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The Houston Texans further bolstered a defense that was among the worst in the league last season on the second day of the NFL draft Friday night. The Texans selected Baylor safety Jalen Pitre in the second round with the 37th pick a night after taking LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. with the...

A southwest Houston woman is asking for the city’s help after a vehicle drove onto her property, damaged two vehicles, and knocked over her fence. Linda Ortega has lived at the home located near the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Tanglewilde for 16 years and said she’s had at least five...

One Houston area business owner and her team are facing the aftermath of a terrifying robbery caught on surveillance video. Two armed masked men entered the Exquisite Hair Junkies shop on Fondren Road Friday afternoon around 2 p.m. and robbed the store of its inventory, even stealing an...

Sheletta Brundidge is a mother on a mission. She is a native of Houston’s 5th Ward who now lives in Minnesota. While Brundidge may live nearly 1,200 miles away, she continues to give back to her hometown community. Brundidge is a children’s book author who has written books about her three...

The idea is to keep kids safe. To that end, according to Santa Fe ISD, a handful of their school busses have been outfitted with automated camera systems that are designed to record vehicles that do not obey the extended stop signs on the busses. The systems are also evidence used to levy $300...

Jose Altuve, trying to work his way back to the Houston Astros’ lineup, is in the Friday lineup for the Sugar Land Space Cowboys as his rehab stint begins. Altuve had been on the 10-day injured list since April 19 with a left hamstring strain after getting hurt running down the baseline in the...

A newly released report from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) focuses on the impact the pandemic has had on nursing homes. According to the AHCA, 327 nursing homes have closed nationwide during the pandemic with more than 400 projected in 2022. Prior to the COVID-19, the AHCA’s...

The owner of a used cat lot in Houston’s Fifth Ward got into a shootout with a customer over an ongoing disagreement on Friday, according to the Houston Police Department. The shooting was reported around 2:51 p.m. at the business located in the 3300 block of Liberty Road. Police said the...

A 13-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a 16-year-old, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed. On Thursday, March 3, a teen boy was found shot in the head outside of a business located in the 6800 block of Fry Road near FM 529. Gonzalez said the deadly...

A man was shot nearly 18 times by a carjacking suspect who was just released from jail earlier this month, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The dangerous chain of events unfolded Thursday, beginning in the 400 block of FM 1960. According to deputies, a man was at an air pump...

Harris County Sheriff’s Office officials have confirmed that human remains found in December 2021 have been identified as 29-year-old Taylor Pomaski. According to investigators, Pomaski was last seen on April 25 at a party. Authorities said Pomaski disappeared under suspicious circumstances and...

The man who was charged in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes was found guilty of capital murder Friday. The verdict comes three days after the trial started on Tuesday, April 26. Larry Demetricus Woodruffe, 27, was charged in January 2019 with capital murder after deputies said a...

An investigation is underway after a man was found dead on the side of a road Friday in east Houston, according to the Houston Police Department. The discovery was made around 6:45 a.m. in the 10200 block of Ley Road. Police said the man, in his 50s, was found unresponsive while lying on the...

From cellphone connection issues to dirty neighborhood canals, the KPRC 2 Investigates team is in the community this week working to get answers for you! We are looking into what some are calling a cellphone dead zone in a popular area of Montgomery County. Plus, a stinky, trashy mess floating...

Several Houston-area shelters are operating at critical capacities and are in urgent needs of homes for their furry charges. This weekend, animal shelters and welfare organizations are waiving or reducing adoption fees as part of an area-wide initiative to help alleviate strained shelters. The...

There’s a Houston spot that takes cuteness to the next level with their bubble tea. TeaTalk is a bubble tea shop that is a bit hidden in a corner of a plaza between some of the city’s top Vietnamese food establishments such as Pho Binh By Night and Bun Bo Hue Duc Chuong Midnite. But TeaTop’s...

Celebrations have begun at the Houston Zoo as they celebrate their 100th anniversary this weekend. In a news release, the City of Houston built a fence around a tract of land in Hermann Park to house a lone bison named Earl along with numerous animals in the year 1922. That fence later grew to...

The body of a missing Harris County woman was found on Wednesday behind a strip center in Baytown, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Vicki Conerly, 65, was reported missing on April 22. She was reportedly in need of medications. Police in Baytown found her dead in the 400 block of...

Diane Anderson is facing a problem many parents are battling now - a shortage of baby formula. It’s a dire situation across the country, as families jump from store to store trying to find formula on shelves. At the beginning of the year, there was an 8% shortage of formula. That’s risen to...

Crime Stoppers of Houston and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Division will host a press conference Friday to ask for the public’s assistance to identify the suspect responsible for the murder of victim Disha Allen. On Dec. 12, 2021, about 50 people were gathered at a vigil for a...