Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick singled out Dallas schools along with other urban areas, calling them “dropout factories” as he pushes for voucher-like efforts. Patrick said on a radio talk show this week that any upcoming school voucher legislation would exclude small, rural districts and instead be only directed at large urban communities so families could leave failing schools.” “If there …

With early voting underway for the Nov. 8 midterm elections in Texas, The Dallas Morning News hosted a virtual forum to bring you up to speed about what’s happening with the governor’s race and other contests. Political writer Gromer Jeffers Jr. moderated a conversation with Austin bureau chief Robert T. Garrett, Washington bureau chief Todd J. Gillman, and two candidates who ran for Congress in 2020: Genevieve Collins, …

An investigation was opened after a woman fatally shot herself in a barricaded Dallas motel room Wednesday morning as police were trying to get in. Officers responded around 11:40 a.m. to a shooting at a Motel 6 in the 2000 block of Market Center Boulevard, according to a Dallas Police news release. A woman had called 911 and told dispatchers …

A man was arrested Wednesday after being accused of trying to run over a woman with his vehicle in Mansfield, police said. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, officers were notified of a shooting in a restaurant parking lot in the 1700 block of the U.S. Highway 287 frontage road, according to police. Witnesses told officers that a woman shot a …

Dallas is making improvements in its process for issuing building permits but still has a way to go to solve monthslong delays in giving out the certifications, fill job vacancies that have grown to 78 positions and address other woes, city officials say. Development Services Director Andrew Espinosa told city council members Wednesday that his office has set a deadline of …

Video released by the Dallas Police Department on Wednesday showed a crowded scene that quickly devolved into chaos and the fatal shooting of an armed man near Fair Park on Sunday evening. Donathy Doddy, 61, was killed by Dallas police officers. A bystander was wounded in the leg, though Dallas police Chief Eddie García said it was still unclear whether that person …

Moments after a gunman fatally shot two medical workers inside a Dallas hospital, a woman barricaded with him and their newborn pleaded for him to surrender peacefully and for officers to spare his life. “Don’t do this, please don’t do this, I’m begging you,” she wailed as officers aimed their guns toward the labor and delivery room. Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez(Dallas County …

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KTRK) — How do you respond to an embarrassing 7-0 loss in Game 3? Hit and pitch like your life depends on it in Game 4. The Astros guaranteed the World Series will return to Houston for at least Game 6. All they had to do was throw the first World Series no-hitter in 66 years. Astros baserunners getting …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With two full days of early voting left, worked to find out how the process has been going and what, if any, issues have voters may be facing. According to the Harris County Elections Administrator’s office, one thing they want people to realize is that the ballot is substantial and that it may take them a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — November is here, and like October, it usually brings a lot of weather changes along with it. Historically, this month brings Houston’s first fall day with a high in the 50s and the first morning with a low in the 30s. Freezes are possible in November, but they usually hold off until December. High temperatures start the …