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An investigation is underway after flaring and smoke were reported at the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company facility in Baytown Tuesday. RELATED: WATCH LIVE: ‘Unplanned operational issue’ prompts flaring at Chevron Phillips Baytown facility, officials say Here are images KPRC 2′s Sky 2...

A Pennsylvania man died Sunday after his 18-foot pet snake wrapped itself around his neck days earlier, prompting authorities to fatally shoot the reptile, authorities said. Elliot Senseman, 27, of Upper Macungie Township, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital—Cedar Crest on Sunday, four days after...

An investigation is underway after flames and smoke were reported at the Chevron Phillips Chemical Company facility in Baytown Tuesday, emergency officials said. According to officials with the Community Awareness Emergency Response, the plant, which is located at 9500 Interstate 10 East...

Several elected officials and community leaders will gather Tuesday morning to call on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to move aggressively on several high-profile pollution cases impacting local communities. The news conference will be held at 10 a.m. Harris County Attorney Christian D...

Family Dollar is recalling hundreds of products that were stored and shipped “outside of labeled temperature requirements,” according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It’s unclear from the FDA’s information at what temperatures the products were stored. The recall is voluntary and...

Whether you’re renting an apartment, a condo, or a house, you have rights. In the debut of the “Ask Amy Podcast” on KPRC 2+, Amy Davis chats with an expert on renter’s rights. What should you do if your air conditioning fails in this brutal Texas heat? What should you NOT do if repairs aren’t...

Lizzo scored an eye-popping eight Grammy nominations, including bids for the show’s top four awards, making her the show’s top-nominated artist this go-around. The superstar singer-rapper, who grew up in southwest Houston, didn’t just climb the charts this past year, she found her way into the...

Tenants at Timber Ridge Apartments will speak in front of Houston City Council members and Mayor Sylvester Turner Tuesday to voice their concerns about the hazardous conditions hundreds of them have reportedly been experiencing while living there. A news conference is scheduled to begin at 2...

An 18-wheeler carrying close to 40,000 pounds of pineapples crashed after one of the tires on the truck blew out in Montgomery County Tuesday, authorities said. It happened northbound on I-45 near the Montgomery/Walker County line. According to authorities, the truck began to sway and started...

The next time you get a check-up, a doctor can give you a prescription to ride a bike. The new program is called Bike Rx and it came into fruition about a year ago. The American Heart Association and Houston BCycle partnered with Legacy Community Health to give people the opportunity to bike for...

Tuesday’s Forecast: Tuesday will be similar to what we saw Monday. Temperatures will climb to the upper 90s with a few storms forming in the afternoon. If you get the storms expect a quick cool down and heavy rain. Record-setting hot July: It has been a HOT July! Temperatures have been in...

A deputy constable with Precinct 8 and two other people were injured in a fiery crash in Pasadena Tuesday, officers with the Pasadena Police Department said. Police received reports about a crash on Beltway 8 northbound at San Augustine Avenue around 2:10 a.m. When police arrived at the scene...

Douglas Berry has been a lot of things in his life, a wild rock-n-roll drummer, a carpenter, a maintenance man, and a biker. But the one thing he never dreamed he’d ever be is blind. “I mean, it was terribly frightening, man. I don’t like not being able to see. I don’t know why, but something...

Tuesday will mark two weeks since Tawwab’s Mubarak’s family has heard anything from him. The 68-year-old was last seen by family members at a July 4 cookout at his sister Denise Miller’s house. “He came over and, you know, we were laughing and joking, a regular day,” she said. “Normally, at...

Choas the K-9 has been to a lot of scenes, but it’s likely neither he nor his handler ever imagined ending a shift at an emergency vet clinic, but when things got a little too heated earlier this month, that’s where he landed, thanks to quick action. Chaos is an energetic year-and-a-half-old...

With the start of a new school year just a few weeks away, districts across the Houston area are scrambling to fill thousands of vacant teaching positions. The Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, sounded the alarm during a press conference and rally Monday. “The sad and...

Firefighters are currently battling a 2-alarm apartment fire in the Greenspoint area Monday evening. Houston Fire Department responded to the fire near the 13030 block of North Borough around 6 p.m. HFD said no firefighters or civilians have been reported injured. Officials are asking drivers...

When 66-year-old Oswald Reedus had a stroke in 2014, he lost the ability to walk, talk and use his left arm. “Every day is a challenge. I get up thinking I’m going to use my arm today and it’s not there,” Reedus said. After regaining his speech and movement through traditional physical...

Saturday morning is when Missouri City Police Chief Michael Berezin said he got the call. “It’s heart-wrenching,” he said. Chief Berezin said he was five hours away, learning one of his officers was down. “I don’t want any police officer hurt,” he said. “But when it’s one of ours, that wears...

At least eight homes have been damaged or destroyed after flames from a grass fire swept through a Dallas area neighborhood, according to NBCDFW.com. As reported on NBC5, the fire began Monday in a large field on the northwest corner of Interstate 20 and South Belt Line Road and then spread...