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This Memorial Day weekend, sunny weather continues. The unofficial start to summer will certainly feel like it, with highs in the mid-90s. Also, the south wind has increased once again. And that gusty south wind has brought Gulf moisture back to North Texas, leading to higher humidity. Dry weather will continue into early next week before a chance of thunderstorms …

School children are evacuated by law enforcement officers through classroom windows in a photo by Pete Luna, General manager, Uvalde Leader-News, at the scene of shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.(Pete Luna / Uvalde Leader-News) Law enforcement officers are seen outside classroom windows in a photo by Pete Luna, General manager, Uvalde Leader-News, …

A federally licensed firearms dealer from Aledo will spend four years in federal prison after admitting to illegally selling firearms across Dallas-Fort Worth to unlicensed dealers for resale. Jonathan Dennis Ludlow, 48, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in December to two federal charges: one count of conspiracy to deal in firearms without a license and making false statements on …

Her kids were watching TV when she saw the news alert flash across her phone: Children shot at an elementary school in Uvalde, a few hundred miles from her home in Dallas. Luckily, because her three children were distracted, Cassie Morrison, 36, had a moment to compose herself. She alternated between waves of shock and sadness before turning to face …

Student and teacher advocates demanded immediate action from lawmakers to stop the country’s gun violence epidemic that included this week’s deadly school shooting in Uvalde. They joined school shooting survivors in calling for tougher gun laws during a roundtable forum Friday morning in Houston, just as the National Rifle Association’s conference was starting. “We know we have the country behind …

Her kids were watching TV when she saw the news alert flash across her phone: Children shot at an elementary school in Uvalde, a few hundred miles from her home in Dallas. Luckily, because her three children were distracted, Cassie Morrison, 36, had a moment to compose herself. She alternated between waves of shock and sadness before turning to face …

Two Dallas men face federal charges after authorities say they trafficked minors for sex. LaDarius Alton Smith, 33, and Ulises Rene Garcia, 22, were each indicted Tuesday on two counts of sex trafficking of a child. Their attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment. On April 12, agents with the North Texas Trafficking Task Force were notified by …

Warm weather is returning to North Texas in time for the holiday weekend after a brief cool front moved through the area this week. Summerlike weather are expected as high temperatures creep into the mid- and upper 90s through Memorial Day, the National Weather Service said. The weekend will be windy, though, with breezes of 15 to 25 mph from …

HOUSTON — President Donald Trump told a packed NRA conference on Friday that the nation must respond to the Uvalde shooting by fortifying schools with metal detectors, full-time armed guards and perimeter fencing. “Our schools should not be the softest target, our schools should be the single hardest target in our country,” he said during an hour-long spech at the event in downtown Houston. …

UVALDE — Time seems to stand still in the main square of Uvalde, the epicenter of the pain and hopelessness this community was thrown into Tuesday after losing 19 children and two teachers. Three days after the shooting at Robb Elementary School, businesses display “Uvalde Strong” signs in their windows, and traffic along Main Street continues, but cars slow down as …