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An Air Quality Alert (Ozone Action Day) is in effect for the DFW area on Saturday. Therefore, if you suffer from respiratory or lung conditions, you may want to limit your outdoor time. Saturday will also feature a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the mid-80s. Isolated shower and thunderstorm chances return Sunday with highs into the mid-80s. …

AUSTIN — Legislators faced with whether to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton struck a somber tone on the eve of the historic Saturday vote, with members on both sides of the political aisle noting the seriousness of the moment. The impeachment recommendation, made this week after a monthslong ethics probe into Paxton’s alleged repeated abuse of office, served as an 11th-hour thunderbolt in the Texas Capitol. …

Fort Worth police say a man was fatally shot in Fort Worth on Friday morning. Officers were called about 9:30 a.m. to John Peter Smith Hospital, where they learned a man had been shot about a mile away. Police said the victim and a witness were sitting in a car in the 2700 block of South Grove Street when someone …

Police say they found a person shot dead Thursday afternoon at a West Fort Worth home. Officers were called about 4:30 p.m. to 700 block of Basset Locke Drive and found the homeowner outside. Police said they learned the homeowner shot the victim after an altercation in the home. According to a police call log, dispatchers were told a woman …

AUSTIN – An impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday could open a Pandora’s Box of legal questions surrounding the process, conflicts of interest and what would happen to the office of state’s top lawyer while he would be sidelined from performing his duties. Experts said the state has moved into uncharted territory as the House is poised to …

AUSTIN — Texas would significantly bolster mental health, school safety and state parks under a spending plan laid out by House and Senate budget negotiators. The budget package salutes the GOP’s priorities of tax cuts, border security and a pet idea of school voucher proponents known as education savings accounts — though passage of a bill creating the accounts isn’t …

AUSTIN — In a historic move that portends the ouster of one of the most powerful Republicans in the state, a House ethics panel on Thursday recommended the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The panel filed 20 articles of impeachment on Thursday evening. They accused the state’s top lawyer of sweeping abuses, including bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of the public …

A student was taken into custody Thursday morning after authorities learned the teen had threatened a school campus in Euless via social media, police said. The Texas Department of Public Safety notified Euless police Wednesday evening that the 17-year-old student, whose name has not been released by authorities, threatened Trinity High School, which is part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District, according …

An 18-year-old is in jail on capital murder charges in a connection with a mass shooting at an East Texas home Tuesday that left four people dead. Nash police officers responded a little before 11 a.m. to the 500 block of Lemon Acres in reference to an unknown issue, the department said in a news release. Witnesses told officers that …

If McKinney City Council decides to move forward with a commercial air service terminal, even though 58.7% of McKinney voters said no to the city’s $200 million bond item, there are other ways to fund the project, according to Edward Shelswell-White of Sky Synergy, one of the city’s long-term airport consultants. During a McKinney City Council work session and special meeting on Tuesday, …