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The funeral details for Harris County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Robert Howard have been released. Deputy Howard’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. at Community Of Faith Church located at 16124 Becker Rd. in Hockley. The timeline of events will be as follows: 6:30 a.m. - Body departs Claire...

Sunday, May 15, 2022 kicks off Senior Week for graduating seniors in the Houston Independent School District, and one area nonprofit is helping with the celebration by hosting events intended to equip them for their next steps. According to a press release sent by Legends Do Live, there will be...

Texas has secured a surplus of nearly $25 billion for the state’s budget. But what should lawmakers look at when determining how to use the surplus? KPRC 2 Investigates talked with lawmakers about what they’re reviewing, such as crime and property taxes, to make their budget decisions. What...

Last Wednesday, all the Media-rology lit up with a potential Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf (headed toward Texas, no less) just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The cover shot today shows what was going around. This was a forecast from the American model a good two weeks out. We call these...

A woman who went missing Sunday was found dead inside a vehicle on a property, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Edna Jackson, 82, was last seen Sunday in the 100 block of Cypress Station Drive. She suffered from dementia and was nonverbal. The Institute of Forensic Science...

Exercising your right to vote can be confusing or intimidating, regardless if you’re a first-time voter or a veteran. In 2021, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1, or the so-called election integrity bill, which changed a number of rules related to how Texans can vote. KPRC 2 News and KSAT 12, our...

About 300 officers, on foot and on horses, have hit the ground in Leon County just west of Centerville to search for convicted murderer Gonzalo Lopez who escaped from prison transport last week. “We are not going to rest until we find him. We are determined to find him,” said the public...

A man has been arrested and charged in connection to a drive-by shooting that left a mother and her 11-year-old son wounded inside their north Harris County home early Sunday, HCSO said. Keandre Jackson, 19, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. On Monday...

Monday’s Record Heat: Plenty of summer heat again today! Records were tied at both Hobby airport and for a third consecutive day, Galveston. We’ll likely see more records tied for the next few days as the heat will not break. After another steamy day, we’re going to see a very slow cool off...

Within weeks of a Langham Creek High School teacher being charged with sexual assault of a child under 17 years of age -- a second former teacher is facing allegations of having an improper relationship with a student. READ: Former Langham Creek HS teacher charged for sexual relationship with...

A Houston-area family said they’ve been left to clean up after illegal dumpers on a property near a sacred cemetery for years. Tanya Moore grew up on the land near Sunbeam and Vasser St. near Sunnyside. She recalls running down the dirt road as a young girl. Now, Moore can barely walk down the...

The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was found dead at home have been arrested, according to the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office. On Monday, Rebecca Lynn Hart was arrested on a capital murder warrant in connection to 2-year-old Daniel Escamia’s death. His father, Eddie Escamia, was charged with...

A man who attacked a bailiff in 2021 after receiving a six-year prison sentence will now have to serve at least double that amount of time before he is eligible for parole on new convictions, according to court documents. In September 2021, Jonathan Carriere, who was 19 years old at the time...

The Houston Police Department released bodycam video of a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened on April 9 in northwest Houston. The shooting took place in the 700 block of West Mount Houston Road near Veteran Memorial on Saturday around 5:50 p.m. RELATED: Suspect shot by HPD officer...

A 4-year-old boy who was accidentally shot by a 9-year-old at a home near Katy has died, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. According to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, 32-year-old Francisco Javier Lupian was visiting his 4-year-old nephew and several other people at the home in the 22300...

A multi-vehicle collision has closed down main lanes headed northbound on SH-146 on the Fred Hartman Bridge. According to Houston Transtar, the accident involved a heavy truck that was carrying hazardous materials, however it is unclear exactly what caused the accident. Traffic was reportedly...

Gov. Greg Abbott is holding a roundtable discussion with Houston-area business leaders on Thursday afternoon. The roundtable begins at 2:45 p.m. KPRC 2 will livestream the event in the video player above. Continue reading...

Planet Fitness announced Wednesday that it is inviting high school students ages 14 to 19 to work out for free at any of its Houston locations from May 16 through Aug. 31, as part of its nationwide High School Summer Pass program. Planet Fitness said it hopes to help teens get moving and focus...

This is a transcript of the video in the player above. If you watched our story on clone cars and the problem with bonded titles in the state of Texas, I’ve got a lot more to share with you so I wanted to sort of break down our investigation and tell you how we started our investigation and all...

A man has been charged with murder after being accused of shooting another man during an argument over a truck on Sunday, according to Liberty County Sheriff’s Office. Edwin Thomas Baty, 54, is accused of fatally shooting 32-year-old Christopher Aaron Jorgensen. The incident was reported at...