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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Missing woman's family struggles during holidays
They are missing a loved one who disappeared in early October.
This Christmas, the gift they seek is her return.
Outside this southeast Houston house, there are no festive holiday lights. Inside, a family speaks of a loved one in the past tense.
This is Lillian High's home, and three of her children were there Christmas Eve -- Earl High, Amy McClure and Betsy Krevosky.
"She loved her family. She loved her kids. She loved her grandkids. And [there] was nothing she wouldn't do for anybody," High said.
"It's day by day," Krevosky said.
The three siblings still struggle with the loss of their 82-year-old mother who disappeared 82 days ago.
"We have nothing more today than we did on October 3rd," High said.
Lillian was on her way to work at a Chase Bank, driving a rented car, but she never made it. She was in good health, but without her needed medication.
It's as though she vanished.
"People just don't disappear," McClure said. "She's real and she mattered."
"We all have a hole in our heart that we miss her with, and we're looking for closure and to bring her home," High said.
Despite an exhaustive search and a $20,000 reward for information, Lillian's children know nothing more about what happened to their mother than they did nearly three months ago.
It is difficult being in her home this weekend, gathering as they often did for holidays.
Over time, the siblings say they'd drifted from one another. They are again drawn to one another in the wake of this tragedy.
"Mom's disappearance has brought a lot of us back together again. It got a lot of us talking, and a lot of emotion. A lot of love," Krevosky said.
Lillian loved her church and her God. Their faith, they tell us, assures them they will find their mother and they will find closure.
"We'll remember mom," High said. "She won't be forgotten."
Lillian High was last driving a black, four-door Dodge Avenger with license plate number CD6J492.
If you have information, call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Shipping companies busy delivering packages during holidays
Leroy Moses has worked for FedEx for 21 years. He drives for FedEx Express Delivery. He loves his job, he says, especially on days like today.
"The holidays, the whole week is tough," Moses said.
Package after package, Moses drives and scans and delivers.
"You get in a mindset where you been doing it a long time, so there's nothing to it. Just get out here and do it," he said.
And Thursday is the day this year when more packages get delivered than any other day.
"We come in early and get off late," Moses said.
FedEx says this is the busiest season in its history, already breaking its single day delivery record earlier this month at more than 17 million packages. It seems, despite the economy, people still want to give.
"People still finding money to shop and to buy toys, to buy gifts. And that's the best part about it," Moses said.
UPS is also finding Thursday its busiest of the year for ground deliveries. Friday is its busiest day for air. The company has hired an additional 56,000 seasonal employees to help get everything delivered.
"We're gonna do over 26 million packages today. That's roughly a 60 percent increase over what we'd normally handle on a typical day in terms of delivery. It takes a team effort and we have a lot of fun this time of year," UPS employee Shane Boyles said.
It's almost as much fun probably as the people on the receiving end of all of those packages.
UPS company expects to deliver 25 million packages Thursday -- that's 300 packages per second. On a standard business day, they usually deliver 15.6 million.
This week, they've added 400 additional flights per day.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Thank you for making Share Your Holidays a success!
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Because of you at least 200,000 pounds of food and $236,000 will go to local families in need. ABC13 held our annual Share Your Holidays food drive on Friday and it was a big success. The donations will be spread through 18 counties in Southeast Texas -- from Galveston to Magnolia and communities in between.
A single donated dollar will provide three meals.
This is the 31st year for our Share Your Holidays.
If you didn't make it out today you can donate from home right now. You can make a $10 donation by texting "2-0-2-2-2" to "food gift." Also, if you haven't liked us on Facebook yet, do it because for every new "Like" we're making a 25 cent donation to the Houston Food Bank.
For details on how and where to drop off food, just click here.
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