Sugar Land police have since increased patrols and even implemented drones to patrol neighborhoods.

A top executive at a startup company that helped college students apply for financial aid has been sentenced to over five years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million buyout four years ago.

JPMorgan Chase wants to stop paying millions in legal fees for two convicted fraudsters.

The 33-year-old founder of the startup student financial aid company Frank has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

The founder of a startup company that claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid has been convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million.

The Mandola family invites you into their kitchen to show how they have kept the tradition of making Italian fig cookies from scratch for almost 50 years.

In this episode of “Eat Like a Local”, chef Chris Shepherd visits one of Houston’s quiet icons, Mandola’s Deli.

A simple act of kindness has turned into a heartwarming movement as the community rallied today around Shirley, an elderly Baskin Robbins employee in Spring, Texas, whose story of resilience touched hearts across town.

Frank Fritz of the reality TV show “American Pickers” has died.

Measuring hurricane winds from top to bottom are a forecaster's challenge!

A top court has ruled that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun without any permits.

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has been cleared to play in the the NFC championship game against the Detroit Lions after leaving last week’s game with a shoulder injury.

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The founder of student aid startup Frank shook her head repeatedly as a prosecutor claimed she tricked J.

Hello weather friends!

The fraud case against the founder of a student loan assistance startup company that J.

A viewer asked just what does 30% chance of rain mean?

Hello and welcome back to the Extreme Weather Blog! This is a very special week, we have Earth Day on Saturday.

The founder of the student loan assistance startup company Frank that J.

The H.E.B. Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Uptown Holiday Lighting are two of Houston’s biggest holiday events, drawing in tens of thousands of guests.

The Indianapolis Colts have hired former All-Pro center Jeff Saturday as interim coach after firing coach Frank Reich.

I received an email from a viewer that seems to pose an age-old question: plant in fall or wait until spring?

I appreciate viewer email and especially when it comes with examples! Check this out from William:

We heat up and dry out Sunday

We heat up and dry out Sunday

This boundary may bring more rain Friday

Our first named storm of this hurricane season may form in the next two days

The remnants of the Pacific’s Hurricane Agatha look poised to redevelop in the Caribbean on this first day of the Atlantic Hurricane season and I’ve been getting emails like this:

I received this viewer email just the other day:

Today is what I like to call ‘drizzerable’ which is pretty much self-explanatory.

The above satellite picture is of Tropical Storm PAMELA in the Pacific currently packing winds of 50mph but forecast to become a Major CAT 3 115mph storm by late Tuesday, moving into the Mexican coast Wednesday. That forecast prompted this viewer question:

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If you think we’ve averaged two feet of rain since May 1st, you’d be right in most cases! And if it seems like it’s been raining 70% of the time---well, it has in some spots. The rainiest summer period that I can recall in my 32 years here!

The debate must be going around Instagram again regarding chance/percentages of rain. I have received several emails and messages like this one:

Elsa ramped just up to hurricane strength Friday as it battered Barbados. This statement came out from their weather office:

Until a year ago, Portland, Oregon, was best known nationally for its ambrosial food scene, craft breweries and “Portlandia” hipsters.

In this photo, provided by Laura Shaw Frank, Evelyn Shaw hugs her granddaughter, Ateret Frank, in the Bronx borough of New York, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Laura Shaw Frank via AP)NEW YORK – For Laura Shaw Frank, seeing her mother hug her daughter for the first time since the onset of the pandemic was a light at the end of the tunnel. It was a note from the family doctor that cleared Shaw to hug her 23-year-old granddaughter Ateret once they had been fully vaccinated. It was such a moving moment.”AdFrank said coming together as a family during religious holidays is the next challenge. She’s at much higher risk than we are, and it takes a while,” Frank said.

One of my viewers, Lourdes, wrote me this last Tuesday:Frank, What happened to your prediction of La Nina ruling this winter? You said it would be a dry, warm winter. It’s the warm water that heats the air above it. That hot air rises, condenses and forms clouds which produce rain. AdWe both know that it’s usually a roller coaster around here and it wouldn’t surprise me to see a cold snap or two.

HOUSTON – Rain is the only thing left of Beta and it is moving through the Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. This batch of rain will continue to push into the mid-Atlantic states Friday before moving off shore this weekend. Here is a look at what Beta left behind in Southeast Texas:Heavy Rain with Storm Totals over 12′'! Beta has dropped over a foot of rain in some locations in southern Metro Houston. The heaviest rain fell from Ellington Field and Pearland to west Houston.

HOUSTON After gathering with family to celebrate a birthday, one relative who wasnt aware they were infected with COVID-19 spread the virus to family members at the surprise party in Texas. Since the party on May 30, 18 members of the family have tested positive for the coronavirus, WFAA reports. According to the report, the single relative interacted with seven family members at the party who contracted and spread the virus to 10 other relatives. Now, the persons uncle, Ron Barbosa, who is a volunteer EMT is keeping track of 18 family members who have tested positive for COVID-19. According to WFAA, Barbosas mother Carole has been hospitalized since June 13 and his father Frank has been in a hospital since June 17.

SEVERE WEATHER MOVING IN: BE SAFE! Don Kolkhorst sent us this photo from 99 and Cumberland Ridge. Send your severe weather photos to us in Frank's Forecast app in Storm Pins.

This Easter will be extremely different from the years before, but you still have the ability to make your small household gathering special and restaurants in Houston are here to help. If you normally go out, consider ordering in. And if you normally cook for several people, take that task off your hands. Restaurants in Houston are offering special Easter meal kits for curbside pick up or delivery. Here are five restaurants offering Easter specials:A’BouzyALICE BlueFrank’s Americana RevivalState FarePeli Peli