A hit-and-run driver killed a father in Pasadena Saturday during his six-year-old's birthday party. Jovonnie Castillo, who was 24, was hit by a vehicle on January 28 on Watters Road and died shortly after the accident. Castillo was crossing the street after visiting an ATM when the driver of a GMC truck hit him and [...]
Last week's EF3 tornado in southeast Houston still has families feeling the losses. Felicia Luna is happy that she, her husband and their son are alive and safe after watching their apartment fall around them during the storm. While many people hunkered down at home, others were still out when the large tornado hit the [...]
A powerful tornado ripped through the Pasadena and Deer Park areas Tuesday afternoon, leading to Pasadena ISD schools closing on Wednesday. The National Weather Service confirmed that the tornado moved through southern Harris County near I-45 and Beltway 8 South. Its path went through Pasadena, Deer Park and the Houston Ship Channel. Authorities say that [...]
A rental car company fined a Deer Park man more than $5,000 after he was carjacked in Tennessee. Jason Reid said Avis charged him more than $5,000 for keeping the rental car for a month, despite him telling the company that he was carjacked. Reid said he was taking his mother to see Graceland, and [...]
Friday morning just before 9 a.m. a fire broke out at Celanese Industrial located on Bayport Boulevard. Firefighters responded to the chemical plant fire and issued an all-clear order. Officials monitored the fire and results and said there would be no impact from the chemical plant fire for the surrounding community. The all clear was [...]
Two people were killed on the Fred Hartman Bridge in the La Porte area this week when a wrong-way driver hit another vehicle. Authorities say that the two vehicles hit each other head on in the far left northbound lane late Monday just before midnight. Deputies learned that 90-year-old Major Abram of the east Houston [...]
Mexico's state oil company Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos) is in talks with the Mexican government about getting fresh debt support. The Mexican government had already taken on Pemex debt amortizations in 2021 to help support the company's growth. The government stopped in the beginning of 2022 due to high crude oil prices. The talks highlight Pemex's [...]
A couple that had been estranged had their conflict spill into the streets of Pasadena. Police say that an estranged wife slammed her car intentionally into her estranged husband's car while he and another woman were on a date and inside in the vehicle in Pasadena. Vernesha Gold-Hubbs has been charged with aggravated assault of [...]
The Baytown Police Department notified a school to let them know that one of their teachers was under investigation for allegedly sending nude photos to a student. The mother of the student involved with the case says she believes it took police so long because the teacher's father is a veteran officer with the Bayton [...]
Officials say that they've finished testing the air and water in La Porte after a warehouse fire, and they're saying there are no hazards toward the community. A warehouse fire burned for several hours overnight this past weekend in La Porte. The warehouse fire started around 10 p.m. Saturday evening along South 5th Street near [...]