PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) -- Smoke and fire engulfed the intersection of Fairmont Parkway and Shaver Street on Friday as a building at the Veranda Village apartment complex went up in flames.

Karen Brooks Harper is a Mizzou alumna who has covered Texas politics in and out of Austin for nearly 30 years. She's also covered the cartel wars along the TX-MX border, Congress in Mexico City ...