Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax appears likely to stay on as the city’s top administrator after he and Mayor Eric Johnson announced Tuesday long-term plans to work more closely together to address city issues. The two announced in a joint statement that a planned Thursday job performance review for Broadnax has been pushed back to August and that the mayor and city …

A DeSoto man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in the 2017 slaying of a Plano man at his home. Ladarus Demarquis Earl Keys, 29, was found guilty Thursday of capital murder in the death of Christopher Collinvitti. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Keys’ trial lasted three …

A man who was sentenced to life in prison more than 20 years ago is now free following a review by the Tarrant County district attorney’s office. Walter Roy, 45, was sentenced to time served Tuesday for the time he spent incarcerated following a 1998 conviction on multiple felony charges. “I kept hope. I kept faith and just kept trusting …

Twice a month, you can find Eric Kolb at the memory support center at the Villagio Senior Living facility in Carrollton. He sets up a TV and microphone while he greets residents gathering in the common room. Since he’s a regular visitor, he knows some of them by name. Kolb is preparing for an hourlong singalong, with classics like “She’ll …

Dallas-Fort Worth hit triple-digit heat for the first time this year on June 11, weeks ahead of the annual average, and weather experts say the 100-degree temperatures will linger throughout the summer. On Tuesday, the first day of summer, temperatures reached about 100 degrees and will climb up to 103 or 104 over the weekend. It leaves North Texans wondering what lies …

Our hot weather pattern will continue this week right through the weekend. High temperatures will range from the upper 90s to the low 100s. The hottest weather could be this weekend with highs of 100 to 104. An Air Quality Alert is in effect for today for the DFW area. People with respiratory issues should limit their time outside. Today is also an Ozone …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also reveals the political toxicity of high gas prices in an election year. The Democratic president will also call on states to suspend their own gas taxes or provide …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more, according to a state-run news agency. Officials warned that the already grim toll would likely rise. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 temblor near the Pakistani border, but quakes of that strength can cause severe …

Two independent researchers say they may have gotten to the bottom of what caused fish to fall from the sky late last year in Texarkana: bird regurgitation. Many in the east Texas town were shocked in late December when they found fish (later identified as shad) scattered on the streets and on their homes and cars following a storm. It wasn’t the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Thirteen mayors from across Texas signed a letter with five reform measures they want to see state leaders address immediately in the wake of the tragedy in Uvalde. In the note, they call on Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session. Mayors from San Antonio, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, …