Search Continues For Man Who Fled Court, Arkema Asks For Pause On Lawsuits, Southwest Passengers Possibly Exposed To Measles, And More

Friday, September 7, 2018

Passengers on four flights possibly exposed to measles

Health officials are notifying passengers from four Southwest Airlines flights last month who might have been exposed to measles.

The flights went to Dallas, Houston and Harlingen, and the infected passenger had connecting flights at Hobby Airport on August 21 and 22.

The Houston Health Department says it's helping to find the passengers who might have been exposed to the virus.

 

Search for man that escaped courthouse continues

Harris County Precinct 1

The Harris County Sheirff’s Office confirmed to News 88.7 Friday morning that it is still searching for a man who escaped a courthouse in downtown Houston on foot.

Houston police thought they had apprehended the man, 21-year-old Jaquaylyn Momon, Thursday night, but later realized they had the wrong person.

 

Arkema asks for pause on lawsuits

Chemical company Arkema wants a judge to pause a lawsuit until a separate criminal case against the company plays out.

Both cases stem from fires that broke out when more than five feet of water flooded the company's plant in Crosby, Texas. Multiple first responders are suing the company, saying toxic chemical fumes from the fires made them sick. They also say they weren't warned about hazards from the chemicals, a claim Arkema rejects.

Now, Arkema says a federal judge should put that case on hold, in part because it's "nearly identical" to Harris County's criminal case.

 

Early enrollment figures concern school board members

Laura Isensee

School board members from Aldine, Houston and Goose Creek are worried about the same thing: Early figures show a dip in enrollment, especially in predominantly Hispanic communities.

 

Report urges county law enforcement to consolidate

Harris County could save $127 million by combining some of its police services, a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research has found.

More than 60 law enforcement agencies operate in Harris County. Together, they spend $1.6 billion dollars a year, according to the report. Often, those agencies are overlapping patrol services like area freeways which are under the control of more than 10 different agencies.