News Roundup

  • A $40,000 bond has been set for Ashley Paige Benton, the 16-year-old girl accused of murdering a teen during a Montrose gang fight in June
  • In northeast Houston this afternoon, police found a 1-year-old baby in a car believed to have been used in an armed robbery; the suspect's family was reportedly babysitting the child, who was not harmed
  • At local park and ride lots, commuters have returned to their cars lately to find someone's stolen their gas; Metro hopes a new security camera system will help
  • A Metro bus driver trying to avoid road construction on East 20th Street slid off the road and into a ditch overnight
  • Citing potentially low participation, the city wants to replace its Veterans Day parade with a ceremony as the National Cemetery, a proposal that's ruffling some veterans' feathers
  • After having his store burglarized six times in six months, a southwest Houston business owner says he's lost faith in HPD
  • In Richmond, there have been a rash of pet attacks, and residents say coyotes are to blame; it's a problem popping up in suburbs across the country

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