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AUSTIN — Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” Friday night in Austin involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted that two of the victims sustained potential life-threatening injuries. Seven others sustained non-life-threatening injuries requiring medical evaluation. The other two didn’t require hospitalization. The collision occurred in …

With 400 families signed up to receive a free week’s worth of groceries, a line of cars stretched two blocks from the East Dallas Church of Christ on South Carroll Avenue on Saturday morning. The drive-up event in Old East Dallas, hosted by hunger-relief company Goodr and the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ Southern Dallas Thrives initiative, was aimed at …

The parents of a 14-year-old girl who was among the 17 people shot at an outdoor concert in southeast Oak Cliff last weekend are suing the property owners, record label and artists. The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County on Friday on behalf of the girl’s parents, Michael Rollerson and Gloria Smith, who seek more than $1 million in damages. …

After a chilly start to the morning, with lows in the 30s and 40s, it was another sunny and windy day across North Texas on Saturday, promoting elevated grassfire concerns, especially to the west of DFW. The Red Flag Warning for high fire danger will expire at 8 pm Saturday. On Sunday, increasing humidity may lower the fire threat somewhat. …

A 21-year-old man was arrested early Saturday after police said he crashed into two private jets and a fuel truck at Dallas Love Field while drunk. Jaime Alexander Salazar faces charges of driving while intoxicated and damaging or destroying critical infrastructure. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney. Officers responded about 3 a.m. to reports of a crash in the …

El PASO — In business parlance, time is money. And business leaders and trade experts are on edge over the likelihood that Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott’s directive this week to step up commercial vehicle safety inspections on the border is going to take a lot of time and cost a lot of money. Already along the border — including here …

A reported tornado near an Alvarado pallet fire was confirmed by the National Weather Service on Thursday, along with another one, raising the total to at least six that touched down in North Texas during storms earlier this week. Another round of severe weather is expected to return to the region early next week. As rain, hail and high winds pummeled …

Authorities say they are looking for an inmate who escaped from custody at DFW International Airport on Friday morning. The woman was being flown from Missouri to the Dallas County Jail to face drug charges and escaped from the deputy escorting her, the county sheriff’s office said. The inmate, Jerrecca Louise Stevenson, was last seen walking near a hotel in …

A former Dallas police officer will serve two-and-a-half years in federal prison for helping a nightclub magnate who for years allowed the sale of cocaine in his clubs to boost profits, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Eddie Villarreal, 53, of Carrollton was sentenced Thursday for making a false statement to the FBI during its investigation of Alfredo Navarro Hinojosa’s 40 …

Brittany Jones spoke with conviction at St. Stephen United Methodist Church in Mesquite, overwhelmed at the turnout of people who came to take on Hillcrest Apartments, where she and fellow tenants say they’ve endured uninhabitable living conditions for months. “As long as you have the Lord and the truth with you, you can win. The devil is out here, man,” …