Condolences, tributes, and memories begin to pour after a deputy for Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office was shot and killed during a traffic stop in southwest Houston early Sunday.
Yesterday afternoon, the Houston SPCA rescue ambulance, Harris County Precinct 1 deputies and a traffic light installer worked for six hours to save a little kitten that was trapped on top of a 30-foot tall support beam under a portion of Highway 90 near S. Post Oak in Southwest Houston.
If you’ve spent any time driving on Houston roadways, you’ve probably noticed there seem to be more temporary paper license plates. Many of you are asking KPRC 2 Investigates, “Who is keeping track,” and “Who is issuing the tags that make it difficult to find out who’s driving the vehicles they’re on?” Our KPRC 2 Investigates team is getting answers.
Lupe Hernandez, the principal of the San Francisco Nativity Academy said it's been a tough year for her school's educators, students and parents. The private Christian school educates students from low-income Central American immigrant families.
houstonpublicmedia.orgLupe Hernandez, the principal of the San Francisco Nativity Academy said it's been a tough year for her school's educators, students and parents. The private Christian school educates students from low-income Central American immigrant families.
houstonpublicmedia.orgAn Orthodox Jewish congregation has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Houston in hopes of preventing the city from enforcing a deed restriction that could put an end to services at the congregation’s current location.
Residents said they’re having to borrow water or use bottled water to bathe, cook and flush toilets since their pipes burst. Theresa Anderson has been without water since last week’s winter storm hit the Houston area. “I’m sitting here and I’m just trying to get somebody to go get me some water right now because I can’t pack it,” Anderson said at a Fifth Ward water drive on Thursday. Blinda Whaley is another local resident whose water has been out for more than a week due to burst pipes. She was also at the Fifth Ward water drive Thursday.
houstonpublicmedia.orgHOUSTON – Shanashee Yarber is asking for the public’s help in finding the person responsible for the death of her son, Donnie Glover III. According to the Houston Police Department, the 24-year old was found shot to death Tuesday at about 1 a.m. at an apartment complex located at 4045 Linkwood Drive. Yarber believes the people responsible set Glover up to steal his 2020 Dodge Charger. “I believe he went to go and meet up with someone and I believe they brought him there under circumstances meant to harm him,” Yarber said. If you have any information you’re asked to call the Houston Police Department.
People all across Houston and Texas took massive hits during the historic winter storm, and farmers were no exception. Constant Ngouala lost 80 percent of his crop at his Plant It Forward site in Southwest Houston, per the Houston Chronicle's Emma Balter. Thomas Garcia-Prats, operates Finca Tres Robles in Second Ward, an urban farm he says has "very little support or network," according to Balter. Stacey Roussel’s goats had six babies at All We Need in Needville during the winter storm. They've currently raised $120,000 for farmers' relief, but the fund is not designed for crop or animal loss, according to Balter.
chron.comAlready devastated by COVID-19, the winter storm is another blow to Houston’s communities of color. “Minority communities are suffering,” Green said Monday, between loading up cars. In lower-income communities, older and more compromised homes struggled under the stress of a harsh winter storm. Many of Palay’s neighbors needed house repairs even before the winter storm hit, she said. Now, she sees similarities from her own background in how communities are helping each other in this most recent crisis.
houstonpublicmedia.orgSouthwest Houston – A woman and child are dead after a carbon monoxide poisoning in southwest Houston, according to Houston police. On the 8300 block of La Roche Lane, investigators said the woman was trying to stay warm by running a car inside of a garage, however, fumes from the exhaust seeped inside the car as well as the connecting home. Houston police officers responded to the to conduct a welfare check around midnight and discovered the person dead in the car. Inside the home investigators found another unconscious adult and seven-year-old boy, along with a dead eight-year-old girl according to police. “You know it’s a very difficult time a lot of people are without power I know it’s cold, but you have to be careful about using generators or cars inside of garages…carbon monoxide its odorless and it can kill people,” said Houston police Lt. Larry Crowson.
