Two months after a massive fire at the Poly-America plant in Grand Prairie, the cause remains unknown. The Grand Prairie Fire Department is working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate the Aug. 18 fire. “Due to the fire’s complexity, the Poly-America fire investigation continues and is expected to continue for several weeks,” said Claudia Garibay, …

Two men have been arrested in the July slaying of a 20-year-old man in Grand Prairie. Mikeal Jackson, 20, of Dallas was arrested Thursday and Keinoen Shamur Mondy, 19, of Dallas was taken into custody Aug. 4 in connection with the fatal shooting of William Oliver, police announced Friday. Each man faces a charge of capital murder. Oliver, a Grand …

Dallas ISD superintendent Michael Hinojosa has been named as the 2020 Urban Educator of the Year by the Council of the Great City Schools. Hinojosa, 64, was presented the award this week in a virtual ceremony during the Council’s 64th annual fall conference. He was the lone finalist for the honor, also known as the Green-Garner Award. “Michael Hinojosa has …

Dallas County health officials confirmed 462 coronavirus cases, all of which were considered new, and 20 additional deaths Friday — the most deaths reported on a single day since late August. The cases are part of a “new and escalating wave” of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said at a news conference Friday. At the …

Congressional District 32 incumbent Rep. Colin Allred and Republican challenger Genevieve Collins clashed on Friday over heath care, taxes and who’s best qualified to lead their northern and eastern Dallas County district. During a debate for Sunday’s edition of Lone Star Politics, the political show produced by The Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV (NBC5), Collins accused Allred of supporting a tax increase during a pandemic …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people living in the U.S. illegally from the census count that will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives. Never in U.S. history have immigrants been excluded from the population count that determines how House seats, …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …

The weekend will feature intervals of clouds and sun, and a bit of a warm up with breezy south winds. High temperatures will be in the mid 70s Saturday, increasing into the mid 80s on Sunday. The next cold front arrives Sunday night into Monday. A stray shower or storm is possible in Northeast Texas, but no severe weather is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Glynnda Steinford, a 65-year-old mother and grandmother, say she has always been in good health and stayed active. Steinford said when she felt a bump on her arm, she didn’t think much of it. “I started hitting my arm in the same place, which at first, I thought what was wrong with me. Then it would …

Construction on the Elysian Viaduct bridge north of downtown Houston will close I-10 in both directions Oct. 16-19, the Texas Department of Transportation has announced. The closure starts at 8 p.m. Oct. 16, affecting the eastbound lanes of I-10 between Shepherd Drive and I-69 and the westbound lanes between I-69 and I-45.   Crews will be making repairs to the …