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Frisco is expanding its remote monitoring program for its six major creeks that will allow staff to check water quality and potential flooding with the click of a mouse. Staff is notified via email when it detects a pollutant so they can quickly send someone onsite to address the situation. Dana Baird, communications director, said the technology has been used …

It’s not common to see snow on Christmas in North Texas, with only a handful of instances on record. According to the National Weather Service website, the “earliest record” of snow on Christmas Day in Dallas was in 1841, when “soldiers were tracking a bear in 6 inches of snow,” but the source of that report is unclear. While 2023 isn’t …

The North Texas Tollway Authority has approved a six-mile extension to the Dallas North Tollway in Collin County, giving the go ahead for the road to roll north through Prosper and Celina. The approval Wednesday of Phase 4A of construction means work is scheduled to begin in the spring, extending the highway from U.S. 380 to Farm-to-Market Road 428. “We …

Authorities found no threat after investigating “suspicious mail” at the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas on Wednesday afternoon. A Dallas Fire-Rescue call log shows 11 units responded about 1:50 p.m. to the courthouse at 1100 Commerce Street, near South Griffin Street, for reports of hazardous materials. Jason Evans, a DFR spokesman, deferred to the FBI for additional information …

WASHINGTON — OSHA proposed a $15,625 fine Wednesday on the U.S. Postal Service after the death of Dallas mail carrier Eugene Gates Jr., who collapsed in June on a day when the heat index reached 113 degrees. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation alleges the postal service failed to protect workers on June 20, the day Gates died, from “the …

AUSTIN — Texas officials transported at least 120 migrants to Chicago on a Tuesday afternoon flight, the first time the state has flown migrants across the country, according to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office. Texas has previously bused tens of thousands to cities like New York, Chicago and Washington D.C. The move escalates Abbott’s tactics in sending migrants to what his office …

AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton must testify in a whistleblower case revolving around his dealings with a federally indicted Austin real estate developer, a state district judge ruled Wednesday. The ruling delivered another legal defeat in the lawsuit involving four former top deputies who were fired after reporting their boss to the FBI. Paxton had sought to thwart the …

An Amber Alert was canceled Wednesday afternoon for three Collin County children after they were found safe. Princeton police said in a news release about 4 p.m. that the children were located in Plano. Nazia Ali, their mother, was at the location and arrested, police said. It’s not clear what charges she’s facing in connection with the incident. Authorities in …

A series of storm systems will move across Texas Thursday through Sunday bringing waves of showers and perhaps even occasional thunderstorms. Potential rainfall during that time will range from an inch to as much as three inches. Of course it won’t rain constantly and there will be several hours each of those days that will be dry. Thankfully temperatures will …

One day, Erin Mahoney was a customer in good standing with Airbnb. The next day, she was blacklisted. First, her husband Dominic received an email saying he was banned for a “privacy violation” during a recent stay. And then she was, too. “There was no explanation,” says Mahoney, a community organizer from New York. “Airbnb will not give us any …