Southwest Houston – Amid the cancelation of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, many vendors are extremely disappointed. Brookwood Community, a community with over 200 adults who are living with disabilities, makes products to sell at the Houston Rodeo every year. It’s the highlight of the year to be able to come to the rodeo,” said Jana Mullins of Brookwood Community. Crystal Cummings has been a rodeo vendor for eleven years with her shop, Accessorize in Style. AdTo support the Brookwood Community, click here.
HOUSTON – A Houston family was forced to install surveillance cameras and put up “No Trespassing” signs throughout their vacant home after intruders kept making themselves at home. Sara Florida said on Jan. 13 they were notified by neighbors that several people were breaking in and stealing items from their house. She said the intruders took about $35,000 worth of equipment stored inside the home, which is currently being remodeled. The family reported the problem to the Houston Police Department, who were able to arrest a woman found inside. They plan to turn that video over to HPD later this week once an investigator is assigned to their case.
Soon after being rescued in a high-profile human smuggling bust in Southwest Houston, 29 migrant kidnapping victims were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In August, he left his home country Guatemala with the help of a coyote — a smuggler — and promised to pay off his debts through work, Rene told Houston Public Media. Rene was one of 29 migrants held in December’s high-profile human smuggling bust. At the stash house in Southwest Houston, Rene said he slept with 20 other people in a room. Two of them involved migrants being held against their will, according to Houston Police Department Commander Kristine Anthony-Miller.
houstonpublicmedia.orgAnd in Harris and surrounding counties, public health departments have begun opening clinics for those who qualify. To that end, the state has set up an online dashboard to find the closest private hospital, clinic, or other vaccine location. The Houston Health Department said vaccine shipments were intended for Houston residents only, but under an agreement to receive those shipments, the department can not turn away other people within the Houston area. Fort Bend CountyFort Bend County still hadn't received any doses of a COVID-19 vaccine through January. The Public Health Clinic received just 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine, allocated to First Responders, Public Health staff, health care workers and employees.
houstonpublicmedia.orgHOUSTON – A husband and wife were shot and killed by the woman’s ex-husband on Wednesday in southwest Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. When HPD officers arrived, they found the man shot dead and lying on the ground. When officers went inside the apartment, they found the wife, who was also shot to death. “Man, that’s sad. I’m like, that’s sad.
HOUSTON – Families need food, affordable housing, safe neighborhoods and access to health care in order to survive. But many families in southwest Houston are facing the harsh realities from the COVID-19 pandemic and our economy. In the past five years, CHAT has been helping the community and focusing on the social determinants of health. And that’s why I said we cannot leave anybody behind if we want the success in Houston,” Dr. Siddiqui added. Siddiqui said there could be big improvements to the area and people’s health if elected officials stepped up.
HOUSTON – A man is now charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of another man in southwest Houston in late September. Daniel Wayne Wilson, 28, is accused of stabbing Christian Abram Ross, 24, in the 3200 block of Boynton Drive around 9:45 p.m. on Sept. 30. Houston police detectives said witnesses reported seeing a man stabbing Ross over and over in a church parking lot. The assault continued into the roadway of West Orem Drive before Ross fled to a nearby neighborhood. The man chased Ross, police said, eventually catching him in the backyard of the home on Boynton, where he then used a metal baseball bat to continue the assault.
HOUSTON – Highway Vodka is the first black-owned hemp based vodka distillery in Houston and has an amazing family lineage of great entrepreneurs including the famous Lucille B. Smith who many refer to as the first African American businesswoman in Texas. They decided to give Houston something different when it came to vodka and achieved that through their amazing hemp based product. Houston Life Reporter Joe Sam checks out Highway Vodka (Copyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) The use of hemp at The Highway Distillery helps provide a nuanced, balanced, unique spirit with a character unlike any other in the world. of Pineapple Juice-Splash of Red Bull TropicalTo find out more about Highway Vodka and where you can get their product or help with any of their community initiatives, click here!
HOUSTON – With concerns about mail delivery issues ahead of the election, our KPRC Investigates team put the United States Postal Service in Houston to the test. Mail service put to the testTo find out how common problems are we set up our own test. We sent letters to Southwest Houston, Kingwood, Missouri City, Tomball, West Houston, North Houston, The Woodlands, Cypress, Galveston, Liberty County, and Montgomery County. While no one at the postal service would talk to us about delivery issues, we did some digging and found out some interesting information about mail delivery timing. If you are having issues with your mail delivery, you should report it to the United States Postal Service.
