ALIEF, Texas - It's Friday night lights here in Houston and over in Alief, a Crosby mom who lost her son to sudden cardiac arrest is giving a gift to keep other parents from experiencing the same heartbreak. It's happening at Crump Stadium at halftime at Alief ISD's Southwest Classic Football game. This is certainly...
ALIEF, Texas - It's Friday night lights here in Houston and over in Alief, a Crosby mom who lost her son to sudden cardiac arrest is giving a gift to keep other parents from experiencing the same heartbreak. It's happening at Crump Stadium at halftime at Alief ISD's Southwest Classic Football game. This is certainly...
In a mission now spanning over a decade, KPRC 2 and Investigative Reporter Bill Spencer have partnered with the Cody Stephens Foundation to bring about a positive change in the lives of teen athletes. Their joint efforts, dedicated to preventing tragic incidents related to undetected heart defects, recently culminated in a heart screening event that...
MISSOURI CITY, Texas – At 16 years old, Reese Evans of Missouri City appeared to be what he describes as a “Karate Killer,” like a real-life hero with “Cobra Kai” skills. Looking at her now, you’d never dream that at just 9 years old: soccer player, basketball player, and gymnast. However,...
KATY, Texas – For more than a decade, KPRC 2 and Bill Spencer have partnered with the Cody Stephens Foundation to offer life-saving heart screenings that are free of charge. Now, the Katy Independent School District is launching a new program with the foundation’s help to test student-athletes and staff for hidden heart...
TEXAS – You’ve had all of the yearly check-ups and everything seems fine. Still, your child could have a deadly heart condition that could strike at any moment. This terrifying reality led one family to push for more testing to help as many people as possible in the area.
HOUSTON - A Houston father has been in Arizona for the Super Bowl this week, but it actually isn’t the game that’s the highlight of his trip. He’s there, after losing his son to sudden cardiac arrest, in hopes of saving others from suffering the same fate.
As of this month, Crosby ISD has been recognized as the city’s first “Heart Safe District'' by Texas Children’s Hospital’s Project ADAM, in no small part due to the efforts put forth by parents and founders of the Cody Stephens Foundation, Melody and Scott Stephens. “We could not be prouder...
When Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 76, also known as Cody’s Law, on June 14, it was the culmination of a nearly seven-year struggle by Scott Stephens and others. Stephen’s son Cody died in May 2012 from sudden cardiac arrest due to an undiagnosed heart condition. Since then, Stephens...
HOUSTON (FOX 26) - A bill aimed at protecting student atheletes in Texas is awaiting Governor Abbott's signature. Known as Cody's Law it requires that all student atheltes receive heart screenings. Dr. John Higgins with the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Center and Danny Arnold, the Director of...
CROSBY, Texas (FOX 26) - One of the first bills filed in Austin this legislative session is in memory of a Houston-area teenager who died of sudden cardiac arrest. The bill is designed to detect unknown heart conditions in student athletes. It would be the first of its kind in the country. This proposed...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (FOX 26) - The Alvin Independent School District community is in mourning after high school football player Chase Lightfoot collapsed during a game on Friday and died early on Saturday. Just two weeks earlier, a Shadow Creek High School trainer helped save the life of a KIPP Sunnyside football player...
Joined by the father of a Texas high school student who died of sudden cardiac arrest, three state lawmakers on Wednesday proposed requiring heart screenings for high school athletes. "The concept," a visibly emotional Wayne Smith, R-Baytown, said at a Capitol press conference, "is to help parents escape the heartbreak of losing...
