1 day agoHouston man accused of fraudulently getting $1.6M from a COVID-19 relief program was one of many, records show
1 day agoHere are the COVID-19 protocols in place for 18 Texas universities and colleges ahead of the fall semester
2 days agoMore calls for change in how bond is handled in Harris CountyTwo prominent Houston area state senators told KPRC 2 Investigates addressing the issue of bond reform will be a priority in the upcoming legislative session.
3 days agoMore than 12,000 Texans, lawmakers push for ban on visitation at nursing homes to be liftedFor nearly five months, nursing homes have been restricting visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic and the high risk the virus poses to residents. But family members ha...
3 days agoHouston police chief, victims’ advocates angered by cases of accused murderers released on multiple bondsFrom the streets of Harris County to the state capitol, bail reform has been an intensely debated topic. While a federal lawsuit addressed inequities in misdemeanor cases...
SCAM ALERT: Amazon sellers use your info, send packages you didn’t order to boost ratingsIt was like Christmas in July for Devon Lowe of Pearland, Texas when random Amazon boxes began appearing on her doorstep. The first was a book on how to cut off your adul...
Houston-area doctor agrees with use of controversial drug to treat COVID-19Dr. Joseph Varon is another Houston doctor that believes in this controversial drug, hydroxychloroquine.
Houston-area doctor in viral video claiming there’s a cure for COVID-19 tells her side of the storyThe Houston doctor featured in a controversial, viral video claiming an anti-malarial drug is a cure for COVID-19 is sharing her side of the story with Channel 2 Investig...
FULL INTERVIEW: Houston-area doctor in viral video touting hydroxychloroquine as virus cure doubles down on claims
Prosecutor: Bottle of liquor found in pocket of man charged in wreck that killed Houston healthcare worker
Harris County eviction cases continue to mount as coronavirus threat, job loss continuesMore than half of the Houston area’s population is renting a home or apartment, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Trust Index: Do hospitals get more money from Medicare for COVID-19 patients?You’ve probably seen the headlines making the social media rounds. Claims that “hospitals get paid more to treat COVID-19 patients” and “is medicare paying hospitals $13,...
Harris County continues to grapple with a huge backlog of criminal casesAs Harris County puts the final pieces in place to resume jury assembly and selection, the backlog of felony and misdemeanor cases continues to grow. Damage from Hurrican...
Texas is withholding millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief meant for Houston-area schoolsWhen Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also knows as the CARES Act, it included billions of dollars for schools. The money was alloc...
Amid the pandemic, Pre-K enrollment has fallen off a cliff and the impact of that can be far reaching
Pressure intensifies as several state representatives call on Chief Acevedo to release pivotal HPD audit
Families of Harding Street raid victims write letter to city for transparency, to release HPD recordings
Houston pathologists hoping autopsy research will help unlock new COVID-19 treatmentsPathologists in the Texas Medical Center are at the forefront of trying to unlock new treatments for COVID-19 patients by studying how people die from the virus. Some of ...
Police department policies vary when it comes to releasing body camera videoBody-worn cameras for all Houston police officers were introduced four years ago, but the public has rarely, if ever, been able to view any footage. But as pressure mount...
Big discrepancies found in Houston-area data in new federal tool designed to track COVID-19 in nursing homesThe federal government has launched a new database to track COVID-19 in the nation’s nursing homes. But a Channel 2 Investigation has found gaps in some of the informatio...
Debate swirls around ‘qualified immunity’ that protects police officers from lawsuitsAmid the nationwide calls for greater police accountability, a legal doctrine known as “qualified immunity” is becoming a larger part of the national discussion. Qualifie...
Weighing the risks of summer activities as COVID-19 cases spike in Houston areaAs the summer season heats up, and Texas continues its grand reopening, cases of COVID-19 are spiking in the Houston area in recent days. And that has some families wonde...
Distance learning threatens to leave students with special needs behindWhen COVID-19 shut down schools, students with special needs lost weeks of critical classroom time. That’s time that Jim and Lori Mazany say really impacted their son’s e...