Project Brays is a $480 million improvement project that’s been under construction since 2000. Residents in Meyerland and Westbury credit the improvements that including widening the channel and bridge modifications, for sparing their homes from flooding during Tropical Storm Beta. Before Harvey, the majority of the work involved with Project Brays had been finished. While Project Brays protected that area from flooding during Beta, every major rain event in Houston is different. That’s the big thinking going forward , that’s going to take a much larger investment," Hidalgo said.
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 – Authorities responded to an officer-involved shooting in southwest Houston, according to a tweet by the Houston Police Department. “(He) was at a relative’s home when some type of disturbance ensued in his presence,” said HPD Assistant Chief, Sheryl Victorian, stated. Officials with the HCSO said the man who was shot by the deputy was taken to Ben Taub in stable condition. Victorian said Houston Police are now looking for the other person who was in the car with the injured man. Police are asking the man to come forward as he is a person of interest in the case.
HOUSTON – This past weekend a Southwest Houston “strip club” that allows patrons to bring their own alcohol shared video of patrons in close contact, many without masks. But it appears even if the club were to remain open, TABC, the state agency charged with investigating bars operating illegally, would not have jurisdiction over “Crazy Bull” located at 10701 W. Bellfort Ave. in Southwest Houston. “The Crazy Bull appears to be a BYOB location, meaning it doesn’t hold a TABC permit to sell alcohol. It did not appear Monday that TABC had undertaken such an effort regarding “Crazy Bull” Monday. The most recent post on the “Crazy Bull” instagram page is now dated June 20, and reads that the club has temporarily shut down due to COVID-19 concerns.
HOUSTON – Community leaders and members held events Saturday to honor the life of a beloved soldier, Vanessa Guillen, who was found murdered at the Fort Hood base. Fundraiser for Guillen’s FamilyThe Guillen family’s barbecue fundraiser in southeast Houston marked the start of a full day of events to remember beloved Army specialist, Guillen. The motorcycles, trucks and cars cruised through Houston’s historic east side and ended at the Taqueria Del Sol on Park Place Blvd. Many chanted Vanessa Guillen’s name. Hundreds in masks packed the back parking lot of Taqueria Del Sol on Park Place Blvd in Southeast Houston.
HOUSTON – Two people are dead and four were hurt after a drive-by shooting in southwest Houston Thursday night, police say. The shooting was reported at 9:05 p.m. in a parking lot near the 5800 block of Glenmont Drive. Three more victims were transported to the hospital for treatment and a 13-year-old boy was also grazed by a bullet in a nearby apartment, officials said. “There were a lot of people so I’m confident that someone actually saw something,” HPD Commander Ben Tien said. “See something, say something, do something, so I encourage anyone with any type of surveillance video and cell phone video or any eyewitnesses to come forward and contact us.”This is a developing story.
HOUSTON A Southwest Houston horse training facility is offering a $2,500 reward to locate their stolen horse. The owners of Solstice Farms along Edwina Boulevard and South Freeway said the theft occurred on May 3. They said the thieves cut through the fencing surrounding the farm and led one of the three horses at the facility out. The horse is described as Chestnut mare, Quarter Horse/Arab, 14.2 hands, blaze, white sock on left hind, according to a stolen horse flier. The owners said the horse named is Jinny and has been with them for more than 13 years.
HOUSTON – Storms overnight caused headaches for residents in southwest Houston. Residents on West Ridgecreek Drive heard Mother Nature leaving her mark early Saturday morning. “I thought it was a train coming through the house,” said resident Preston Henry. “In two minutes, [my porch] was gone.”The storm destroyed a his porch, wrecked his roof, and caused water damage inside his home. “I’m waiting for [the cleanup crews] to clear out, so I can go to work,” said neighbor Charles Palmer.
HOUSTON – Houston fire crews are battling a massive, two-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in southwest Houston Thursday evening. The fire was first reported at about 3:45 p.m. at the Churchill Townhomes apartment complex located at 2425 August Drive, near Westheimer Road, just west of The Galleria. Massive flames and copious amounts of smoke could be seen billowing from a building in the complex. The Houston Fire Department said no one was injured in the fire but asks that people avoid the area. Please check back for updates.
