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Texas Surrogacy Company Owner Stole Funds For Rap Career
Houston based, Surrogacy Escrow Account Management(SEAM) is a company designed to give intended parents an account in which to store money for their surrogate's payments and medical bills. WFAA reports that SEAM owner Dominique Side allegedly stole the money and used it to "bankroll her music career as 'Dom,' a...
Wanted suspects apprehended in Harris County
HOUSTON, Texas — Two male suspects were taken into custody after deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle call in the 2900 block of FM 2920.Deputies located a vehicle matching the description and arrested both suspects for various warrants, according to Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4. The suspects were allegedly involved in stealing from a construction site.
Former Lone Star College-Kingwood professor inspires Netflix movie
A former Lone Star College-Kingwood adjunct professor is the inspiration behind a new movie on Netflix. The movie “Hit Man,” starring Glen Powell, is loosely based on the story of Gary Johnson, a former psychology professor at LSC-Kingwood. But what his students likely did not know, is that...
'They're aggressive': It's a team effort to fight off mosquitos this season in Harris County
It has already been an overactive mosquito season, and with more rain on the way, it will only get worse.To slow the aggressive insects, Harris County Health officials and residents will need to work together.Daisy Cedillo loves to run in Memorial Park but said she feels under attack."Honestly, they're going crazy; I don't know what's in the air," Cedillo told ABC13.What's in the air? Heat, humidity, and flooding rains that lead to standing water are perfect breeding grounds for the southeast Texas mosquito.Dr. Max Vigilant, the director of mosquito control for Harris County, says the early heat and flooding rain...
Houston candidates pitching themselves to replace the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on November ballot
WASHINGTON — The race to succeed U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in her Houston district is already underway, with at least three local politicians considering bids. Among the declared and potential Democratic candidates are former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, state Rep. Jarvis Johnson and Houston Councilwoman Letitia Plummer. It was not immediately clear whether Amanda Edwards, who finished second in the district’s original primary last year, would seek the seat again.
'It's important that we have a continuing strong voice in Congress' | Race begins to fill vacant 18th Congressional District seat
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — While tributes continue to pour in for Sheila Jackson Lee after her death last week, the process has already begun to find a new Democratic candidate to replace her name on the November general election ballot. Jackson Lee won a primary earlier this year and...
Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer
As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool.But on their fourth day without power, she awoke to hear Pamela Jarrett, who used a wheelchair and relied on a feeding tube, gasping for breath. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at the hospital, with the medical examiner saying her death was caused by the heat.“It’s so hard to know that she’s gone right now because this wasn’t supposed to happen to her,” Janet Jarrett said.Almost...
HCSO: Deputies find man shot to death in car crashed on Eastex Freeway
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff's Office discovered a driver had been shot to death in a crashed car on the Eastex Freeway Sunday morning, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Gonzalez said deputies were responding to reports of a crash on the freeway near East...
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