Todd Travon Rogers

5 days ago | cw39.com | Todd Travon Rogers

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Today, the City of Houston officially kicked off its citywide celebration of Juneteenth with the 3rd annual Celebrate Freedom Fest taking place today at Emancipation Park in the heart of Houston’s Third Ward. When asked what Juneteenth means to him, event chair John Niklos II said, “It is the ways that we transmute the pain of shadowed slavery into the joys of liberation.

6 days ago | cw39.com | Todd Travon Rogers

HOUSTON (KIAH) — A truck caught fire on the West Sam Houston Tollway Southbound before West Rd this morning around 8:36 a.m., causing lane closures. The incident was cleared at 10:32 AM, but it is unclear if the lanes have been reopened.

6 days ago | cw39.com | Todd Travon Rogers

HOUSTON (KIAH) — Anthony Battle and Alicia Buchanan were brought before a judge on theft charges yesterday and during the court hearing, it was revealed that the two broke into a police officer’s vehicle and stole a backpack with $2,500 inside. The judge also learned that both suspects have criminal records and have been involved in theft-related incidents in the past. They are both behind bars currently. Battle’s bond has been set at $20,000, and Buchanan’s bond has been set at $7,500.

6 days ago | cw39.com | Todd Travon Rogers

HOUSTON (KIAH) — An 18-year-old is facing charges with three different crimes after he crashed a stolen car into a home in northwest Houston yesterday morning. Jamaury Menifee led police on an early morning chase around 2 a.m. According to reports, Menifee refused to stop, and officers performed a pit maneuver to force him off the road. Menifee drove right into the bedroom of a 25-year-old man who was asleep in bed. The man was pinned against a wall by the impact of the crash.

1 week ago | cw39.com | Todd Travon Rogers

HOUSTON (KIAH) — A severe thunderstorm hit the Austin area on Wednesday that brought high winds and a massive hailstorm. The storm dropped “golf ball-sized hail” in the area, which was captured on social media. “It’s a bad time to be a homeowner,” Todd Staples, who recorded the hail, said in the footage. The National Weather Service warned the storm was a “life-threatening” situation in Austin. A video by Jasmine Imani Price shows muddy water gushing next to an apartment complex.