Dallas Police responded to a disturbance call at 5850 Beltline Road around 6:45 p.m. on Friday. According to their preliminary investigation, a man had committed aggravated assault involving family violence with a knife. Upon arrival, officers found a woman inside a tent and a man holding a knife beside the tent in a wooded area behind an apartment complex. Despite …

The city of Richardson is restarting its regular recycling service and twice-weekly trash pickup effective Monday, April 27. The city modified the schedule on April 9 after the COVID-19 pandemic created staffing shortages. Now that full staffing has returned, regular services are set to resume, the city announced. Under the modified services, residents could still drop off recyclables at two …

To help contain and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Richardson is under an order through April 30 that aligns with the Dallas County ordinance requiring all individuals to shelter in place at home. “We are taking steps to ensure we continue to responsibly approach this situation in a way that is consistent with the CDC, North Texas region …

The city of Plano has had 189 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a total that includes both Collin and Denton counties. The city currently has 53 active cases, according to figures published Friday. Plano ISD and public schools across the state should remain closed for the rest of the academic year to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday, …

AUSTIN — The statewide shutdown has thrashed Texas’ economy. More than 1.5 million Texans have received unemployment benefits. And protesters from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s own party — as well as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — are pressuring him to put Texas back in business. Abbott promises an announcement Monday that will allow for the reopening of a “massive amount of businesses,” in a safe way …

Your Sunday will feature lots of sunshine, mild temperatures and low humidity. Winds will return to the south this afternoon with a few high clouds and highs in the lower 80s. The upcoming week will be unseasonably warm each day. A weak cold front will move through late Tuesday generating scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some strong storms will be possible …

Dolores Diaz was enjoying a day off in March when a colleague called with a life-changing assignment. The team of nurses Diaz manages was being asked to lead Parkland Hospital & Health System’s coronavirus drive-through testing site — the first of its kind in North Texas. Dr. Donna Persaud, medical director for the homeless program Diaz helps run, asked the nurse manager …

Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing elderly man. Authorities issued a Silver Alert for 80-year-old John Clark Keller, who was last seen about 10:45 a.m. Friday driving in the 5700 block of Edwards Ranch Road, near Bryant Irvin Road in West Fort Worth. Keller is described as a white man who is 6-4 and …

A Richardson man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for threatening to kill President Donald Trump. Mickael Eyob Gedlu(Keller Police Department) Mickael Eyob Gedlu, who was indicted in July, pleaded guilty in December to the federal charge of threats against the president. Gedlu, 36, had faced a sentence of up to five years behind bars. …

Come Sunday, there will be none of the late Nawasa Hamilton’s famous apricot fried pies, nor any of Maude Shepherd’s “Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cobbler.” The long pavilion tables at College Mound United Methodist Church, seven miles southeast of Terrell in Kaufman County, won’t be piled with fried chicken, black-eyed peas, green bean casseroles or ambrosia salads. College Mound’s Decoration Day …

For the fifth straight day, fewer than 100 new cases of COVID-19 were reported among Dallas County residents. Friday’s announcement of 71 additional positive coronavirus tests brought the county’s total to 2,834. County officials also reported five more deaths caused by the illness. Four of the victims were residents of long-term care facilities in Dallas — a man in his …