Fort Worth police are currently investigating after discovering a man’s body floating in the Trinity River on Tuesday morning. Authorities responded to the scene at approximately 7:14 a.m. Homicide detectives have been informed and are actively pursuing the investigation. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will ascertain the cause and manner of death, and identify the deceased pending notification of …

Dallas-area hospitals are pressuring Gov. Greg Abbott to order residents to stay at home and warning a surge of patients sick with the new coronavirus could deplete their bed capacity by late April, according to an email from a Dallas-area hospital association obtained by The Dallas Morning News. But Abbott, saying that the outbreak is concentrated in the state’s urban centers, …

When Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson last Monday issued an emergency order requiring all restaurants and bars to close at midnight, dozens of people headed over to Nova for one last drink — or three. The place was buzzing for a Monday. Regulars were socializing at the curved section of the bar, while others sat a tables to eat. Co-owner JD …

Thick fog this Monday morning will stick around for several hours. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. Visibility could drop below 1/4 mile in spots. Otherwise, skies will remain mostly cloudy today with a slight chance of rain or drizzle. It finally appears we are in for an extended stretch of sunshine and dry weather after …

After a quiet start to the weekend, the rain is back. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to spread northward across all of North Texas this evening into the overnight hours. No severe weather is expected, but lightning and some heavy rain will be possible. The rain will linger into Sunday with patchy areas of drizzle through the morning. Skies will …

Jessica Toliver struggled to breathe Wednesday when she called a hospital asking about a coronavirus test. The nurse who answered was so troubled by the 37-year-old’s wheezing, she suggested that Toliver rush to the emergency room. Doctors at Baylor Scott & White took an X-ray of her chest — which came back clear — then sent the Grand Prairie resident home. But …

Last week, when Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine closed his state’s schools for three weeks in response to the coronavirus outbreak, it struck me as a stark overreaction. Days later, it became clear that my own son’s school may be closed at least that long. The sliding scale of what seems rational is moving by the day, if not by the …

In the liturgical calendar, we are entering the fourth week of Lent. The Lenten season is the six weeks leading up until Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday with a service where a priest spreads ashes on your forehead, saying the words, “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Thus commences a season of repentance and forgoing. The …

After 9/11, Americans in every state rallied around our first responders. Today, with the coronavirus pandemic threatening the health and well-being of Americans in every state, our brave first responders and the nearly 5.3 million hospital workers across the country are again on the front lines, risking infection to themselves and their families. But given the nature of this crisis, …

I remember a conversation my wife and I had about our son when he started high school and we were wondering if he would find community there, the kind that would be meaningful and satisfying. I checked on him one night as he was doing homework and I was surprised to find him with his two-monitor computer setup, playing an …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott has not been shy about aggressively expanding the powers of his office. The lethal coronavirus outbreak offers Abbott, who espouses limited government, perhaps unprecedented opportunities to exercise great clout as Texas’ chief executive. “There will be many directives issued by this office over the coming days,” he told reporters as he issued his first disaster …