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I-45 south reopens after deadly crash involving street sweeper Published:  Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – A fatal crash involving a street sweeper is under investigation Monday. Deputies said the crash happened about 2:20 a.m. in the 20000 block of Interstate 45 South. The sweeper crew, which consisted of a truck, two sweepers, and a crash truck, stopped on the shoulder of the freeway, investigators said. Deputies said the truck and two sweepers stopped on the shoulder while the truck stopped on the outside lane from the shoulder. According to investigators, a 1995 Montero Sport SUV was trav...

The Texas Department of Transportation has been moving forward with its $7 billion plan to remake and expand Interstate 45 to lessen local traffic, but Harris County threw a wrench in that effort on Thursday by suing the state transportation agency. The county hopes its lawsuit will lead the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas to order TxDOT to pause the project and send it back to the drawing board to come up with a new plan that better addresses the concerns of county residents about pollution and all the homes and business that’ll be paved over if the expansion continu...

10-car pileup reported on I-45 near downtown Houston Published:  Updated:  Tags:  HOUSTON – A crash involving nearly a dozen vehicles was reported near downtown Houston on Sunday night. Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said in a tweet that there was a 10-car pileup on Interstate 45, just south of downtown Houston. Houston Transtar reported a complete road closure of I-45 at Interstate 69 and Lockwood Drive. According to Peña, Houston firefighters and police are at the scene. Transtar cameras showed a coating of ice on most of the freeway in that area. Track the latest road conditions here. ...

TxDOT moves ahead with I-45 expansion as objections continue Tags:  HOUSTON – The Texas Department of Transportation has given itself approval to move into the next phase of a $7.5 billion proposal to rebuild Interstate 45 in downtown Houston, despite community concerns that the highway expansion’s disadvantages outweigh its proposed benefits. TxDOT announced a “record of decision” Thursday, a formality that moves the proposed expansion from the environmental phase to the design phase. “The (record of decision) is a necessary step in moving into the detailed design phases of projec...

Vehicle sought in shooting that killed man along North Freeway Published:  Tags:  Police released this image of a vehicle being sought in connection with a fatal shooting in north Houston on Jan. 18, 2021. (HPD) HOUSTON – Police are searching for a vehicle in connection with a shooting Monday that left a man dead along a freeway in north Houston. The shooting was reported about 10 a.m. on Interstate 45 North Freeway near Meadowfern Drive, just north of Greens Road. In a tweet, Houston police released a picture of a white sedan being sought by investigators. Homicide detectives are searchi...