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  • Former President George H.W. Bush released from hospital

    HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush has been released from Methodist Hospital, according to spokesman Jim McGrath. According to McGrath, President Bush is doing well and happy to be home. President @GeorgeHWBush was discharged from @MethodistHosp after treatment for an infection. His doctors report he is doing well and is happy to return home. — Jim McGrath (@jgm41) May 4, 2018 Thanks for all of your prayers. Dad is doing well and headed home. https://t.co/Aq99DV2XDR — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) […]

  • Navasota ISD: At least 25 students, 5 adults injured in crash involving multiple school buses 

    HOUSTON — At least 25 students and five adults have been transported to local hospitals after two Navasota ISD school buses were involved in a crash in northwest Houston, the school district said. The accident happened on Highway 290 near Fairbanks Wednesday morning. According to NISD, fifth-grade students from John C. Webb Elementary were traveling to Houston for a museum field trip when a dump truck rear ended one of the buses, forcing the vehicle to crash into the second bus in […]

  • Terminal C at IAH reopens after ‘suspicious bag’ evacuation

    HOUSTON — The Houston Police Department bomb squad has cleared a suspicious bag threat at George Bush Intercontinental Aiport, officials said on Wednesday. According to Bill Begley, spokesperson for the Houston Airports System,  a TSA dog flagged an unattended bag in Terminal C as suspicious around 7 p.m. HPD and airport personnel evacuated the terminal and redirected passengers to Terminal D, Begley said. The terminal reopened an hour later after the bomb squad gave an all-clear, Begley said. Terminal C was closed briefly […]

  • Mayor Turner on drive-by shooting of 2 children: “This is not the new normal, we are going to get them!”

    HOUSTON — Two children were shot in a drive-by shooting in southeast Houston Thursday night, the Houston Police Department said. The shooting happened outside a nail salon in the 3900 block of Scott Street near Wheeler Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Investigators said the mother left her three children — ages 11, 8 and 5 —  inside the car when someone pulled up and fired multiple shots, striking the two younger children. The 8-year-old boy was shot in the head and transported […]

  • HCSO: Man dead, 2 wounded after NW Houston food store shooting; suspect at large

    HOUSTON — A man was fatally shot and two other men were wounded after a shooting at a northwest Houston grocery store Friday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the DJ Food Store in the 13200 block of  Veterans Memorial Drive near Bammel North Houston Road around 6:30 p.m. We are investigating a multiple-victim shooting outside DJ Food Store (Bammel N Houston and Vets Memorial). PIO is en route. #hounews pic.twitter.com/oL5AzBGe3Q — HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) January 27, […]

  • HPD: 18-wheeler falls off Eastex Freeway overpass, lands on I-10 

    HOUSTON — Houston police responded Tuesday afternoon to the scene of a vehicular accident, during which a big rig fell from a freeway overpass.   The incident happened on the Eastex Freeway at I-10 East around 3:45 p.m. The driver’s condition is unknown. IH-10 OB-Waco @ 4388 E. IH-10 Fwy. 18 WHEELER FELL FROM US59 BRIDGE ONTO IH10. Single Vehicle Accident. Expect delays. #HouTraffic. CC5 — Houston Police (@houstonpolice) January 23, 2018 This is a developing story. CW39 will bring […]

  • Boss Life Awards brings Hollywood to Houston

    HOUSTON — The Boss Life Foundation brought Hollywood to Houston Sunday night at its 5th Annual Boss Life Ball. The who’s who of entertainment and the business world showed up and showed out as they raised funds for the Boss Life Scholarship Program. The evening kicked off with an exclusive red carpet produced by Lemon-Lime Light Media that featured special guests Slim Thug, LisaRaye McCoy, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Deshaun Watson, Chester Pitts, Ali Siddiq, Aventer Gray of Lakewood Church, Miss […]

  • 18-wheeler flips off Southwest Freeway and lands on small car in Sugar Land, police say

    SUGAR LAND, Texas — Emergency crews responded to the scene of a major crash Thursday afternoon after an 18-wheeler drove off an overpass at Highway 59 near University Boulevard in Sugar Land. According to investigators, there was an accident involving two vehicles and a big rig on the Southwest Freeway shortly after 1 p.m. Police said the trailer-truck fell from the bridge and onto the feeder road, crushing a car below. Debris from the impact damaged another car along the feeder road, […]

  • Houston Health Department confirms 2 flu-related deaths

    HOUSTON — The Houston Health Department has confirmed two women in their 60s died at the end of last year from the flu. City health officials said one woman died at the end of November and the other one died in December. Houston ISD said nurses have reported 421 cases of students with flu-like illness. The first small number of confirmed flu cases was in mid-October, according to HISD. Out of the 427 cases of students with flu-like symptoms, 118 cases were […]