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A hodgepodge of holiday decorations still adorned the Welch family’s Plano home in mid-February. A Christmas tree covered in homemade ornaments sat in a corner just outside the living room. Valentine’s Day garland hung on the opposite wall, and pink and red hearts were placed throughout the home. At first glance, it seemed like seasonal chores had been put off. …

The winning ticket for Saturday night’s Texas Lottery Saturday was sold in Grapevine. The jackpot-winning ticket is worth an estimated $6.75 million. The winner, who has not yet come forward to claim the prize, selected the cash value option and will receive $5,026,433.26 before taxes, according to a Texas Lottery press release. The winning Quick Pick ticket (4-14-37-39-51-52) was sold at …

A rabbi, two Muslim leaders and an evangelical pastor stood in front of hundreds gathered Sunday evening at a church in Keller and signed a document stating that they would commit themselves to “stop hate, make peace, facilitate relationships and promote citizenship in local communities.” Their pledge came during a two-day conference that ended Monday at Northwood Church in Keller. …

A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of gunning down a man who owed him $5 in South Dallas, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit. John Edward Gordon was booked Thursday into the Dallas County jail on a murder charge in the slaying of Cornelius Bonner, 40. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.   Bonner was found in …

Dallas city attorneys are defending a new ordinance requiring adult entertainment clubs to close between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., citing numerous aggravated assaults at the businesses as well as some fatal shootings. They argue that the clubs’ clientele create a volatile environment in the early morning hours. But attorneys for the strip clubs are asking U.S. Chief Judge Barbara …

Gov. Greg Abbott is directing the Texas Education Agency to immediately create a task force to develop solutions addressing the raft of teacher vacancies. Abbott sent a letter to the agency Monday, a day after his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke outlined several of his own education policies in a town hall in Dallas, repeatedly stressing the importance of teacher recruitment, training and …

About 160 soldiers from Fort Hood deployed Monday to support NATO allies and partners in their response to Russia’s attack of Ukraine, officials announced Monday. The soldiers from the III Armored Corps are part of 7,000 U.S. military personnel that President Joe Biden announced during his State of the Union address Feb. 24 he was sending in addition to U.S. troops …

Beto O’Rourke is being sued for defamation by Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren in what the Democratic gubernatorial nominee describes as an effort to silence him from criticizing energy companies that he says made illegal profits from last year’s winter storm that left millions without power. Warren is the chairman and CEO of Energy Transfer. “All I have done today, and …

The White House declined a request from the family of former Marine Trevor Reed, who is in prison in Russia, to meet with President Joe Biden when he visits Fort Worth on Tuesday to highlight his veterans agenda. Reed’s parents want to urge him personally to intensify efforts to win their son’s release, and because they can’t get on Biden’s …

Plano ranked 22nd nationwide in a recent study of the happiest places in the country. Plano was the only North Texas city to make it into the top 50 cities on the list in the study by WalletHub.com, a personal finance website. WalletHub’s study examined positive-psychology research to determine the rankings of the 182 largest cities in the United States, …