Pooja Lodhia
She was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has family in the Houston area.
Before working in Houston, she was a reporter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Marquette, Michigan, and Fort Myers, Florida. Some of her most impactful stories in Houston include Hurricane Harvey, multiple World Series wins, and a week-long trade mission to India with Gov. Greg Abbott.
Pooja has degrees in English literature and journalism and a minor in modern dance from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her hobbies include yoga, crossword puzzles, and reading fiction.
Pooja believes everybody has a story worth telling, and she's honored to be able to do so!
Pooja's Stories
Dickinson man released from prison, then forced to return due to 'clerical error'
Ronald Lymuel spent more than 20 years behind bars on a drug conviction, then had his sentence commuted by former president Joe Biden.
Police continue searching Santa Fe property for 14-year-old girl last seen in 1983
In a Friday morning update, Tim Miller with Texas EquuSearch said crews plan to dig behind the garage after search dogs showed interest in that area.
New UH poll shows where Houstonians agree and disagree about the city
The poll shows that almost 60% of Houstonians say the city is headed in the wrong direction.
Resources for refugees who reside in Houston dwindling after government revokes funding
The Harris County attorney announced a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for freezing more than $10 million in funding to the county's refugee health clinic.
Woman dies after being hit by driver at Walmart parking lot in Baytown, police say
Heavy police presence could be seen in the store's parking lot after police said a woman was fatally hit by a driver, who stayed at the scene.
Bellaire police officer OK after suspected DWI driver crashes into patrol car, officials say
A Bellaire police officer suffered a minor head injury after a suspected DWI driver crashed into his patrol car on the West Loop South Friday morning.
'Who do we call on?': More than 700,000 Houstonians without Congressional representation
It's been almost a month since Congressman and former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner died, and there are still no plans to fill his seat for District 18.
'Recall for Houston' gets ready to start collecting signatures to put recall on the ballot
Could Houston voters soon decide Mayor John Whitmire's fate? There has been a recent effort to recall him on the ballot, which the mayor calls "silly."
Immigration arrests spike but deportations lower since start of Trump Administration
New immigration numbers show that overall deportations have been down this year from the last since the Trump Administration's policies, but there's a lot more to the story than those numbers show.
Controversial Montrose Boulevard construction project starts Monday, March 31
If you drive through Montrose, get ready for some construction. The project is scheduled to take about one year to complete, but it's been in the works for three years, which has angered residents and city officials.