Kylie Frakes
Producer

I'm a newsroom veteran with 18 years of experience as a producer and leader. I'm a native Oklahoman who just moved to Houston in 2026 to join the team at KPRC. I want to tell stories that matter and will actually help people.

I'm a newsroom veteran with 18 years of experience as a producer and leader. I'm a native Oklahoman who just moved to Houston in 2026 to join the team at KPRC. I want to tell stories that matter and will actually help people.

With applications piling up and months passing without a response, some job seekers are wondering whether artificial intelligence is standing between them and a paycheck. Experts explain how AI is changing the hiring process — and what job seekers can do to improve their chances of getting noticed.

KPRC 2’s ENOUGH team found the demolition of a historic Houston home was an admitted failure by the City of Houston – one that has sparked an audit of the planning and development department’s internal systems.

Brownwood dropped about 10 feet over several decades after heavy groundwater pumping

Decades of research shows many parts of the greater Houston area are literally sinking. Some of that is due to subsidence, which is sinking caused by the over extraction of groundwater.

Land beneath parts of Southeast Texas is sinking—and for some homeowners, the effects are showing up in cracked walls, sticking doors, foundation problems and worsening flooding. Here’s what’s causing subsidence, where the ground is sinking today, what’s being done to slow it down and how homeowners can check whether their neighborhood is affected.

New federal documents reveal conflicting accounts of the July ICE pursuit and shooting that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Two I-213 reports filed days apart offer different descriptions of how the pursuit ended before the deadly shooting, with notable differences on whether Salgado Araujo rammed his van into ICE officers.

A former Pasadena police sergeant who was the subject of an internal investigation has surrendered his Texas law enforcement license as part of an agreement with authorities, according to the Pasadena Police Department.

Assistant Chief Raul Granados will serve as interim chief as the department faces questions surrounding former Sgt. Michael Palitz and disciplinary records

Former Chief Jerry Wright says he recommended an indefinite suspension for ex-Sgt. Michael Palitz not the 30-day suspension reflected in records released by the department.

A former Pasadena police sergeant who was the subject of an internal investigation has surrendered his Texas law enforcement license as part of an agreement with authorities, according to the Pasadena Police Department.

Houston ISD is introducing a new safety and security feature for students who ride the bus. SMARTtags helps track when a student gets on and off the bus, arrives at school, and any route changes in real time through an accompanying app for parents.

The resignation comes as a Pasadena city council member exclusively told KPRC 2 that the sergeant was being investigated for allegedly misusing the department’s Flock Safety license plate reader camera system to track a fellow officer.