Father in stage four liver failure says he was misled into moving into southeast...
HOUSTON – A Houston father waiting for a liver transplant says he used his savings to move into a house near the Texas Medical Center, then learned the person guiding him through the process had no authority over the property. The discovery left him with almost no money, no access to medication, and no clear place to...
Shooting leaves one man dead in apartment parking lot along Westheimer
HOUSTON — A man was shot and killed Tuesday night in a parking lot of an apartment complex along Westheimer in Houston, according to police. Houston Police Department and Houston Fire Department units responded to reports of a shooting around 8 p.m. near Kirkwood and Westheimer. Officers arriving at the scene found a...
Houston-area woman files new suit against Death Row Records over $107 million judgment
A Houston area woman has filed another lawsuit against Snoop Dogg's music label Death Row Records, days after a judge dismissed her original lawsuit.
Middle school student almost kidnapped on way home, police say
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) - A northeast Houston mother is sounding the alarm after her daughter was almost kidnapped on the way home from school.
Local Doctor at Baylor College of Medicine Helps Discover Link Between COVID-19 Vaccine and...
In October 2025, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Florida, Gainesville, published a study in Nature on cancer treatment. The study found that patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer or melanoma who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of...
A Houston billboard asked me to leave Texas for Oklahoma. No thanks.
A Houston billboard asked me to leave Texas for Oklahoma. No thanks.
Cleanup underway at West Bellfort property after arrests for stolen utilities
HOUSTON – A major cleanup happened this week at a property off West Bellfort on Houston’s southwest side — the same location where seven people were arrested last week accused of stealing electricity and water to power a makeshift RV encampment. When police first arrived, officers found...
Metro PD investigating after person in wheelchair pronounced deceased on E. Tidwell
HOUSTON, TX – Metro Police Department is investigating after a person in a wheelchair was pronounced deceased next to a bus stop in the 600 block of East Tidwell. Houston Fire Department personnel pronounced the individual deceased at the scene. Metro Police Department is investigating the circumstances. This is...
Exclusive: ABC13 anchor Melanie Lawson is retiring — a force in Houston news, and...
Melanie Lawson was my babysitter before I could string together a sentence. Later she became my friend and mentor.
How much you need to make to live comfortably in Texas’ biggest cities
A new 2025 study finds that a single adult in a major Texas city needs an annual pre-tax income ranging from $93,355 to over $114,659 to live comfortably. The required salary for a single adult in Austin is the highest at $114,659, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth ($107,061), Houston ($93,818), and San Antonio ($93,355).
