Sally MacDonald

2 weeks ago | fox26houston.com | Sally MacDonald

A Houston mom is on a mission to raise awareness about rip currents after her son drowned in one two months shy of his high school graduation in 2019. Kiwana Denson started the Je'Sani Smith Foundation to educate the public and save lives. Mother spreads rip current awareness The backstory: Je'Sani Smith had just turned 18 years old and was about to graduate high school when he drowned in a rip current off Padre Island back in 2019.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sally MacDonald

The Brief18-year-old Je'Sani Smith drowned in a rip current off Padre Island back in 2019. His mother, Kiwana Denson, started the Je'Sani Smith Foundation to educate the public and save lives. A new billboard campaign reminds people to "check the flags" before getting in the water. HOUSTON - A Houston mom is on a mission to raise awareness about rip currents after her son drowned in one two months shy of his high school graduation in 2019.

2 weeks ago | fox26houston.com | Sally MacDonald

The Department of Homeland Security operated what it called the first charter flight for undocumented immigrants to self-deport. The flight left Houston on Monday bound for Honduras and Colombia. President Trump created "Project Homecoming" to give those in the United States illegally a choice. By the numbers: DHS says 64 participants chose to self-deport back to their home countries on the inaugural flight. Thirty-eight arrived in Honduras and 26 landed in Colombia.

3 weeks ago | fox26houston.com | Sally MacDonald

Eyanna,11, and Cheryl, 10, were the cutest fish in the sea when we met them at the Downtown Aquarium. The two sisters have been in foster care since 2019 and are looking for a family to adopt them together.   "They are just adorable little girls. They love to do cheerleading," said Ashley Garner, Depelchin Children's Center. Meet Eyanna and Cheryl What we know: The girls are only 14 months apart and currently living in the same foster home. Eyanna is very curious and loves to learn anything.

1 month ago | fox26houston.com | Sally MacDonald

It's a box first responders hope doesn't have to be used, but they also recognize it's a resource that could be life-saving. The first "Safe Haven Baby Box" in the Greater Houston-area has been installed in The Woodlands at fire station #6 for any parent in crisis. Safe Haven Box in Houston-are Since 2017, 58 infants have been safely and legally surrendered in a Baby Box. The National Safe Haven Crisis line has assisted with more than 150 handoff surrenders.