Carroll High School and Carroll Senior High School will remain closed on Wednesday due to a reported threat. Carroll ISD officials stated that the school district received an anonymous report of a potential threat on Tuesday evening. According to Southlake police, the report referenced a message found on a bathroom stall door, mentioning the STARR test and a possible school …

Construction workers, landscapers, and others who work outdoors work exposed to extreme heat during the summer months in North Texas and authorities warn that these working conditions pose serious health risks. Outdoor workers are at risk of suffering heat strokes, dehydration, exhaustion, rashes, and cramping, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Luis Posada, 71, mows lawns in Dallas …

Two UT Southwestern researchers are part of a global team receiving $25 million in backing to tackle one of cancer’s toughest challenges: How do tumors evolve? Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen(Mei-Chun Jau) Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen and Dr. Sihan Wu will try to answer that question alongside researchers from the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. The team was one of …

Summer officially arrives Tuesday and so does a forecast of triple-digit heat the rest of the week. Temperatures are expected to reach highs of about 100 degrees on Tuesday, then warm up to 103 or 104 over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Lows are expected to hover in the upper 70s and low 80s this week and through …

On her journey toward a doctorate, Reyna Flores has seen many inequities in education, specifically for marginalized and underrepresented students. Flores, whose mother worked in the farms along the Rio Grande Valley, seldom saw students or faculty who looked like her — particularly in graduate programs — as she pursued multiple degrees. “Some of the struggles that I’ve encountered and …

The last Dallas College board election aimed to fill in the seat of the longtime trustee who died last year. Dr. Catalina Garcia and Lynn Davenport faced off in a runoff on Saturday for the District 1 seat, which encompasses North Dallas and Lake Highlands. Garcia, 84, is a retired physician, and Davenport, 50, is a former professional recruiter. Garcia — …

Father’s Day was another hot one, with the temperature again reaching 99 at DFW Airport. Again, a few isolated thunderstorms developed during the afternoon, this time mostly to the east of Dallas. And those few that did pop up will dissipate by sundown. On Monday, for the Juneteenth holiday, DFW may hit 100. And though there is a slight 10% …

Authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a 17-year-old boy with an intellectual disability who was last seen Friday night in Grand Prairie. Authorities are searching for 17-year-old Chadrick Avery.(Texas Department of Public Safet) The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Endangered Missing Persons Alert on Saturday evening for Chadrick Avery. Avery was last seen walking about 11 …

On a recent Saturday morning in east Oak Cliff, Dallas Zoo volunteer Thelva Balkus stood in a creek near Herndon Park, pen and paper at the ready. In 90-degree heat, about half a dozen other volunteers in bright orange vests used reacher grabbers to pick up litter scattered throughout the creek bed. Volunteers called out each piece of trash — …

A U.S. Army veteran and former Vietnamese refugee won a seat Saturday on the Arlington City Council. Long Pham will represent District 6, an at-large seat. Pham won 57.4% of the total votes, beating Dr. Albert Parra, an oncologist, in a runoff election. According to his website, Pham moved to the U.S. from Vietnam as a teenager in 1975. He got …

Software developer John Bloch won a seat Saturday on the Irving City Council. Bloch will represent District 1. Bloch won 55.8% of the total votes, beating Tony Grimes, a former Irving ISD school board trustee. According to his website, Bloch is a graduate of the University of Dallas in Irving and has worked in software development for the past 12 years. …