On Friday, the Fort Worth community will have a chance to say goodbye to a basketball icon. Legendary high school basketball coach Robert Hughes will be honored in a special celebration of life that will be open to the public. He passed away earlier this month at the age of 96. The public remembrance ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. …

A strong cold front will move into North Texas on Sunday. Expect a chance of severe storms for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin and Lamar counties on Sunday morning. The primary threats are heavy rainfall, gusty winds and small hail. After the frontal passage, showers will linger across the area into Monday morning. Rainfall totals could range from 0.30″ to 1.00″. …

High school Spanish teacher Esmeralda Martínez is nursing a bruise. Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School just started offering self-defense classes, and a few days ago, a twiggy senior flipped Martínez straight on her back. Despite her sore arm, Martínez is satisfied. Every day, she teaches and mentors girls in a building named for the woman who guaranteed Martinez’s …

Billy Chemirmir sat emotionless Friday as relatives of the elderly women he killed and is accused of killing finally got to have their say. Some offered forgiveness. Others told him to go to hell. One family Chemirmir previously worked for as a caregiver felt betrayed. Everyone told stories of grieving families and shared memories of their precious loved ones. Photos of the …

Determined to reduce the possibility of collisions caused by wrong-way drivers, Irving transportation officials in July installed wrong-way detection systems at 10 intersections along state highways 183 and 161. In the first two months, four wrong-way drivers were detected in Irving, according to the Irving City Spectrum newsletter. The 20 new cameras are positioned along SH 183 at Valley View Lane, North …

Warmer weather is on tap for Saturday with highs into the lower-90s. Expect a breezy southerly wind throughout the day. It will be mostly sunny to start the weekend before clouds and rain chances roll in. Our next cold front is expected to arrive Sunday. Along with cooler temperatures, it will also bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms. A …

A former Dallas schools auditor is suing the district, alleging that she was fired after reporting grade and attendance manipulation at a high school. The lawsuit escalates Andrea Whelan’s ongoing whistleblower fight against the district, coming a month after Dallas ISD trustees denied her request to be reinstated. “Dallas ISD does not comment on pending litigation,” district spokeswoman Robyn Harris said …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden named three U.S. attorneys for Texas on Friday, including career federal prosecutors in Dallas and Houston, and a former El Paso district attorney who sought the death penalty in the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. All three are backed by the state’s GOP senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. The El Paso pick could end up …

After grocer Kroger announced it will be acquiring rival Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal, some customers are wondering how the merger could affect their shopping habits, for better or worse. In Dallas Fort-Worth, the supermarkets operate a combined total of 195 stores, making their share bigger than Walmart. And the merger could drastically alter the grocery landscape, which is already changing after Texas …

CIUDAD JUAREZ — Two days after the Biden administration announced Mexico agreed to take Venezuelan migrants expelled from the United States, some saturated shelters along Mexican border cities feared human smugglers would salivate over the newest opportunity for customers. Many of the Venezuelans interviewed after they were expelled Thursday night said they had been given two weeks to leave Mexico, sending them …

Southern Methodist University police arrested a driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger on campus early Friday. Anselmo Amil Contreras, 50, was booked into the Dallas County jail on a sexual assault charge. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. About 2:20 a.m. Friday, university police responded to a report of sexual assault in the 3100 block of Daniel …