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Rain recap: Up to 9 inches Monday morning
HOUSTON (KIAH) – Persistent intense storms dropped huge amounts of rain in a short amount of time Monday morning, including nearly 9 inches in one rain gauge near Mont Belvieu, east of Houston. Before the storms arrived in the Houston area, they produced flooding far north of Houston with...
Baytown police bust credit card skimming operation, arrest duo with deep skimmers
BAYTOWN, Texas - Baytown police arrested 25-year-old Perla Miclescu and 20-year-old Rafael Rafaila on multiple charges related to a credit card skimming scam. Harris County court records indicate the duo were in possession of a ‘deep insert skimmer’, ‘overlay pinhole cameras’ and 24 re-encoded credit cards.
Woman attempts to smuggle ammunition in spare tire
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman from Channelview, Texas has been sentenced for attempting to smuggle thousands of rounds of ammunition in a spare tire, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Maria Tapia-Aguilar, 52, was sentenced to over 4 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. On Nov. 6, 2019, law […]
Murder charges filed against La Porte woman who police say confessed to setting deadly fire
HOUSTON (KIAH) — She was well known in the La Porte community for supporting those who needed food and those fighting alcohol and drug addiction. Now the community will celebrate the life of Connie Fortune on Thursday after she died in a fire at her home Monday morning. Sarah...
‘Totally frustrating’: Channelview homeowners vexed as toxins remain San Jacinto River
CHANNELVIEW, Texas – The San Jacinto River flows through Channelview, and its currents bring in fish, ships, and, unfortunately, even toxins. In 2008, the EPA classified two waste pits in the San Jacinto River as superfund sites. In 2018, the EPA and the company responsible for the toxins put...
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