Top Houston Area Local News Stories
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Tropical Storm Hermine strengthens in the Gulf of Mexico as it set its sights on Texas and Mexico. Hurricane watches are issued for the South Texas coast.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:42:47 CDT
Even though Tropical Storm Hermine will be going ashore hundreds of miles south of Galveston, the Island is still feeling the effects, and high tide means a dangerous tide for swimmers.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 16:37:48 CDT
A truck driver burns almost half of his body after his truck flips over a southwest Houston guardrail and burst into flames.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:08:47 CDT
A holiday weekend boating trip ends tragically for three people, including a child, after their vessel goes airborne.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 13:59:11 CDT
The annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon airs on KPRC Local 2, raising millions for muscular dystrophy.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:02:14 CDT
Several law enforcement agencies search for a teen who escaped from a Harris County corrections facility.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:25:56 CDT
Police are looking for a man who they believe stabbed his roommate to death in northwest Houston before witnesses dumped the body behind a trash bin.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 10:16:37 CDT
Miss Texas USA 2011 is crowned in Houston.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:25:10 CDT
A record crowd packs into Reliant Stadium to watch the Rice Owls take on The University of Texas Longhorns. Check out some of the fans, captured by our own Longhorn, reporter Mary Benton.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:30:08 CDT
Houston is one step closer in its bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:01:16 CDT
Fried, fabulous and fattening are the winning recipes at the State Fair of Texas.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:12:06 CDT
Police said a homeless man was struck and killed while attempting to walk across the East Freeway in Houston early Monday morning.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:17:57 CDT
A 6-month-old dies in a van crash on Interstate 35 in central Texas.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:24:04 CDT
A pawn shop worker fatally shot a 50-year-old customer after the man loaded a handgun from the case with his own ammo, left the store and fired a round at the employee.
Published: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:33:58 CDT
Police in Houston and surrounding areas are sending a stern warning -- don't drink and drive.
Published: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:51:14 CDT
Dozens of families received free immunizations and health screenings at a health fair held in southwest Houston.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 22:38:57 CDT
A group in Huntsville, Texas, builds low-income houses out of recycled and salvaged building materials. Every home is truly unique. Check out this house, which has bones in its design and structure. You read it right -- bones.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:42:40 CDT
A federal lawsuit has been filed in an effort to prevent Houston residents from voting on whether to ban red-light cameras.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:43:44 CDT
A 9-month-old baby is back with her mother after police say she was abducted by her mother's boyfriend.
Published: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 16:34:36 CDT
An off-duty Houston police officer shoots and kills a man outside a southwest Houston apartment after witnessing a domestic dispute, investigators say.
Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:49:07 CDT