An overnight shooting left a 20-year-old Harris County woman dead. Sierra Rhodd was sleeping in her home when she was shot. Authorities say that the fatal shooting happened in the 11220 block of Timber Crest a little after 11:00 p.m. Deputies say that a group surrounded the home and opened fire with at the very [...]
A man was killed late Friday evening after being struck by a vehicle near the 3900 block of Shaver Road. Pasadena police responded at 11:05 p.m., and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police, the driver of the vehicle didn't show any signs of being intoxicated. Officers are still investigating, and [...]
A new grant program is being unveiled to help Pasadena businesses hurting during the pandemic. Business owners can vie for financial relief thanks to a partnership between the Pasadena Economic Development Corp., the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. The new Pasadena Cares Financial Assistance Grant program will tie into an initiative [...]
Earlier in August Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner challenged Houstonians to work together to drop the COVID-19 23% positivity rate to under 5%. With a week left in August, Houston's rate is down to 9.2%. This is the lowest positivity rate in the city since May. Mayor Turner says that this drop in positivity rate shows [...]
An oil tank caught fire at the Chevron refinery early Tuesday morning in Pasadena, Texas. An update was issued by the East Harris County community alert system before 6 a.m. The fire was reported at a facility in the 100 block of Red Bluff. The company said that the fire was put out less than [...]
A district judge has ordered a La Porte clinic to stop all COVID-19 related medical care. Clinica Hispana La Porte, which is located at 606 Spencer Highway, was administering antibody tests to patients and claiming that they were COVID-19 infection tests. The Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also alleges that the clinic threw away tests [...]
When Pasadena students start the school year, they'll be starting online for at least the first three weeks. Superintendent DeeAnn Powell hopes that the three weeks of virtual learning will give time for COVID-19 pandemic conditions to improve. She hopes that by September 8 students who want in-person education will be able to return to [...]
Police are searching for a man who shot another man in the Deer Park Jack in the Box drive-thru and then stole his vehicle. Around 10:30 p.m. last Wednesday, officers found a man who had been shot, and his vehicle was missing. The incident occurred at the Jack in the Box on Center near Highway [...]
A Deer Park man was arrested after police stated that he stole more than $41,000 worth of iPads from a school within the Deer Park Independent School District. Alexander Garcia was arrested after officials determined that he stole thousands of dollars worth of iPads from Deepwater Junior High School. He listed them for sale on [...]
Bar owners and supporters gathered together this week at a Pasadena nightclub to protest the governor's bar closure order. The co-owner of Chuters in Pasadena says that they just want to open to make money to pay the bills. The bar closed when Governor Abbott ordered bars to be closed on June 26, but Chuters [...]