bryce Newberry learned from the first court hearing that the two fought over a $21 THC vape pen.
March
With repeated exposure to trauma, first responders have a higher suicide risk than the general population. In March, after two women who were Harris County deputies died by suicide, KPRC 2 Content Gatherer Isa Gonzalez-Montilla talked with Dr. Ron Acierno about a free initiative that focused on breaking down stigmas so more first responders will ask for help when they need it. “When everyone else runs away from a situation, first responders have to run toward it,” Acierno reminds us.
Here is more information on the program at UTHealth’s Trauma and Resilience Center.
Call or text 988 anytime to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
January
One of the most dramatic moments that unfolded live on TV and streaming was the afternoon when the manhunt for a violent fugitive ended. Investigators found him hiding in a dumpster at the same strip mall where he shot and killed a Brazoria County deputy hours earlier. The hero that day was K-9 Rocky, who found the fugitive. What happened next sent Rocky to the hospital and the fugitive to his grave.
July
Camp Mystic confirms catastrophic flooding, search underway for missing campers
The gravity of what was happening in the Texas Hill Country on July 4th started to really sink in after this first major news conference, where Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and other state leaders outlined the search and rescue efforts, talked about how many campers might be missing, and asked for “serious praying on your knees kind of praying...”
January
Everything to know about this week’s arctic air, snow possibility in Houston
It was in the first days of 2025 that we said the four-letter word: SNOW... possible but not probable. KPRC 2 Chief Meteorologist Anthony Yanez had the Houston area braced for bitter cold temps between January 5-10th. Bitter cold in Texas is relative, right?? We actually did dip down to 31° on Monday, the 6th.
We did get some snow later in the month-- January 20th and 21st.
August
Robert Pinon Shrader was the Patient Care Director at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands. KPRC 2’s Gage Goulding broke the stunning story that Shrader was accused of hiding cameras in two of the hospital’s bathrooms. Investigators recovered hundreds of images of women, including a nurse, who is now suing the hospital for $100M.
April
Former owner of Turkey Leg Hut arrested after federal grand jury indictment for 2020 bar explosion
Lynn Price was crying when he got pulled over and arrested. Price, a former owner of Turkey Leg Hut, is accused of orchestrating an explosive arson at Bar 5015, owned by a former business partner. In October, Price was slapped with new gun charges. His arson trial is coming in 2026.