After record rainfall this spring, North Texas is under a growing threat of West Nile virus. Mosquitoes spread the virus, and a widow in Parker County is urging caution while outdoors after she said her husband died after contracting the disease. Dranda Hopps said her nightmare began June 9, with weekend yardwork outside her Springtown home. “I don’t think reality’s …

Dallas County tenants appearing in court with legal representation during eviction proceedings significantly increases their chances of staying in their homes, according to a new report from the Child Poverty Action Lab. A study commissioned by the Dallas non-profit showed that when tenants didn’t appear for their eviction hearing, landlords won their cases by default 84% of the time; also, when …

Gary Cheatwood, almost 84, has spent nearly half his life worried about a yet-to-be-built human-made lake that would destroy everything important to him. His family’s century-old home bulldozed. Virgin timber they’ve watched grow demolished. His elders’ graves washed up. The threat of the 66,000-acre Marvin Nichols Reservoir has loomed for decades. He and other Northeast Texans have been fighting the …

It finally feels like Fall in North Texas and this cooler weather will stick around through Wednesday. Overnight lows will be quite chilly with many falling off into the 40s, Tuesday morning. The coldest morning appears to be Wednesday morning. Most of DFW will hold around 40, but many outlying spots will drop into the middle 30s. This means the …

WASHINGTON — Trevor Reed, the Fort Worth native and Marine veteran who was imprisoned in Russia for almost three years, has thrown his support behind freshman Rep. August Pfluger, R-San Angelo, in a new video ad for the congressman, who’s running for reelection Nov. 8. The new 30-second campaign ad, released Sunday, features Reed as he talks about what U.S. officials …

Chance Nash came face to face with his mortality after an overdose. His wake up call was three doses of Narcan, a life-saving opioid reversal medication. “I always expected and wanted more out of life and thought I had found it in drugs,” the 18-year-old, who is now in recovery from a fentanyl addiction at Phoenix House, said at a …

Police in Southlake shot a man who authorities said pointed a gun at the officers Monday afternoon and is believed to be involved in a fatal shooting in North Richland Hills earlier in the day. Around 12:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to the 1600 block of Weyland Drive in North Richland Hills in response to a shooting in a parking …

A proposed Dallas rule change that could subject residents to fines for feeding wildlife is premature and too steep a penalty, says one city council member. Dallas Animal Services and parks officials told council members during a committee meeting Monday that food left outside by residents for feral cats, birds and other animals has been linked to several cases of coyote sightings …

At a recent rally for Nevada Republicans, former President Donald Trump argued against the federal probe into the storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate by falsely suggesting that past presidents did the same thing. Trump claimed at the event earlier this month that Barack Obama moved “truckloads” of documents to a former furniture store in Chicago, that Bill Clinton carted records …

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Fresh off his only debate in the race for U.S. Senate, former Dallas Cowboys star running back and current rookie Republican political candidate Herschel Walker rallied with supporters, urging them to get to the polls as early voting begins in Georgia on Monday. The campaign of Democrat Raphael Warnock, meanwhile, released three clips from the Friday night faceoff that it said …

“Everything’s bigger in Texas” is a slogan for a reason. The University of Texas helped uphold that reputation Saturday when it unveiled its newest addition, Big Bertha II, the world’s largest bass drum. Big Bertha II, the drum custom-built for the Longhorn Band, measures just over 9.5 feet in diameter and 55 inches in width. It also plays the lowest …