A man walks through Buffalo Bayou as dark clouds cover the Houston skyline during a flood watch issued by the National Weather Service June 16, 2026. Jacob Lujan/Houston Chronicle

Emmy award-winning investigative journalist Robert Arnold is stepping away from Houston's KPRC Channel 2 after 26 years.

Arnold announced on his Facebook page Tuesday night that Friday will be his last day at the station.

 After 26 years at KPRC and 31 years as a journalist, I have decided to live life without a deadline,  he said in the post.  I joined KPRC in 2000, and the past three decades have been fulfilling, awe-inspiring, humbling, exhausting, joyful and, most of all, a privilege. I am immensely grateful to everyone who trusted me to tell their story. I remember every face and every living room. 


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His work has covered a variety of topics from immigration to corruption and waste in government, which brought law changes both locally and nationally, according to his KPRC bio. Over the last year he has covered the impact of the July 4 Kerrville floods and Camp Mystic's involvement in the flood. Most recently, he reported on law enforcement searching the  Texas Killing Fields  again.

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He won three Emmy awards while working at KRPC related to reporting about the Texas border and mismanagement in the Houston Fire Department.

Arnold studied journalism at the University of Houston from 1990 to 1994. He began his journalism career at KNUZ/KQUE radio, then moved on to the overnight  cop beat  at KTRH radio in Houston.


Arnold began at KPRC in July 2000. He has been an investigative reporter with the station.

 Any successes or accolades I have received over the years are a reflection of the talented photojournalists, editors, producers and colleagues I have been fortunate enough to work alongside,  he said 

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