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Surveillance video was released of an employee being held at gunpoint during a robbery at the drive-thru window of a fast food restaurant in southeast Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. The armed robbery was reported Sunday around 6 p.m. at the business located in the 11300...

An investigation is underway after a teen was found dead in the driver’s seat of a vehicle Monday morning in east Harris County, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The discovery was made at 5:30 a.m. in the 14600 block of Force Street. Gonzalez said the teen, possibly 16 years...

A family is searching for answers after their loved one was found dead on the side of the Gulf Freeway and Cullen Boulevard last month. The body of Rodolfo Monjaraz, known as Rudy, was discovered July 6 by Houston Fire Department paramedics who spotted his body as they were driving near the...

Harris County Commissioners will meet Tuesday and consider putting a $1.2 billion bond measure on the November ballot. The bond would cost the average homeowner an extra $32 per year in property taxes, the county estimates. The additional tax dollars would support the following: $900 million...

The federal waiver that helped school districts provide free meals to all students for the last two years expired at the end of the last school year. Students getting ready to head back to school for the 2022-2023 school year will have to fill out an application – as families did before the...

By the end of August, local universities will be welcoming students back, living in close quarters. Public health experts are urging the administration to come up with a plan to contain the spread of monkeypox, all while local health departments don’t have enough of the vaccine. As of Monday...

Graystone Life Care Assisted Living is a for-profit business entity that advertises on the internet that it is a “licensed facility.” But, KPRC 2 Investigates found out that the business is not licensed. In 2013, the State of Texas sued Robert F Strange Jr. for operating an assisted living...

Authorities are searching for a suspect accused of shooting a man in the chest during an altercation in a parking lot in late June. Eduardo Antonio Lopez, 26, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to Houston police, on June 26, Jacob Allen Ramirez was attempting to...

A coalition of more than a dozen national, state, and local media organizations, including KPRC 2 and our station’s parent company Graham Media Group, filed a lawsuit Monday against the Texas Department of Public Safety related to the Uvalde school shooting and the agency’s lack of transparency...

Three popular Italian restaurant are closing their doors Friday after 45 years of service in the Montrose and River Oaks area, according to The Vincent Mandola Family Restaurants. The trio of restaurants, Nino’s, Vincent’s, and Grappino di Nino, will close for good on Friday after dinner...

Polk County has issued a water boil notice for residents due to loss of pressure in its system caused by a main line break, according to a release. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the Memorial Point Utilities District, TX1870030, public water system to notify all...

A former custodian at Magnolia West High School has been arrested and charged after he allegedly sexually abused three children over a period of nine years, according to court documents. The criminal actions being investigated are not connected to the school. Jeffrey Hitchcock has been charged...

The Houston Astros have acquired 1B/DH Trey Mancini from the Baltimore Orioles and minor league RHP Jayden Murray from the Tampa Bay Rays in part of a three-team trade. To complete their portion of the deal, the Astros sent OF Jose Siri to the Rays and minor league RHP Chayce McDermott to the...

There are four new Chick-fil-A locations coming to the Houston area. The public relations firm working on behalf of Chick-Fil-A in the Houston area confirmed these locations to KPRC 2. 242 & Harper’s Preserve Meyer Park Center Off of FM 2100 in Crosby At the corner of Main Street and Kirby...

A man accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in the area of southwest Houston’s infamous Bissonnet Track has been arrested, but investigators feel there could be more victims out there. Last week, following a lengthy investigation by DPS Criminal Investigation Division Special Agents...

Although the Monkeypox vaccine is now available in Harris County and Houston, the supply is limited. According to the Harris County Public Health Department and the Houston Health Department, the JYNNEOS vaccine will only be administered to eligible people at this time. Who is eligible for the...

KPRC 2 and our proud sponsors, Energy Transfer, Caro Health and Air Tech of Houston invite you to help us Clear The Shelters™ - NBC and Telemundo stations’ annual, nationwide pet “adopt and donate” campaign returns for the eighth consecutive year. Each year, thousands of animal shelters and...

The dog days of summer are here, but there are definitely those among us who are making the most of the summer sun, heat and occasional rainstorm. Here are some of the best photos we’ve received from Click2Pins.com. Share your photos with us and we could feature your photos and videos on-air...

Social media users are sounding off after a person allegedly received more than $3,000 for turning in “ghost guns” at the highly-successful gun buyback program hosted by Houston and Harris County officials over the weekend. The “no questions asked” One Safe Houston program provided gift cards...

U.S. Senator John Cornyn announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 Monday. Cornyn took to social media and adds that he is fully vaccinated and boosted. “After dodging it for 2+ years I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’m fully vaccinated and boosted, and doing fine” he says. “While...