The charges come after an undercover investigation by the Houston Police Department’s Major Offenders Division and a confession from one of the employees arrested.
It’s not often you hear a firefighter tell you they were scared. But that’s exactly what a Cy-Fair Firefighter shared after riding out a tornado in the garage of a home that was just struck by lightning.
A sweeping multi-agency operation in Harris County has resulted in the arrest of dozens of violent offenders and sexual predators. Officials announced the results of the warrants round up targeting violent offenders during a news conference on Tuesday.
Residents of the Colony Creek neighborhood have been working to pick up the pieces after a recent storm caused significant tornado damage in the area.
When an EF-2 tornado tore through Spring on Tuesday, it didn’t just splinter trees and damage homes, but also caused chaos and panic. That’s for us humans, so imagine what the family pets were thinking.
A former teacher who fled to Peru after being accused of sexually assaulting children has been captured and returned to Houston.
After a tornado damaged homes in neighborhoods across Houston’s northside yesterday, officials are working to help pick up the pieces and provide assistance to communities who are in need.
Harris County deputies are searching for Susana Hernandez, 83, who went missing Monday while walking her dog near her family’s home. She has dementia.
Donald Patrick Doolittle, 58, was arrested for allegedly impersonating an ICE agent and extorting a woman by demanding money to avoid deportation, according to Harris County court records.
Monday afternoon, we’ll start to see storms moving in from the south and west as they get drawn in from the front arriving at night.
Residents in a Spring neighborhood described the seconds they had to take cover as a tornado barreled through their community.
A fast-moving storm swept through a northwest Harris County neighborhood Monday afternoon, causing significant damage but no reported injuries.
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As millions of Americans gather around their televisions this Thanksgiving, watching the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, two Houston-area students will be living their dream on the streets of Manhattan, performing in the 99th annual celebration.
New survey data from spring 2024 shows two in five Houston and Harris County households face food insecurity, with residents reporting poorer health, higher uninsured rates, and more delays in medical care.
Surveillance video showed the 18-year-old positioning his phone under the woman's dress before he was caught by her daughter.
Each year, as Americans roll up their sleeves for their annual flu shot, they might be surprised to learn their protection often begins with data from our friends down under.
A four-month Houston Police Department investigation of a 71-year-old man’s violent robbery in the Bellaire area has led to charges being filed against a serial robbery suspect, according to court records.
A man in Atascocita is raising concerns after he says he received his early voting ballot in the mail two weeks after the 2025 Election Day in Harris County.
Investigators have formally identified Houston singer D4vd as a suspect in the death of a teenage girl whose dismembered, decomposed body was found in the trunk of his impounded vehicle.
A man was hospitalized Monday night after being shot in north Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation into the Houston Independent School District by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office is ongoing according to an email sent last Thursday by the Assistant District Attorney of the Public Integrity Division to the parents who filed criminal complaints last winter and spring.
As the federal government raises new questions about the integrity of SNAP benefits, one Brazoria County community isn’t waiting for Washington to fix it.
METRO police say a pedestrian, who was walking in the HOV lane on the North Freeway, was killed after being hit by a METRO bus early Monday.
An 18-year-old former Alief ISD student who allegedly brought a sledgehammer to school in April is now wanted for allegedly threatening to kill the assistant principal who called the police on her over the hammer incident.
Three Houston residents have been found guilty of participating in a scheme to fraudulently secure the release of Harris County inmates using falsified bail bond documents.
She’s not a reporter in the traditional sense. No press pass, no newsroom and no deadlines. But when something happens in Houston’s streets, Griselda “Grizzy” Castillo often first to the scene.
A Cy-Fair mother is pushing for a crossing guard after her 14-year-old daughter was struck while using a marked crosswalk near Arnold Middle School and Cy-Fair High School. The teen was not seriously injured.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is searching for 35-year-old Reginald Patt, accused of attacking a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in May.
The county recently allocated $1.3 million to groups that provide immigration legal services amid an uptick in federal enforcement. Paxton called the program “evil and wicked.”
A bomb squad has responded to a suspicious items discovered Saturday night at an apartment complex in northwest Harris County, according to Harris County Pct. 4 constable deputies.
A driver has been arrested after a roadway shooting left one woman injured Saturday near FM-529 and Glen Chase, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were working to find out if alcohol was a factor in a wrong-way crash that killed a 5-year-old girl in northeast Harris County.
Former Harris County DA Kim Ogg has been cleared of professional misconduct after the Board of Disciplinary Appeals dismissed two grievances related to her public comments on high-profile death penalty cases.
