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In Major League Baseball’s first release Tuesday of All-Star voting, Houston Astros Jose Altuve and Yordan Alvarez lead their respective positions. The voting helps determine the starting lineups for MLB’s All-Star Game, which this year will be played July 19 at Dodger Stadium. The top three...

An investigation is underway after one person was killed in a house fire in west harris County Tuesday, officials said. It happened at a home in the Westwind neighborhood located in the 13600 block of Sunstream Court. According to the Community Volunteer Fire Department, the fire was...

In her new book Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint: A Powerful Guide to Transformation Through Disentangling Multigenerational Patterns, Judy Wilkins-Smith, a world-renowned Family Patterns, Systemic Work and Constellations Expert, Author, and Motivational Speaker, offers guidance on how to...

A judge denied bond for a man accused of killing the 9-year-old daughter of his ex-girlfriend. Jeremiah Jones, 22, stood before a judge Tuesday morning handcuffed and wearing a yellow jumpsuit. He was charged with capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The prosecutor laid...

Twenty out of 24 of the plaintiffs embroiled in a civil suit against former Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson have settled, according to attorney Tony Buzbee. The women filed suit against the NFL embattled star, who now plays for the Cleveland Browns, for what most claim was...

Maria Estrada of Energy Ogre appeared on KPRC 2+ to share several ways Texans can reduce their electric bills this summer. For Estrada’s insights, watch the video at the top of the page. You can stream KPRC 2+ weekdays at 7 a.m. on click2houston.com and the KPRC 2 app. Continue reading...

The City of Houston has announced that it has entered Stage One of its drought contingency plan as of Tuesday, according to a release. The plan calls for water conservation measures when there is an observed drop in annual rainfall amounts and higher-than-normal daily temperatures. As record...

Nearly three million people over the age of 65 go to the emergency room every year for fall injuries, and about one million of those occur at home, with 20% of cases resulting in serious injuries such as broken bones or head trauma, according to Seniors Helping Seniors, a company that hires...

AT&T recently launched location-based routing to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers. Through this new “Locate Before Route” feature, AT&T can more accurately identify where a wireless 9-1-1 call is coming from using device GPS and hybrid...

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is visiting the location at Graffiti Wall, where TxDOT is moving forward with the demolition of 375 housing units disregarding the Federally mandated pause on the expansion of I-45. The event is being held at the Lofts at Ballpark, beginning at 10 a.m. TxDOT...

The Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 3% pay increase for all employees in the district as part of the $357.5 million budget for the 2023 fiscal year. Trustees also approved starting teacher pay for 2022-2023 of $62,000, the district said in a news release Tuesday. The...

The nationwide average price for a gallon of unleaded gas has reached record highs in 2022, according to GasBuddy.com. A gallon of unleaded gasoline in recent weeks has averaged over $5 per gallon in many spots around the country. Any way you slice it, gas is expensive, and it could make...

An investigation is underway after a 20-year-old man was fatally shot during an argument in northwest Harris County Monday, deputies said. Harris County Precinct 4 deputies were dispatched to an apartment complex located at 14230 Wunderlich Dr. around 9 p.m. after receiving reports of a weapons...

100-degree Days Continue This Week! Monday started off a crazy warm stretch of weather this week with 102 at Bush Airport, 101 at Hobby, 97 in Galveston! All three are records for Monday and we’re likely going to see highs in the triple digits each day this week! Next Three Days Forecast...

Texas Children’s Hospital will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 6 months to 5 years old Tuesday. Parents and caregivers seeking to vaccinate their children can schedule an appointment with one of six Texas Children’s Hospital locations throughout Houston and Austin with...

A fire incident at Oxy Vinyls plant in La Porte Tuesday is under investigation, officials with the La Porte Office of Emergency Management said. It happened at 2400 Miller Cut-Off Rd. around 1:53 a.m. When La Porte firefighters were called to the scene, they observed flames and smoke coming...

In contrast to what looked like a monsoon flooding on two streets in the Briarforest neighborhood Monday, people complained inside their homes were like a drought. “It looked like Niagara Falls,” said Susan Lake, whose yard and driveway were overflowing. The wet wonder wasn’t courtesy of...

Members of the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus renewed their pleas Monday for Governor Greg Abbott to call an emergency special session on gun violence in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting. “We are 56 days away from the school year starting. We must take action to ensure another group...

A man is dead after being shot to death during a carjacking in the Willowbrook area, sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted. Deputies with the Harris County Precinct 4 Office responded to reports of a carjacking and shooting in the 10700 block of Brentway Drive around 8:30 p.m. Sheriff Gonzalez said the...

An investigation is underway after a 17-year-old was shot in southwest Houston. Houston police responded to reports of a shooting in the 8800 block of Brae Acres around 7 p.m. Police said the teen was transported to the hospital in stable condition. It’s not clear how the shooting started...