A man shot in the head during a dispute related to a PlayStation console at a Pasadena hotel has died. According to documents, 23-year-old River Evans has been charged with murder after Victor Alvarado died. Police were called to the Pasadena Inn & Suites located on Pasadena Boulevard around 7:30 a.m. Alvarado was shot and [...]
Dow announced that it plans to build an integrated MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) distillation and prepolymers facility at its Freeport manufacturing site. The new facility in Freeport will have 30% more capacity than Dow's current facility in La Porte. When Dow starts up its new Freeport facility, which is expected to happen in 2023, Dow [...]
An internal assessment by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) showed it lacked expertise in the business of refining. Knowledge from Pemex's partnership in Deer Park with Royal Dutch Shell had not been transferred successfully to Pemex, which led losses in their Mexican refineries. Analysts say that the key to Pemex's success will now be absorbing the knowledge [...]
A massive fire broke out in March 2019 at Intercontinental Terminals Company's facility in Deer Park. It spread to almost a dozen other tanks, and a plume of smoke lingered over the Houston skyline for three days. During the fire, residents in Deer Park were forced to shelter in place due to the hazards of [...]
Mexico will purchase Shell's 50% share of the jointly owned Deer Park refinery for $600 million, officials said Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's central policy is to build, acquire or renovate oil refineries, and this purchase is part of that policy. López Obrador sees oil as a key part of Mexico's economic future. The [...]
Family members say that Gregory Kirk was lured to his son by his ex-wife, Samantha Washington, so that she could shoot and kill him. Tuesday in Pasadena, Washington used their 3-year-old son to lure Kirk outside so that she could then shoot him. Family members say that Kirk was a victim of domestic abuse and [...]
A U.S. pipeline was forced to shut down this weekend due to a ransomware attack. Houston experts warn that cyber extortion plots like the one against the Colonial Pipeline could become more common if outdated computer systems aren't updated. Dr. Chris Bronk with the University of Houston says that this ransomware attack is like someone [...]
The Intercontinental Terminals Company 2019 Deer Park fire led to a $900,000 settlement that will be paid to Harris County. The fire was caused when a tank containing a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture started fire and then spread to nearby tanks. The fire burned for several days and resulted in schools and businesses being forced [...]
During a traffic stop in Pasadena Monday around 1 p.m., a man tried to ram his car into a police car, which led to the police shooting at the suspect. In addition to ramming the police cars, the suspect in the traffic stop also tried to lead the officers on a chase. While the suspect [...]
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality monitored air and water quality levels and said it didn't find any areas of concern after a chemical fire burned in the Channelview area for hours Wednesday. The TCEQ monitored quality levels overnight and said that the staff did not detect any areas of concern. K-Solv controls the facility [...]