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  • Police have arrested Stevdrick Jackson in connection with the murder of a southeast Houston convenience store clerk Monday
  • Roderick Fountain, a suspect in the disappearance of 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson, tried to get his wife to lie about who owned a gun in a jail phone call he didn't know was being recorded
  • Jordy Tollett is back in charge of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau after a temporary leave of absence
  • A judge granted a 90-day extension today for a hearing to determine whether Andrea Yates will stay in a state institution or be moved to another mental hospital
  • City Council is looking at expanding Houston's civility ordinance into the Sixth Ward, Avondale and Hyde Park
  • HPD changed its chase policy because of concerns about liability and public safety, Chief Harold Hurtt said
  • A bulletproof vest saved a police officer's life when he was shot at a northwest Houston apartment complex last night

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