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Rescue crews in Fort Worth evacuated a nail salon for a short time on Wednesday night after more than a dozen people reported feeling ill. The call for help was made at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday where people inside the Venus Nails Spa along the 4800 block of Overton Ridge Boulevard reported feeling sick. Firefighters tested the air and …

A nurse who was supposed to be looking after an incapacitated woman at a long-term health care facility has been accused of raping her, weeks after the patient stunned her caregivers and family by giving birth to a baby boy , Phoenix police said Wednesday. Investigators arrested Nathan Sutherland, a licensed practical nurse, on suspicion of one count of sexual …

On Thursday, Dallas ISD trustees will consider transforming two southern Dallas schools into Talented and Gifted (TAG) campuses. The trustee’s meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Dallas County Schools Technology and Training Center at 5151 Samuell Blvd. If the plan passes, Roger Q. Mills Elementary School and Mark Twain Leadership Vanguard would become TAG schools. An estimated 1,800 Dallas …

Authorities on Tuesday night arrested a father accused of trying to take his son out of school without permission and hitting a school security guard with his car. Steve de la Torre, 42, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, said Jeff McShan, a spokesman for Harris County Constable Precinct 5 In a video shared by authorities on …

FRISCO, Texas — Forty-five Frisco ISD students took the stage Tuesday to show their spelling prowess. The top 6 from this competition move on to the county bee. And if spelling twisting complicated, words wasn’t hard enough, they had to do it in front of family and friends. But also in attendance was Karthik Nemmani. The 14-year-old from McKinney won …

DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department needs your help to identify two burglary suspects that were caught on surveillance video Jan. 15. The two suspects were caught on camera around 10:30 a.m. breaking into a house in the 3900 block of Boca Bay Drive in north Dallas, police wrote in a blog post. One of the suspects is a teenage male and the …

IRVING, Texas — On Tuesday morning, Jill Mikienia spent the day salvaging what is left of her Sunnybrook Drive home. It caught on fire Monday around 2:00 in the morning. Jill heard a pop as she was falling asleep. She got up and walked toward the sound, finding her garage on fire. Mikienia called 911, dragged out two dogs and …

DALLAS — Nurses in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at Medical City Dallas formed a hallway gauntlet with balloons and blowing bubbles midday Tuesday to celebrate the departure of a newborn who was leaving the hospital for the very first time. However, that newborn came into this world 22 months ago — 685 days ago, to be exact But from …

Texas State Troopers said two people are dead after a crash along State Highway 121 in Collin County. The crash happened just after 8 p.m. Monday in Anna. Investigators said the two people were both in a Chevrolet Camaro when the driver utilized a passing zone along Highway 121 to pass another driver. State Troopers said the Camaro then left …

ENNIS, Texas — The body of Emily Wade was found earlier this morning by a volunteer search team. Wade was last seen Jan. 5. Ennis Chief of Police John Erisman confirms to Channel 8 News that Wade was found dead in Chambers Creek off of Ensign Road near a low water crossing. Volunteers and members of the Cajun Coasts Search …