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Ever since the first Fifth Ward cancer cluster was confirmed by the state department of health in 2019, numerous city and state elected officials have shown up to meetings declaring support for residents and promising to hold Union Pacific accountable for the decades-long contamination at its...

The Wellborne Cinema Four Theater in Alvin was in danger of closing but spoiler alert, all sides have agreed to work together to keep it open. A victory for the theater owner Andrew Thomas and the company. “Even when I was a kid, this was the theater I came to. I saw the Little Mermaid with my...

Police are responding to a shooting in northeast Houston where they say a suspect was shot by an officer with the Houston Police Department after what they believe was an attempted robbery incident. According to officials, the shooting took place in the 6400 block of Heath Street on Wednesday...

There are currently over 100,000 people waiting for an organ transplant in the United States. According to organdonor.gov, someone new gets added every nine minutes, meaning that there simply aren’t enough organs to go around. Dr. Trine Engebretsen is a transplant surgeon at UTMB, and by an...

Dr. Robin Armstrong has been appointed by Galveston County Judge Mark Henry to fill the Galveston County Precinct 4 County Commissioner vacancy. District Judge John Ellisor presided over a swearing-in ceremony earlier Monday. Armstrong is a hospitalist physician and owner of Armstrong Medical...

An 18-year-old was arrested in connection to the death of a man who was shot after reportedly being harassed by a group of teens, according to the Houston Police Department. Isaiah Henry, 18, has since been charged with murder. On May 9, Houston police responded to reports of a shooting in the...

The Aldine ISD Board of Trustees approved pay raises and a retention bonus for all employees during the May 17 Board meeting. Trustees also approved raising the starting teacher salary from $58,000 to $61,000. The retention bonus will be determined by the years of service for staff employed as...

Dr. Edward Cathright is a dentist at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston. He served 34 years with the Army Dental Corps, and said he has always known he would one day work at the VA. “Being a veteran, it was just a natural fit for me. I always said when I was on active duty...

Five men accused in a health care fraud scheme involving local pharmacies and a pain clinic are set to make their appearances in Houston federal court, U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced Monday. Charles Willis, 57, appeared for his arraignment on the federal indictment. Henry Gonzales...

Officials have evacuated five homes in one Katy neighborhood as emergency crews work to repair a gas leak. According to the City of Katy’s Office of Emergency Management, the leak happened near South Firethorne Road and Pinpoint Crossing Wednesday afternoon. Responders on the scene are asking...

Just like Houston residents, some animals at the Houston Zoo are getting vaccinated against coronavirus. So far, 94 zoo animals are vaccinated. Each animal received two doses of the vaccine approximately three walks apart, with no significant adverse effects reported, the Houston Zoo said in a...

A 63-year-old man will spend the next seven and a half years in prison after he pleads guilty to being in possession of firearms while out on bond, U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery’s office announced. According to documents, Michael Gene Richardson was arrested in 2018 after a drug...

A man is dead following a shooting in the parking lot of the Best Budget Inn Motel in northeast Houston, police said. Houston police responded to reports of a shooting at the Budget Inn located in the 6900 block of Eastex Freeway around 2 p.m. Wednesday. According to HPD Lt. Larry Crowson, two...

A purse-snatcher rocking a bright pink warm up suit was caught on camera punching a woman after he snatched her purse off of a hotel desk, according to Houston police. On May 1 around 5 a.m., two men were leaving a hotel in the 2900 block of West Sam Houston Parkway. As one of the men walked...

In a Wednesday morning tweet posted by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the 31-year-old made it clear that she expects to face criminal charges in an ongoing investigation involving the Texas Rangers and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. The tweet said, in part, “she’ll have me...

The Houston Police Department is searching for four suspects, three men and one woman, who are accused of stealing a vehicle. On Wednesday, Dec. 15, Houston police responded to reports of a stolen vehicle at an apartment complex located in the 5700 block of W. Gulf Bank. Police said a man had...

KPRC 2 and American Furniture Warehouse are surprising 20 deserving high school seniors with scholarships in 2022. All students selected for scholarships have been nominated by their high schools. The seventeenth $2,500 scholarship winner of the year is Aiden Collier who will graduate from...

On May 18, KPRC 2 is celebrating medical heroes throughout Texas Medical Center. One critical program in the great Houston area is Memorial Hermann Life Flight. The men and women who work Life Flight never stop. It runs 24/7, 365 days a year. Crews perform about 3,500 missions each year...

Wednesday, March 18, marks the fourth anniversary of the Sante Fe High School shooting where 10 people were killed and 13 others were wounded by a lone gunman in 2018. In remembrance of the victims, Santa Fe residents will gather at 3:30 p.m. at Santa Fe High School at the Unfillable Chair...

A new section of the Grand Parkway will open on Thursday morning. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Wednesday morning to mark the grand opening of a portion of the SH 99 Grand Parkway Project. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the 52-mile corridor spans Harris...