New data shows Texas is not ready to reopen, expert says

HOUSTON — It's not just testing people are looking for these days, but COVID-19 treatment, too. In Texas, the state said it is running out of the only known antibody treatment to be effective against the omicron variant. Five state-run infusion centers have completely run out of Sotrovimab, including...

Despite the increase in cases, hospitalizations are down statewide.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office called it a “major industrial accident.” ExxonMobil says the fire started around 1 a.m., the cause is still being determined.

HOUSTON — As experts have been predicting, new Texas Medical Center data released on Monday suggests another COVID-19 surge is upon us. This time around, the omicron variant is largely to blame. According to TMC, cases more than doubled as of Dec. 23, skyrocketing from just over 2,000 positive...

AUSTIN, Texas — The omicron surge has pushed the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 to almost 20%. Austin’s hospital admissions are also on the rise. Despite the increases, some health experts don’t think Austin and Texas have peaked. "The community needed some sort of support,"...

Texas is close to reaching a milestone 30 million residents — a number that could be reached in 2022.

On Monday, U-Haul released its annual Growth Index, which showed that migration to southern states continues to be expedited by the pandemic, as Texas saw the largest increase of U-Haul customers in 2021. Growth states are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks entering a state versus leaving...

DALLAS — From 70-degree weather to wind chills in the single digits. That's Texas weather in a nutshell. As North Texans prepare for bitterly cold temperatures to finish this New Year's weekend, the National Weather Service has provided data about just how warm the month of December was. It's...

After that winter storm left millions freezing and in the dark, Texas lawmakers pressured both the gas and electrical power systems to make their infrastructure more resistant to cold weather. Even though 2022 has kicked off with chilling temperatures, UT Austin professor and energy expert Micahel Webber said people shouldn’t...

HOUSTON — A few minutes after people rang in the New Year, the Minnick family welcomed one of the first babies born in the Houston area in 2022. Baby Autumn was the first baby delivered on Jan. 1, 2022 at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas. Baby Autumn was born at 12:12 a.m.

HOUSTON — Thousands of people moved to Texas again this year, and if you’re one of them, you may not be aware of some of the unusual laws we have, especially those that deal with buying alcohol. All liquor stores are closed in Texas on New Year’s Day...

AUSTIN, Texas — North Texas will see its coldest weather of the season this weekend, and state energy officials say the power grid is ready for winter. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, announced Thursday that it had completed on-site inspections at more than 300 electric generation units in Texas, which account for 85% of the megawatt hours that were lost during February's winter storm.

DALLAS — A total of 22 Dallas County residents and 11 Tarrant County residents died during February 2021's deadly winter storm, according to the sixth and final report on the storm released late on New Year's Eve by The Texas Department of State Health Services. In total, the state added 36 more deaths to the report for a total of 246 people.

HOUSTON — In just three weeks, the omicron variant reached a new high in COVID-19 cases in the Houston area, according to the Texas Medical Center’s dashboard. The weekly average of daily new COVID-19 positive cases was 5,390 the week of Christmas. It took the delta variant three...

Ireyana Watts was last seen on Dec 19. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call the Houston Police Missing Persons Unit at 832-394-1840.

The cold front is coming to Houston. KHOU 11 Meteorologist Kim Castro has the timing of our approaching front.

Hope Cozart was perplexed when she received a letter from her son Maddox’s school in April telling her he needed to cut his hair because it was too long. Even so, she obliged: She took Maddox to get a haircut, which consisted of shaved sides with a little more hair left at the top. Cozart would braid or plait her son’s hair to keep it out of his face.

Shortly after police revealed that someone shot into an apartment wounding a girl, family members told ABC13 the victim is related to the slain Houstonian.

The temperature in North Texas dropped from 60 degrees on New Year’s Eve Fahrenheit to a sharp 20 degrees on New Year’s Day. This is the first hard freeze Texas has seen since winter storm Uri in February, 2021. Texans are stocking up on winter essentials, and warming...

TEXARKANA, Texas — As the skies darkened over Texarkana, Texas, on Wednesday, the clouds dropped more than water onto the town that straddles the Arkansas state line. Reports of fish falling from the sky during a round of showers were confirmed by countless photos and videos posted by residents online.