Amber Kite
Amber Kite is a member of the Texas regional digital content team, based in Dallas, Texas.
Amber is a native of Texas and has had a career in television news since 2001. She has led digital news teams in Lubbock, Texas, Cincinnati and Baton Rouge. She joined the FOX Texas Regional team in October 2024.
She loves to read, Autumn weather, good Mexican food and spending time with friends and family.
The latest from Amber Kite
Former cruise ship worker pleads guilty to teen sexual assault after 20 years on the run
A Nicaraguan national who spent more than 20 years fleeing federal authorities has pleaded guilty to the forcible sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl on a cruise ship that departed from Galveston, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
Overturned 18-wheeler releases at least 24 million honeybees, forcing Texas neighborhood lockdown
A Texas neighborhood was placed on lockdown after an 18-wheeler carrying up to 24 million honeybees overturned, unleashing massive swarms across the area, authorities said.
Decades before becoming a federal holiday, Juneteenth belonged strictly to Texas
Long before becoming a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth originated in Galveston, Texas, where Union forces officially announced the emancipation of 250,000 enslaved people on June 19, 1865.
Gov. Abbott issues disaster declaration for 101 counties as severe weather looms over Texas
Governor Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for 101 Texas counties and mobilized massive state emergency response forces as severe storms, intense rainfall, and a potential Gulf tropical cyclone threaten widespread flash flooding across the state through Thursday.
Tropical disturbance in Gulf carries 50% chance of development, poses heavy flood risk to Texas
Weather forecasters are monitoring a weather disturbance over northeastern Mexico that carries a 50% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next week, according to an update from the National Hurricane Center on Monday.
More than 100 Houston officers respond to 'teen takeover' at downtown park; 2 detained
Police detained two people with firearms after a "teenager takeover" involving hundreds of youths erupted into gunfire near a downtown park late Saturday, sending more than 100 police units rushing to the scene, authorities said.
Man shot and killed after fight breaks out at Katy house party, deputies say
A 45-year-old man was shot and killed early Sunday after a fight broke out during a large house party in Katy.
Twice-deported convicted child predator from Cuba arrested in Texas
U.S. Border Patrol agents in south Texas have arrested a Cuban citizen with a history of child sex offense convictions who has been deported from the United States twice before, federal authorities announced.
Texas man trafficking minors in Houston, Dallas sentenced to federal prison
Houston man Cristian Morris, 23, receives a 384-month federal prison sentence for trafficking teenage girls between illicit hubs in Houston and Dallas.
Former Texas inmate accused of mailing K2 to prisons nationwide
A former Texas prison inmate has been arrested on allegations that he mailed synthetic drugs disguised as legal correspondence to incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities across the United States, authorities said.