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Isidoro Gonzalez’s walls are frozen in time from the day Hurricane Harvey flooded his home. “We had to take this much off because it got wet,” he explained, showing where he had to remove sheetrock because of floodwaters. Not much has changed inside since Harvey. No repairs have been made...

A woman has died after police say she was shot multiple times in west Houston Wednesday afternoon. Houston police responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex located in the 3400 block of Woodchase Drive around 4 p.m. Sgt. Mathew Brady with Houston Police Department said...

A 64-year-old Sugar Land man has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after he was convicted of receiving and possessing videos and images of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Gregory Eugene Baker was found guilty of child pornography following a...

As it states on the posted signs, only shoes and clothes should be going in outdoor clothing and shoe donation boxes. One woman who crawled inside of a donation box located in a Walmart parking lot on Tidwell and HWY 290, learned that lesson the hard way after she got stuck inside. On...

The tie has officially been broken. Arman Saxena has been named Katy High School’s valedictorian. His twin brother, Ronak Saxena, is the salutatorian. The tie was so close that it only came down to about half a point. Twin brothers, Arman and Ronak are seniors at Katy High School. The two...

April’s KPRC 2 Community focus is on The H.E.A.R.T. Program, which offers educational and vocational training for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Volunteers from our KPRC 2 Community partners at Energy Transfer gave their time to help decorate The H.E.A.R.T. Program’s...

President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term and also commuted the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions. The White House announced the clemencies Tuesday as it launched a series of job training and reentry programs for those in prison or...

As the Houston Texans prepare for the NFL Draft on Thursday, KPRC 2′s Chancellor Johnson goes 1-on-1 with a potential future Texan, Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton. The Texans currently own two first-round picks for Thursday’s draft, and Hamilton certainly could add to the team’s secondary. Click...

When it’s game time, Mya Hollingshed is in the paint and in her competitor’s face. Off the court, her grandfather would describe her as the girl next door. “She’s not your typical basketball player,” said Hollingshed’s grandfather, Joe Walker. Joe and her mother Modeane Walker are her biggest...

University of Houston - Clear Lake has a center called the Health and Human Performance Institute, which helps patients maintain physical therapy and rehabilitation after a traumatic brain injury long after insurance stops coverage. Right now, the sessions are free. How does this work...

The mother of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes spoke out for the first time since the trial started for the suspect accused of shooting her child to death started. LaPorsha Washington, Barnes’ mother, told KPRC 2 that Wednesday during court was the first time she saw Larry Woodruffe, the man accused...

A longtime Cypress Fairbanks ISD teacher is accused of sexually assaulting one of his former students. Thomas Fox, 56, has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 years of age. The alleged abuse happened in 2001, according to court documents. The victim, who is now an...

A pimp who forced a 15-year-old girl to have sex with strangers for money and also victimized a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to 28 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Wednesday. Clifford Milton, 27, was convicted by a jury of trafficking a child after a...

A suspect has been shot by officers during an officer-involved shooting in east Houston Wednesday afternoon, Houston Police Department confirmed. Houston police responded to reports of the officer-involved shooting in the 8700 block of Josie Street around 2:30 p.m. According to police, a...

Lakeside Refrigerated Services, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 120,872 pounds of ground beef products shipped nationwide that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday. The ground...

A police chase ended with a suspect’s vehicle crashing into a utility pole in northeast Houston on Wednesday, authorities said. Harris County Constable Precinct 1 said the chase began near Mesa and Sunderland as a traffic stop, but then the suspect took off, leading deputies on a chase. The...

Parents are being urged to check their children’s digital devices for any possible communication with a girl named “Lizzy,” who investigators said is really a man luring children to engage in child pornography. The suspect lives in California, but evidence shows he reached out to kids in the...

The World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee retired Ida from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names. Ida caused severe damage in southeastern Louisiana and heavy rain and deadly flooding in the northeastern United States. Responsible for 55 direct fatalities, 32...

Two Houston Independent School District high schools are among the top 100 in America, and eleven are in the top 100 in Texas, the district announced Wednesday. The annual rankings were released this week by U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report Top 100 High Schools in America...

U.S. representative for Texas, Sylvia R. Garcia, announced she has COVID-19 on Wednesday. Rep. Garcia released this statement Wednesday: “This morning I tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, I’m fully vaccinated and boosted -- so my symptoms are mild. I’ll follow CDC guidelines and I...