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Storms over some of North Texas helped keep the temperature below 100 in parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but hot and dry conditions are expected across the metroplex on Labor Day, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures in areas that did not get rain Sunday either reached or neared triple digits Sunday, according to the weather service. In …

Construction begins soon in Celina to transform Ownsby Parkway from Preston to Coit roads into four lanes. To gather feedback and share the traffic control plan with residents, city officials will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Donny O’Dell Elementary School, 750 Punk Carter Parkway. The project was awarded to RPM xConstruction during the Aug. …

Texas’ record-breaking temperatures this year are making businesses sweat. In a new survey of 352 business executives in Texas from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, nearly 25% say revenue and production have either decreased slightly or significantly due to the high temperatures in recent months. Among those, 38% say difficulty operating in extreme temperatures is a primary factor in diminishing revenue. …

Some people who believe in aliens and UFOs do not like me. Other people who do not believe in aliens and UFOs also do not like me. I guess government records on the alleged capture of spaceship debris and crashed alien pilots, if true, will be the tiebreaker. I’ve called UFOs in previous columns the biggest story in the history of humanity. …

Happy Labor Day! Most of you are enjoying the holiday by watching baseball, working the grill or enjoying a getaway that involves a pool. There’s also fantasy football drafts and dreams — for some of you — of a Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl run. Then there’s politics. Labor Day is typically the launch of the political season, with federal and state candidates …

It’s a fact that more than 70,000 people nationwide died last year after overdosing on fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. The drug has drawn national attention because it’s so lethal, up to 100 times more potent than morphine. But the spotlight has also led to a lot of misinformation. Politicians and pundits commonly misrepresent who brings fentanyl into the U.S. And stories of police officers …

Construction will start in October for a mixed-use project with 5,000 square feet of retail space and 320 apartment units in Anna. Irving-based apartment builder JPI is behind the $80 million project, which will be located on 11 acres at E. Finley Blvd. and Sharp Street, according to recent records filed with the state. Amenities will include stone countertops, stainless steel appliances, …

More than 20 people have died in Dallas and Tarrant counties from heat-related illness this summer, according to the counties’ medical examiners. Dallas County Health and Human Services said Friday that the medical examiner’s office had confirmed one additional heat-related death, bringing the total of such deaths in the county this summer to 10. Details about the latest patient who died were …

PLANO — Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday lambasted the Republican-led Texas House of Representatives that voted to impeach him as he braces for the trial that will determine his political future. Appearing at a Labor Day picnic hosted by the Collin County Republican Party three days before the start of his impeachment trial Tuesday, Paxton said he “would love to talk about what’s …

An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday evening after taking a loaded gun to a football game in Tarrant County, police say. North Richland Hills police said in a Facebook post that Birdville ISD administration alerted officers about 9 p.m. that a person believed to have a weapon had been pointed out to them. Off-duty officers along with BISD security located the man …