Beautiful fall weather is in store for North Texas this weekend. Saturday will be sunny and mild with highs around 70. A south breeze is expected around 10-15 mph. The evening will be pleasant for trick or treaters as temperatures fall into the 60s. A cold front will move through Sunday morning with breezy winds and slightly lower temperatures in …

AUSTIN — The tone in the Texas Senate race has gotten nasty. If you’re watching the ads, you may have heard someone say that incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn’s been in Washington so long, he’s devolved into a cowardly sleaze. He extends “a steady open hand to lobbyists and special interests.” That’s when he’s not high-stepping to keep up with …

Friday afternoon, officials of Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep cut the ribbon on the school’s new $14.5 million Innovation Center, which includes a gymnasium, arts classrooms, a dining facility, and counseling and administrative offices. It completes the school’s current construction plan and is the crown jewel of its Pleasant Grove campus, according to Richard Joyner, chair of the school’s board. …

Every day, the Richardson school district dispatches staff to track down missing students who never logged on or showed up for the fall semester. They knock on doors, call family members and visit locations around the area where students have been spotted. Even with these efforts, about 1,900 students are unaccounted for — that’s the equivalent of the enrollment at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Days before the election, the oil industry has come front and center in a couple tightly contested congressional races in the Houston area. On Friday, Republican candidates U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Wesley Hunt rallied with a couple hundred oil industry workers at Lime Instruments in west Houston. The candidates have focused on the oil industry …

HOUSTON, Texas — Amid an election with historic voter turnout, the Harris County Elections Commission made strides toward changing the way future races will be organized. The commission voted Oct. 30 to tap Isabel Longoria as the final candidate for the county’s new elections administrator position. Longoria is a longtime community organizer and currently serves as special adviser on voting rights …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The state has seen a great response to its Rapid Test Program statewide. As of Friday, 206 school systems had applied to participate in the program. The idea of the program is to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. With more students now back in the classroom, districts have many safety protocols in place, like social distancing …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Chilling moments were caught on camera during a robbery at an ATM in Houston Tuesday and police said they need the public’s help finding the suspects. Video shared by the Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division shows two women sitting inside a car preparing to make a transaction at the Bank of America, located at 8108 Westheimer. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A young boy who was critically wounded in a shooting earlier this week in west Houston has died of his injuries. Dominic Sumicek, age 11, was shot in an apartment complex parking lot on Old Farm Road at about 4:30 p.m. Monday. The 41-year-old man with Dominic was fatally shot while trying to shield the boy …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Texas family is mourning the loss of their 17-year-old daughter, who had COVID-19. Kevin Swearingen from Lumberton, Texas, shared the sad update on Facebook that his daughter Charlee has died. “Dear Heavenly Father (I) come to you to ask you to take good care of my Charlee Choo! Make sure that she has no more …