A double murder near the Houston suburb of Katy got a ton of attention partly because a couple in their 50s were fatally shot while two adult children and a seven-year-old child were also in the home at the time. I tracked down the two adult children through a family friend who started a GoFundMe page. The adult children agreed to speak with me over the phone. We shot it showing me on the phone with them rather than a slate with a phone graphic or something similar. I turned this story in the middle of covering another, unrelated story and breaking news. This was my third exclusive or "only on" story in four days. All were interviews other stations were also interested in getting. Each one took a bit of social media sleuthing and other skills.
Monday, January 19, 2026
NRG Stadium Custodial Worker Charged With Child Sex Crime
This is a story we found out about after a lawsuit was filed by the parents of an eight-year-old boy who claims the child was molested inside a men's room at NRG Stadium during a Texans game. Turns out, the custodial worker named in the lawsuit had been criminally charged as well. HPD announced it was looking for more potential witnesses the day this story aired. In this case, a law firm representing the child's parents coordinated an interview with them. Getting access like this makes any story much more compelling. Understandably, we agreed to keep their identities private in order to protect the child.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Catching Up With A Houston Christmas Tradition: "Pancho Claus"
I didn't post this back on December 25th.. But I caught with "Pancho Claus" again after a number of years. Despite health and other struggles, Richard Reyes's alter-ego has spread cheer for more than four decades. He and his caravan once again delivered gifts and joy through the streets of the East End. This is one of those stories you'll know will always be there on Christmas morning. It's kind of its own gift for news crews looking for something to cover on what could be a slow news day.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Police Officer Rescues Suicidal 11-Year-Old Along Freeway
This story got the most engagement of any other I've done in quite some time. It originated with a Facebook post by the Shenandoah Police Department (a suburb north of Houston). It detailed an officer's actions when he and others got a call about an 11-year-old girl on the freeway. She sat atop a barrier on an overpass and threatened to jump. We requested an interview with the officer and also got his body camera video. It helped me tell a very compelling story that resonated with thousands on social media and elsewhere.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
One-On-One With A Future NASA Astronaut
My latest assignment at NASA's Johnson Space Center was for an introduction of the latest astronaut candidate class. It's the first to have six women on a team of 10. One of them is a Houston native with whom I got to do a one-on-one interview. Like other astronauts (or future astronauts) I've interviewed, Anna Menon had no reservations about potentially going into space. In fact, she told she would love to be the first woman to step foot on the Moon and, perhaps, the first human on Mars. She will likely be part of future Artemis program missions. This story was one of several over the course of three days at JSC focused on the upcoming Artemis II mission.
Monday, September 8, 2025
Demolition Looms For Landmark Houston Theater
This is a story that I was particularly interested in given my love of architecture and history. It concerns the fate of the 1949 Granada Theater in the Eastex-Jensen neighborhood of North Houston. The long-vacant building sits on a larger site that's set to become a large-scale Catholic Charities family service center. The organization claims that saving the theater is not feasible. But that isn't stopping community members and others who held a protest the day I turned this story. I used the event as a backdrop for my live shot.
Mom Gets Emotional Over Daughter's After-School Attack
This is a story that was the result of someone contacting us via our "newstips" email. We often get story ideas through this method. In this case, a mom was concerned after her 13-year-old daughter was attacked on her walk home from school. Video of the incident was shared online. That's something that upset the mother even further. We had to consult our station attorney regarding usage of the video since we didn't know the original source other than it likely being another student. I had to make sure I carefully worded the script to be transparent about the video. We also blurred it since juveniles were involved. The mom had a particular dramatic message for other parents.