October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from scams.

Certified Financial Planner Michael Neuenschwander from Outlook Wealth Advisers shares 5 steps to financially recover after being impacted by severe storms.

A woman’s family found her dead in south Houston on Friday, after she disappeared for some hours, according to the Houston Police Department.

A common concern you ask us about is identity theft. I’m spelling out what to do if your identity is stolen and things you can do to protect yourself from ID theft. Also, this week: a warning about more hidden fees on your electricity bill.

It can ruin your credit and cause a lot of problems. But a lot of people don’t worry about identity theft until it happens. This is a topic KPRC 2 Investigator Amy Davis gets questions about. The number one way to protect yourself from identity theft is to check what’s going on with your financial information and do it often.

If you have received a letter in the mail asking for money for proof that your husband cheated on you, the Memorial Villages Police Department warns that it is probably a scam and the mail should be treated as junk.

This week we are looking for ways to help you get your money in order. When it comes to paying off debt, it’s important to know your rights and what you need to do if a collector calls. You may owe a debt, but you still have rights - and debt collectors have to obey the law.

Can thieves steal your credit card information without ever touching your wallet? Do protection devices to stop electronic transfers work? Amy Davis is getting answers.

You may avoid the doctor for an annoying medical issue. Scammers know this. So what if someone called you up offering to help out? Learn the newest scams targeting our senior citizens.

The victim, a 65-year-old woman, was shopping at a Walmart at S. Fry Road and the Katy Freeway on June 13.

It is a slow, but steady recovery for a beloved pooch who became a hero trying to protect his owner from deadly gunfire.

HOUSTON – Houston Police Department is searching for the person who gunned down a man on Sunday outside a tire shop in south Houston. Officials said the victim, a Hispanic male in his late 20s, was a customer at Pineda Tire Shop. Police responded to a shooting at a tire shop at 4400 South Loop East Freeway. There were several witnesses on the scene and the witness recalls the male shooting another male after a verbal argument. Police said the victim was a customer of the tire shop and a manager was there when the shooting happened but did not see anything.

A Rosenberg mother is asking for justice after her son was robbed and stabbed 20 timesLeslie Garcia says her son Christian, 20, is in the hospital recovering but has had to undergo multiple surgeries. When you’re in a situation like that it just feels like it’s a bad dream,” said Garcia. Garcia tells KPRC Christian was friends with one of his attackers and was asked to pick him up. “He went to pick them up and the two other people got in the backseat and he started driving,” said Garcia. Christian is expected to survive but has had 5 surgeries while in the hospital and does not have insurance.

Lauren Kirchner of Spring Creek Growers talked with KPRC 2 about what its like working at her family’s fourth-generation farm in Magnolia. Kirchner works as the outfit’s Director of Sales & Marketing but she’s worked just about every position there is as the farm. Q: For those that aren’t familiar with Spring Creek Growers, could you share the farm’s history? Coming from a family business and growing up in it, I always tell people that the highs are so high. Q: Many families go to Spring Creek Growers during the holidays to get a Christmas experience.

HOUSTON – Editor’s note update: This victim has been identified as journalist and transgender activist Monica Roberts. A search is underway for a suspect after police said a woman was hit as she took out the trash in southwest Houston Tuesday. According to investigators, they are now reviewing surveillance video as they search for the driver who hit the woman, who has been identified as 58-year-old Monica Katrise Roberts. She said she was devastated to learn that a woman had been hit and killed by a vehicle near the dumpsters at the apartment complex. “It is sad and senseless.”According to HPD, there are no witnesses or surveillance video from the scene.

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas – Friendswood police are looking for a gunman and getaway driver they say stole $9,000 and other belongings from a woman standing in her driveway. I wasn’t going to fight.”Earlier in the day, on Jan. 16, she withdrew $9,000 from a Bank of America in Friendswood and went to work. The surveillance video at her workplace did not show the silver sedan that showed up at her home later that day. “I’m going to die in my front yard,” she remembered thinking when the handgun was in her face. This time, the victim was robbed at the Timber Creek Gold Club after withdrawing a “large sum of money” from the bank.

HOUSTON – Do you have video of a crime you hope to get solved? Crime Stoppers of Houston and the KPRC2 Crime Crew are on the case. [Want to join the KPRC2 Crime Crew? Read about it here]These are cases that the tipster indicated they saw the story on KPRC or on "all" stations:Have you been a victim of crime? Submit the information to Crime Stoppers of Houston through this link: https://kprc2.co/2SQpDCYThe following information is required to be submit your case to Crime Crew:

HOUSTON – KPRC2 and Crime Stoppers of Houston are partnering to help local law enforcement agencies solve crime by featuring surveillance videos through our Crime Crew. Have you been a victim of crime? Let us help! Go to www.click2houston.com/crimecrew learn more and help solve crime in Houston. If you recognize or have any information about these crimes, please contact Crime Stoppers of Houston anonymously through one of these three ways to report:By calling the Tip Line at 713-222-TIPS(8477)By going online through the CS website at https://www.p3tips.com/TipForm.aspx?ID=610&C=&T=Or by using the Crime Stoppers of Houston mobile app – Download it on your phone and report directly through the anonymous app.