Lileana Pearson
Lileana spent 2019-2021 reporting for WOWT in Omaha, NE. During her time in the Midwest, she interviewed nearly a dozen presidential candidates for 2020 Iowa caucus season, covered a historic flood of the Missouri River, and interviewed the first Americans to contract COVID-19 as they were transported to receive treatment at Omaha's biocontainment unit at Nebraska Medicine.
Lileana received her undergraduate in media studies at Lindsey Wilson College in her hometown of Columbia, Kentucky before moving on to earn a master's degree in broadcast and digital journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Lileana was born in Washington State but has lived in Washington, Rhode Island, Kentucky, New York, Nebraska, North Carolina and now Texas. She did most of her growing up in rural Kentucky, so she calls that home.
She is thrilled to have landed in the Lone Star State and looks forward to many new, exciting adventures here in Houston and around the state. In her off time, you can find her walking her dog Lentil, enjoying the outdoors, or getting creative in the kitchen.
If you have a story, issue, or concern, reach out to Lileana on her social media or at Lileana.x.pearson@abc.com. She looks forward to telling your stories!
Lileana's Stories
Cycling deaths grow across Texas in 2025, TxDOT data shows
Cycling is becoming increasingly deadly in Texas, according to new data from the Texas Department of Transportation, which shows 79 cyclists died in crashes in 2024 and 90 died in 2025.
Remains found in 2020 identified as missing Spring teen, Texas Attorney General's Office says
The Texas Attorney General's Office says a missing person cold case has been solved after partial human remains were identified as those of 15-year-old Kristen Galvan.
3 women injured when suspect shoots at SE Houston convenience store, HPD says
HPD said it is looking for a suspect who opened fire at the store and injured a woman driving by and two others standing in the parking lot.
Only on 13: Group says prairies are under threat from proposed 36A North highway
The Coastal Prairie Conservancy is asking residents to email TxDOT to give feedback on 36A North, a proposed highway connecting parts of Waller County.
Texas Attorney General orders City of Conroe to release some information about Flock cameras
A Conroe man is calling it a win after the Attorney General's office ordered the City of Conroe to release documents they were trying to withhold related to Flock cameras.
Small plane lands on top of Fulshear-area home; pilot taken to the hospital, Texas DPS says
Fulshear fire officials shared an image of the yellow aircraft on a house on Monday. DPS officials said the pilot was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
Victim brain dead, another critically hurt after suspect attacked them with metal pipe, docs allege
Court records allege a man is in custody for attacking two homeless men in brutal assaults with a metal pipe that left one of them critically hurt and the other brain-dead.
Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office lieutenant admits to improper use of Flock cameras per docs
Documents obtained by ABC13 show a Fort Bend Co. Sheriff's Office Lieutenant used Flock cameras to look up one license plate 41 times and another plate 148 times from January 2022 through December 2025.
TEA finds HISD to be out of compliance after some parents launch complaints
The Texas Education Agency has found HISD to be out of compliance after some parents filed complaints with the state over the district's special education changes.
19-year-old arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting woman and trying to drown her along bayou
Deputies said the woman was able to get away and flag a deputy for help after a 19-year-old sexually assaulted her and tried to drown her on Monday.