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When Dallas school leaders alerted families that spring break 2020 would be extended because of COVID-19, Denisse Gutierrez’s two school-aged children were happy. They wanted a few more days of later bedtimes and delayed wake-up calls. But as campuses remained closed and the promise of a return to regular school days slipped away, that excitement fizzled. Gutierrez’s daughters missed friends …

I like 50 stars on the American flag, one for each state. I like that there are 100 senators, a nice round number representing two from each state. I’m not a big fan of 49. But 49 would be the number of states left after Texas seceded from these United States and became — under the plan called TEXIT — …

Jacqueline Durand, who was mauled and left “permanently” disfigured in a December dog attack in Coppell, appeared on “CBS Mornings” Wednesday. “I didn’t ask for this,” Durand said on the show. “It’s time to show who I am now.” Durand, a 22-year-old University of Texas at Dallas student, was dog-sitting on Dec. 23 for owners Justin and Ashley Bishop when two of …

Southlake is getting a Sweetgreen. The California-based salad shop that opened its first North Texas location in November in Dallas’ West Village (and then another in Deep Ellum in February) has selected Northeast Tarrant County for one of its next new stores. The Southlake Sweetgreen is slated for a 2,800-square-foot spot in Park Village, according to state permits. That development is also home to Colorado-based Modern Market, …

Colleyville has documented 5,519 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 32 deaths among residents, according to the Tarrant County website. As of Thursday, Colleyville has 69 active cases and the county has 9,555. The omicron variant of the coronavirus spurred a surge in cases across Texas, although that surge is lessening. Vaccines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus opened on March 29 to all …

A man was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in Fort Worth in what authorities believe was a road-rage incident. The shooting happened about 3 p.m. near 700 Plaza Drive, in the Garden Acres area of South Fort Worth. Police found a man with a gunshot wound, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Authorities said detectives are interviewing the person …

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Wednesday afternoon that the county’s public health committee had lowered its COVID-19 threat level from orange to yellow, which advises residents to “proceed carefully.” Jenkins said that the latest metrics showed that the coronavirus was creating less pressure on the county’s health care system, including fewer cases and hospitalizations. “We do want to continue …

A 2-year-old boy fell from the third-story balcony of a McKinney apartment complex on Wednesday, police said. The boy was taken around noon from a complex in the 5700 block of McKinney Place Drive to a nearby hospital. Then, he was flown to a Dallas hospital, a McKinney police spokeswoman said in an email. She did not disclose where the …

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Wednesday afternoon that the county’s public health committee had lowered its COVID-19 threat level from orange to yellow, which advises residents to “proceed carefully.” Jenkins said that the latest metrics showed that the coronavirus was creating less pressure on the county’s health care system, including fewer cases and hospitalizations. “We do want to continue …

AUSTIN — Texas has identified 19 major financial firms that may be in violation of a new state law that punishes companies for divesting from fossil fuel holdings. On Wednesday, Comptroller Glenn Hegar wrote to the companies — which include JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock and Wells Fargo & Company — demanding more information about their investment strategies for oil, natural gas …