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LOS ANGELES – FOX Entertainment unveiled its primetime slate for the 2019-2020 television season, featuring four new comedies, six new dramas, and a new unscripted game show fleshing out the lineup alongside several new seasons of return favorites like “Empire,” “The Masked Singer,” and “Beat Shazam.” “The Resident” will be moving to Tuesday nights for its third season and will be airing before “Empire,” which is entering its sixth and final year. Other return series…

HOUSTON — Houstonians want to see more money put into schools and are less worried about storms like Hurricane Harvey, according to the latest edition of an annual survey. Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research released the 2019 Kinder Houston Area Survey on Monday. It’s served as an annual snapshot of Houston since 1982. Dr. Steven Klineberg, the Kinder Institute’s founding director, unveiled the findings during a packed luncheon in downtown Houston that included…

Weather forecasters have placed Houston, parts of Harris County and nearby counties along the Gulf coast under a flash flood watch through 7 p.m. Saturday. Weather forecasters have placed Houston, parts of Harris County and nearby counties along the Gulf coast under a flash flood watch through 7 p.m. Saturday. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 Weather forecasters have placed Houston, parts…

RICHMOND, Texas — Most residents in Fort Bend County are breathing a sigh of relief on Friday after storms only brought minor flooding to some areas. Fort Bend County Judge KP George said some areas got up to five inches of rain. The threat is not over as more rain is in the forecast. George said there were only a handful of water rescues. Also, the county is waiting for a final tally to figure…

A home is seen damaged from baseball-sized hail northeast of Houston on Friday, May 10, 2019. A home is seen damaged from baseball-sized hail northeast of Houston on Friday, May 10, 2019. Photo: Jay R. Jordan Photo: Jay R. Jordan Image 1 of / 14 Caption Close Image 1 of 14 A home is seen damaged from baseball-sized hail northeast of Houston on Friday, May 10, 2019. A home is seen damaged from baseball-sized hail…

Houston Matters begins at noon on 88.7FM or listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters. On Friday’s Houston Matters: More heavy rain is expected tonight and this weekend as Houston deals with some of the heaviest rainfall it’s seen since Hurricane Harvey. We get the latest forecast and learn how the area’s creeks and bayous have handled the flooding. Also this hour: This week, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced his budget proposal for…

HOUSTON — As expected, strong storms moved into the Houston area Thursday night, dropping hail in parts of Southeast Texas and bringing more street flooding. Overnight flooding this time around was not as bad as Tuesday night’s, which damaged homes in the Kingwood area. But we can’t let our guard down yet. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for all of Southeast Texas until Saturday evening. KHOU 11 Meteorologist Chita Craft says the storms…

Several neighborhoods saw flooding and many drivers were stranded as the Houston area was pounded by rain Thursday into Friday.  Here’s a look at how the weather played out across the region. Downtown Storm drains were bubbling and several spots in the downtown area are impassable after the heavy rains caused the Buffalo Bayou to overflow. Commerce Street between Travis and Milam had two large overflowing storm drains as a result of a then rising…

HOUSTON — As expected, strong storms moved into the Houston area Thursday night, dropping hail in parts of Southeast Texas and bringing more street flooding. Overnight flooding this time around was not as bad as Tuesday night’s, which damaged homes in the Kingwood area. But we can’t let our guard down yet. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for all of Southeast Texas until Saturday evening. KHOU 11 Meteorologist Chita Craft says the storms…

HOUSTON — As expected, strong storms moved into the Houston area Thursday night, dropping hail in parts of Southeast Texas and bringing more street flooding. Overnight flooding this time around was not as bad as Tuesday night’s, which damaged homes in the Kingwood area. But we can’t let our guard down yet. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for all of Southeast Texas until Saturday evening. KHOU 11 Meteorologist Chita Craft says the storms…

“HFD responding to a house fire earlier on Rebel Road,” tweeted the Houston Fire Department. “HFD responding to a house fire earlier on Rebel Road,” tweeted the Houston Fire Department. Photo: @HoustonFire Photo: @HoustonFire Image 1 of / 24 Caption Close Image 1 of 24 “HFD responding to a house fire earlier on Rebel Road,” tweeted the Houston Fire Department. “HFD responding to a house fire earlier on Rebel Road,” tweeted the Houston Fire Department….

Houston-area schools are making adjustments to keep students out of harm’s way as we’re seeing flooding across the Houston area Thursday night.  Report any house flooding to 713-684-4000 or online at readyharris.org Here are the changes we have so far: Aldine ISD: Aldine ISD canceling school on Friday, May 10 due to inclement weather in Houston area Cleveland ISD: Closed Friday Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD: Two-hour delay Dayton ISD: Closed Friday Fort Bend ISD: Closed Friday Goodrich ISD:…

Houston-area schools are making adjustments to keep students out of harm’s way as we’re seeing flooding across the Houston area Thursday night.  Report any house flooding to 713-684-4000 or online at readyharris.org Here are the changes we have so far: Fort Bend ISD: Closed Friday Dayton ISD: Closed Friday Lamar Consolidated ISD: Closed Friday Cleveland ISD: Closed Friday New Caney ISD: Closed Friday. State and AP testing will be rescheduled for next week. Montgomery ISD: Closed…

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – CenterPoint Energy is reporting 88,049 customers are without lights as of 10:25 p.m. Thursday. Entergy Texas, Inc. is reporting 12,754 customers are affected by outages as of 10:25 p.m. Thursday. CenterPoint addressed the power outage saying they’re working hard to get customers’ lights back on quickly & safely. They offered some tips to minimize the impact of restoration Turn off A/C. Unplug major appliances like fridge, TVs Turn on a lamp When power is restored, turn…