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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 20, 2025 at 3:10 PMTEXAS – Kroger Co. announced Friday its plan to close 60 underperforming grocery stores over the next 18 months. The company said the decision comes as part of ongoing efforts to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences amid a challenging economic environment. The announcement was made during Kroger’s first-quarter earnings call, where the company reported solid sales growth despite the impending closures.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 20, 2025 at 3:04 PMFORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – During the National Speech & Debate Tournament in Iowa, attended by several Fort Bend County students, a video showed a man storming the stage on Thursday. A video posted by WOI showed the man on stage during one of the events, prompting a brief evacuation. Fort Bend Independent School District released a statement on Friday, saying an “unidentified individual entered the stage, briefly interrupting the event.
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click2houston.com | Mario Diaz |Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PMFORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – Fort Bend County Judge KP George continues to make headlines following his recent announcement of switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party earlier this week. Today, George appeared in court for a motion hearing concerning the criminal charges he faces in two separate incidents.
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click2houston.com | Rilwan Balogun |Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 20, 2025 at 12:01 PMSign up for our Newsletters Click2Houston Community Events Published: June 20, 2025 at 12:01 PMMISSOURI CITY, Texas – The owners of the Missouri City senior living apartment complex are speaking out for the first time after residents have complained for weeks about elevator outages.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 18, 2025 at 3:51 PMTEXAS – A Texas man has been charged after court records show he allegedly purchased explosives in New Mexico and expressed having plans to use them to harm law enforcement officers and government officials during riots in California. According to the court documents, on June 12, Grzegorz Vandenberg, 48, visited a travel center in Lordsburg, New Mexico, to purchase fireworks.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 18, 2025 at 3:48 PMTEXAS – Fort Bend County Judge KP George may have stunned some members of the Democratic party on Wednesday when he announced he was shifting sides and joining the Republican Party. George, who has been serving as Fort Bend County Judge since 2019, made the announcement at a hotel located in Sugar Land. This move came as a shock to many, since George was elected as a Democrat.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 18, 2025 at 2:17 PMAs part of CenterPoint Energy’s ongoing effort to strengthen its electric system, the company announced that it has reached a $3.2 billion settlement agreement on the landmark Systemwide Resiliency Plan. This comes as part of CenterPoint’s Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative, launched in August 2024. The initiative focused on a series of immediate actions to improve resiliency and reduce the risk of outages from the next major storm or hurricane.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 18, 2025 at 10:45 AMHOUSTON – The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Houston Police Department are searching for a man accused of killing two other men during a robbery in 2023. Christian Xavier Rucker, aka “Gucci,” is wanted on federal charges of murder in aid of racketeering, using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and causing death through the use of a firearm. He is accused of killing two men during a robbery on Luce Street on July 19, 2023.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
Published: June 18, 2025 at 9:49 AMHOUSTON, Texas – On Tuesday, it was announced that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth authorized the deployment of up to 700 military personnel to assist with immigration enforcement efforts in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. This comes after President Donald Trump deployed nearly 5,000 National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles last week following protests over his stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws.
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click2houston.com | Ninfa Saavedra
HOUSTON, Texas – On June 17, the Houston Grand Opera will host the premiere of a new song cycle titled “A Voice Within” at Emancipation Park, a celebration deeply rooted in the stories of Houston’s Third Ward residents. This event commemorates Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. The song cycle, composed by Houston Grand Opera’s Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson, features 12 songs that capture the lives of specific Black Houstonians.