HOUSTON – A woman is dead after she was shot at a gas station in southwest Houston. The shooting happened around 6:20 a.m. at a Texaco station on Beechnut Street at Cook Road, police said. Police said the woman was pumping gas when a man came up to her and opened fire on the woman before fleeing on foot. The woman walked about 20 yards away from the vehicle she was in and was hit by another vehicle with another woman and a baby inside, authorities said. The plates to the vehicle she was in came back as stolen, police said.
HOUSTON – Starting Monday, nursing homes will be required to report COVID-19 cases within their facilities to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. READ: 2 grandmothers who lived at a southwest Houston nursing home die hours apartA third family has now contacted us. Ramin Milani claims his father, Karim Milani, 80, was taken to a local hospital on Saturday and has tested positive for COVID-19. “They don’t even let us see him, so how did the virus get inside?” Ramin Milani, said. “We don’t know if they’re wearing masks or wearing gloves in there,” Margie Jolivet said.
HOUSTON – The Montgomery County Public Health District sent out some information regarding coronavirus testing in the county and why it is not free. We first went through the Montgomery County Health District, we did order a thousand to date we received 14. Reasons for the costIn order to get test kits, Montgomery County said it has to source them internationally, and those can cost between $30 to $60 per kit. “We know this is frustrating for residents of Montgomery County, and we share your frustration,” county officials said. For more information about the Montgomery County Public Health District visit www.mcphd-tx.org.
HOUSTON – At 5 foot and 3 inches tall, Gellareh Goudarzi, 49, wouldn’t seem to pose much of a physical threat, but four would-be robbers recently learned to their discomfort that she certainly can be. “He pulled me out of the car and he was trying to drop me on the ground,” she said. But one of his confederates grabbed her car remote and jumped behind the wheel to drive off. “The three of them yell, ‘Drive off, drive off,’” Goudarzi said. The four would-be robbers ran left without even touching her purse.
HOUSTON – Houston police are investigating after they said a man was injured from a shooting during a home invasion in southwest Houston Monday morning. According to authorities, two men wearing camouflage and masks kicked in the door and forced their way inside the residence. Police said there was a family inside, including an 86-year-old grandmother, a 70-year-old father, 42-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man. Police said the armed suspects made the 20-year-old man get on the floor. The 20-year-old man was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay, according to detectives at the scene.
HOUSTON – A woman was shot during a possible road rage incident on the Southwest Freeway at Chimney Rock Road, according to Houston police. The road rage shooting was reported around 5:10 a.m. northbound on 59 at Chimney Rock exit. Police said a woman driving northbound on 59 had cut off another vehicle, possibly a BMW, while trying to cross lanes to exit the freeway. The woman exited the freeway and pulled into an Exxon, located at 5601 Southwest Freeway, and called for help, police said. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital and expected to survive her injuries, police said.
HOUSTON – A man is facing charges after being accused of fatally shooting another man Sunday in southwest Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. Julio Ventura, 25, was charged with murder in the death of 30-year-old Pedro Fraga. Police said witnesses told investigators that Ventura walked up to the driver’s side of Fraga’s vehicle and fired at him several times while Fraga was seated inside the vehicle. Police said Ventura ran from the vehicle towards his home, which was several houses away. Police said a responding officer spotted Ventura and took him into custody.
HOUSTON – Houston police are investigating after a man’s body was found in a ditch in southwest Houston, officers said. When they arrived at the scene, officers said they found an unidentified man’s body in a ditch. Investigators said a worker was picking up trash along the road and found a body in a ditch with a gunshot wound. Authorities say they haven’t found any shell casings or much evidence at the scene, causing them to believe the body was dumped there. Detectives say in the last few months, there was another body dumped nearby.
