AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- The Texas House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to create a constitutional amendment legalizing wagering on certain sporting events.

Source: https://abc13.com/is-gambling-legal-in-texas-online-sports-betting-hjr-102-hb-1942/13235792/

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) -- About three and a half years later, a jury awarded five victims almost $30 million following what has been deemed one of the largest industrial explosions on the Gulf Coast.

Source: https://abc13.com/exxonmobil-explosion-baytown-2019-chemical-plant-olefins/12856110/

CLEVELAND, Texas (KTRK) -- Chaotic cell phone videos shared with ABC13 show Cleveland High School students packed shoulder to shoulder in hallways, barely able to walk.

Source: https://abc13.com/parents-concerned-in-cleveland-high-school-crowded-students-safety-isd/13696446/

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Galveston County man is using a billboard and a unique vending machine to try and tackle the fentanyl crisis.

Source: https://abc13.com/fentanyl-crisis-galveston-county-drug-use-les-mccolgin-narcan/12698967/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A bank robbery suspect known as "Playbook Pilferer" is now behind bars in Georgia, according to FBI Houston.

Source: https://abc13.com/david-stanley-arrested-playbook-pilferer-behind-bars-fbi-investigation-man-robs-nw-houston-back/14110637/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A Harris County detention officer has been relieved of duty after his arrest at work Thursday on a capital murder charge.

Source: https://abc13.com/hcso-detention-officer-arrested-capital-murder-charge-jarrell-tavon-wheeler-otis-keith-parker-killed/13447614/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- An intense manhunt continues for the gunman wanted in the shooting of a Harris County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in northeast Harris County on Wednesday.

Source: https://abc13.com/harris-county-sheriffs-deputy-shot-officer-shooting-during-traffic-stop-homestead-road-terran-green/13662023/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Like the thousands locked up in the Harris County jail, Christian Rayo was awaiting the next stage of his pending case - a murder count tied to a chase that led to the death of a 12-year-old girl riding in his vehicle.

Source: https://abc13.com/christian-rayo-chase-crash-how-many-harris-county-jail-deaths-kiara-hurtado-18th-inmate-dies/14077418/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Neighbors want officials to kick out squatters living in an abandoned home on their street, but the Harris County Sheriff's Office said there is nothing they can do.

Source: https://abc13.com/oak-ledge-drive-squatter-harris-county-sheriffs-office-action-13-houston-eviction-laws/13232048/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- On Monday, the Spring Branch ISD school board voted to expedite the district's book reevaluation process.

Source: https://abc13.com/book-bans-spring-branch-independent-school-district-families4everychild-pac-education/13030161/

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Police have dropped murder charges against a man they said was intoxicated when he ran over and killed a 6-year-old boy.

Source: https://abc13.com/child-killed-crash-darien-lewis-charges-dropped-deadly-wreck/12660468/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 17-year-old was shot while stopped at a red light in southeast Houston, and that car is now left with at least 11 bullet holes in it, according to police.

Source: https://abc13.com/17-year-old-shot-houston-teen-crime-shooting-on-airport-and-cullen/12750820/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 31-year-old police officer was charged and immediately relieved of duty after being accused of shooting his wife in the face, the Houston Police Department announced on Monday.

Source: https://abc13.com/domestic-violence-clay-road-shooting-northwest-houston-off-duty-hpd-officer-accused-of-wife/13372706/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A chemical exposure impacted a dozen people at Club Westside on Saturday, according to the Houston Fire Department.

Source: https://abc13.com/chemical-spill-chlorine-exposure-wilcrest-drive-club-westside/13423128/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man found guilty of manslaughter after a deadly road rage incident will soon learn how long he will spend behind bars.

Source: https://abc13.com/lazarius-harper-deadly-road-rage-incident-westheimer-houston-shootings/14171909/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man has been charged after his common-law wife was shot and killed in front of her daughter over the weekend, according to police.

Source: https://abc13.com/woman-killed-in-front-of-daughter-houston-man-allegedly-kills-wife-thomas-wilson-alexander-charged-bentworth-drive-apartment-shooting/13373618/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An investigation into a string of robberies in northwest Harris County ended with a Houston Police Department officer shooting at a suspect Wednesday evening.

Source: https://abc13.com/houston-crime-officer-involved-shooting-hpd-shoots-robbery-suspect-injured/13091713/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An investigation is ongoing after an Uber driver was shot and had his vehicle stolen in SW Houston on Saturday evening.

Source: https://abc13.com/man-shot-in-sw-houston-uber-driver-carjacking-trail-lake-drive-shooting/13309156/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A real fall front is on the way to Houston, but before it arrives we've got several opportunities for showers and thunderstorms in the days ahead.

Source: https://abc13.com/houston-weather-forecast-today-near-me-texas-rain-storm-predictions/39346/

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As the war in Israel rages on, a southwest Houston man living in Tel Aviv's suburbs is sharing his story.

Source: https://abc13.com/israel-hamas-war-houstonians-in-nathan-plumb-why-did-attack/13890861/