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Here are the new Texas laws in effect on Sept. 1, 2024
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State inspections go away for Texas drivers in four months, but vehicles in certain counties will still need to pass a test
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Neighbors share more about Navy veteran killed in carjacking in southwest Houston
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HISD teacher's 12-year-old daughter spent night on a bench after mom locked her out, HPD says
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Ax-wielding woman on bicycle attacks couple in NW Harris County: 'That girl had no soul'
A woman is facing kidnapping and robbery charges after prosecutors say she attacked a couple with an ax, and one of the victims believes jealousy is the motive.ONLY ON 13, Katelynn Mitcham, 20, told Eyewitness News that she and her 22-year-old girlfriend had just gotten matching tattoos early Tuesday morning when they pulled into the Westbrook Lakes community pool's parking lot in northwest Harris County."We were in the back of the car. We were just talking about life," Mitcham said.But according to Mitcham, 47-year-old Loretta Hughes cut that conversation short when she pulled up on a bicycle with knives and...
Texas AG threatens lawsuit if Harris Co. decides to send out unsolicited voter registration forms
Harris County Commissioners are responding to a letter sent Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who threatened a lawsuit if they decide to send out unsolicited voter registration applications in the mail.This comes after Paxton launched a voter fraud investigation that led to raids at the homes of at least six members of LULAC, a Latino civil rights group. No charges have been filed against any of the people targeted in the searches that took place two weeks ago. LULAC has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene.READ MORE: LULAC wants federal investigation of Texas AG over home...
Texas Veteran Senselessly Killed in Vicious Carjacking
A peaceful afternoon at the Lone Star Living assisted living complex in southwest Houston was shattered by violence on Saturday. Just after noon, a 90-year-old resident was brutally shot and killed during what appears to be a senseless carjacking. The tragic incident occurred off Westbrae Parkway, near the intersection of...
HISD teacher's 12-year-old daughter spent night on a bench after mom locked her out, HPD says
The 12-year-old daughter of a woman, whom court documents identified as a Houston Independent School District teacher, walked to a police station after and told officers her mother locked her out of her apartment overnight, the Houston Police Department said.HPD provided additional details after court paperwork revealed that authorities charged 43-year-old Georgette Albert with child endangerment, alleging she "unlawfully, intentionally, and knowingly" placed a child younger than 15 years old in "imminent danger of bodily injury."The record shows the alleged offense happened on Aug. 31, and Houston police arrested Albert the following morning on Sept. 1.ORIGINAL STORY: Part-time HISD teacher...
CenterPoint cleans overgrown lot after neighbor contacts 13 Investigates
Waist-high weeds overran the property next to Lynn Juravich, and the sidewalk in front of his neighbor's lot was nearly impassable."If you like snakes and rats and possums, you'd be in heaven, but I don't. It's not very fun," Juravich said.He said he used to mow his neighbor's lot, but he said after a fence went up around it about six months ago, he was no longer able to take care of it and the property owner wasn't mowing it either.County records show CenterPoint owns the property next to Juravich on Wycliffe Drive in northwest Houston.13 Investigators contacted CenterPoint to...
Candlelight vigil honors Baltimore County native murdered in Rice University dorm
BALTIMORE -- The Community College of Baltimore County hosted a candlelight vigil to honor the life of graduate Andrea Rodriguez Avila, who was shot to death on August 26 in her dorm room at Rice University in Houston, Texas.Rodriguez Avila, a 2023 graduate of CCBC, transferred to Rice last spring to study political science with dreams of working for the United Nations.On Tuesday, students, staff and family members gathered near the Romadka College Center to share memories of the 21-year-old college student. While at CCBC, Rodriguez Avila was president of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society and a First-Year Experience Mentor. "The...
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