HOUSTON – Houston police responded to a southwest Houston apartment complex near Beltway 8, where a pickup truck slammed into an apartment building Monday evening. The wreck was first reported at about 5:05 p.m. at the Reserve at Westwood apartment complex located at the 9800 block of West Sam Houston Parkway, according to the Houston Police Department. Authorities said the driver of the truck was on the Beltway and involved in a crash, causing him to lose control, come off the freeway, cross the feeder and crash into the apartment complex. Harris County Precinct 5 Constables said luckily no one was home at the time of the crash. The driver of the pickup was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and is expected to be OK.
A body was found Sunday, Dec. 22, in a bayou in the 15300 block of Chimney Rock in Southwest Houston, according to police. A body was found Sunday, Dec. 22, in a bayou in the 15300 block of Chimney Rock in Southwest Houston, according to police. Photo: Google Maps
chron.comHe said because dirty filters can disrupt air flow, it can cause carbon monoxide to be released into the house, which is itself a danger. You get dust across the heat exchangers when the blower is running with the AC, so youre actually burning ... dust, Bedingfield explained. Smoke and carbon monoxide detectorsRamon said people need to check their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they work. Theres a buildup in dust or a crack in their heater and a chance of carbon monoxide and fires, said Ramon. If youre cold, then more than likely your pet is cold, said Kuenstle.
HOUSTON - A man was killed early Sunday morning during a shooting stemming from a disturbance outside of an after-hours club in Southwest Houston, according to Houston police. The driver of the gray vehicle returned fire, police said. Two men in the parking lot got in a vehicle, which police said was possibly a brown Buick SUV, and chased down the gray vehicle, authorities said. When they caught up to the gray vehicle, more shots were fired and the driver of the gray vehicle was shot in the torso, according to police. During the melee, a woman was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of the club, according to police.
HOUSTON - Houston police are searching for Seron Moore, who they think may have fled to California. Moore is accused of abusing a child at a Southwest Houston apartment earlier this year. What happenedPolice said they received a report of possible child abuse from Child Protective Services on Feb. 18. Moore was the caretaker of the child while the child's mother was at work, according to police. Police said Moore abused the child at an apartment in the 6300 block of Rampart Street.
HOUSTON - A man was shot Monday during a home invasion in Southwest Houston, according to police. When officers arrived at a residence in the 3400 block of Tidewater Drive, they found the man with a gunshot wound. Police said initial reports indicate the man was shot during a home invasion. Police said the man was taken to an area hospital for treatment and is expected to survive. Police said there was a 4-year-old child inside the house at the time of the shooting.
About a block away, the suspect crashed into a van, pinning Perez and severing one of his legs. What witnesses saidThe driver of the van that the suspect crashed into said he was headed to the store when he saw the car coming straight at him. He also said he never saw Perez on the hood. Ventura said he won't forget the sound of agony coming from Perez as he was pinned between the car and the van. They said he was wearing white and black shorts and was wearing a white and black do-rag.
A man lost at least one of his legs while attempting to stop a carjacking in Southwest Houston on Aug. 12, 2019. HOUSTON - A man lost at least one leg while attempting to stop another man from stealing his car while his wife was inside, according to police. What happenedA man and his wife stopped at a gas station near the intersection of Woodfair and Deering drives. Police said the man got out of his car and went inside, leaving his wife in the vehicle and the key in the ignition. The husband jumped on the hood of the car in the melee and the suspect eventually crashed into a van on Deering, police said, crushing the husband's legs.
Houston-area man charged for vandalizing Jesus statueDeputies from a Harris County Constable Precinct's Office have arrested a man wanted for vandalizing a Jesus statue outside a Southwest Houston business. Deputies from a Harris County Constable Precinct's Office have arrested a man wanted for vandalizing a Jesus statue outside a Southwest Houston business. Photo: Ted Heap, Harris County Constable Precinct 5 Photo: Ted Heap, Harris County Constable Precinct 5 Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Houston-area man charged for vandalizing Jesus statue 1 / 3 Back to GalleryA man wanted for vandalizing a Jesus statue located just outside a Southwest Houston business has been arrested. Jonathan Deaver-Davis was arrested on Wednesday after Harris County Precinct 5 deputies were called to a superstore in the 2700 block of Eldridge Parkway, according to a news release. While investigating that incident, the deputies on the scene found out that that the 31-year old was also wanted for toppling a statue of Jesus in the 2400 block of S. Dairy Ashford.
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