The crash happened on Oct. 31 on Garrett Road, just outside of Sheldon Lake State Park in the eastern part of Harris County.
Houston’s first 3D-printed community is about to start production. The developers of Zuri Gardens bill the project as attainable, sustainable and the future.
The incident happened late Monday at the Chevron at State Highway 249 and Bammel North Houston Road. The footage was shared widely after our community partner Grizzy’s Hood News posted it.
During an undercover sting in Klein, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable deputies stopped 51 drivers who sped past a stopped school bus.
According to preliminary results, Christian Menefee leads with 32% of the vote. Amanda Edwards, former Houston City Council member, follows at 25%. Since no one candidate received 50% of the vote a runoff election with the two top performing candidates is likely.
Authorities have shut down an unlicensed medical boarding home accused of operating illegally in northeast Harris County.
Nine candidates are vying for three seats on the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees in a heated, politically charged race fueled by more than $100,000 in campaign spending and significant support from conservative-aligned PACs.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man they say fell off a jet ski in the Muleshoe Lake area of the San Jacinto River Tuesday.
Nhan Ngo, owner of Petit Beignets and Tapioca in northwest Harris County, is supporting his community amid SNAP benefit delays by distributing free meals.
Highfield, who became a U.S. citizen in 2001 after emigrating from England, says he’s been summoned seven times in the past 20 years — six times in Harris County and once for a local magistrate’s court.
Negligent landlords of federally subsidized housing could face federal fines under a bill inspired by a KPRC 2 investigation into unsafe conditions at a Houston complex.
ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them don’t have criminal convictions despite pledges to pursue “the worst of the worst.”
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said it happened at a complex at 14340 Wallisville Road in the eastern part of Harris County.
A gruesome discovery under a Houston freeway has left a family searching for answers after a man was found hanging and on fire, in what police are investigating as a potential homicide.
The Harris County Pct. 4 Constable’s Office says all lanes of West Hardy Road are shut down in Spring after a major crash involving a pedestrian.
Houston will soon be home to the nation’s largest swift-water rescue training facility, a $104 million project transforming 27 acres in Mission Bend into a state-of-the-art hub for first responders and public flood preparedness.
An off-duty Harris County sheriff’s deputy fired his weapon at a subject in Atascocita Friday.
A man was arrested and now facing multiple charges after a video showed him brutally assaulting a 9-month-old Labrador mix, according to constables with Harris County Precinct 1.
One man was left dead and another injured following a shooting Thursday night in north Harris County, according to Harris County Pct. 4 constable deputies.
A five-year-old boy with autism was found wandering in the middle of a busy intersection after being left alone on a school playground on Tuesday.
A year after KPRC 2 Investigates revealed a Harris County office created to help move abandoned residential properties through probate, we found the City of Houston has rarely utilized the service.
With Halloween just around the corner, Houston's law enforcement is stepping up to ensure a safe trick-or-treating experience for everyone.
Activists are calling on the Harris County DA to upgrade charges after a woman was allegedly assaulted and targeted with racial slurs at a Houston gas station.
Former Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg appeared back in court Tuesday morning in the latest court appearance for an alleged gag order violation.
The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near an all-time high, the state says.
Nearly 900,000 people in the Houston area rely on SNAP benefits to buy groceries, but those payments could stop in November if Congress doesn’t reach a deal to fund the government by tomorrow.
A line of thunderstorms is developing out west of the Houston area Friday night.
Authorities are looking for a 12-year-old boy after they say he stabbed his 13-year-old sister Friday evening.
The Matagorda County Judge said the county’s budget doesn’t allow for “large-scale assistance” efforts
Doris Brown’s home in Northeast Houston becomes a refuge for neighbors during power outages thanks to her solar panel and battery system.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is asking a judge to set a $1 million bond for a man accused of child sexual assault.
The cuts could impact as many as 300 seniors in Harris and Galveston counties
Deputies say a 78-year-old man shot and killed his wife’s son after the son tried to break up a fight between the couple.
Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth joined KPRC 2 News at 8 a.m. on the KPRC 2+ livestream Thursday to answer all of your election questions.
The State of Texas Health and Human Services tell KPRC, SNAP benefits may not come in November if the government shutdown doesn’t end by Monday.
The 5th Circuit last year overturned its previous ruling that allowed racial groups to band together to challenge voting maps, laying the groundwork for Texas’ mid-decade redistricting.
The arrest of five men in a Harris County sting underscores a growing crisis as predators increasingly use artificial intelligence to exploit and target children online.