HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The largest school district in Texas, and the seventh largest in the U.S., has the difficult task of starting the first day of the new academic year virtually for 209,772 students on Tuesday, Sept. 8. While the way students learn has transitioned from in-person to online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some things like the quality …

Heading into its second week of in-person classes, Allen ISD is reporting eight active COVID-19 cases among staff and students across the district. The district last week launched an online dashboard to track cases in the district. As of Friday afternoon, six students and two staff members had “active” cases. In-person learning began Wednesday after an online start to the school year …

Isabela Flores and Olivia Davis were distraught over their classmates’ social media politics. Adam Chow and Blaire Messmann were on the receiving end of criticism from their own communities. The North Texas teenagers all had one thing in common: Social media was the platform where much of the political action in their lives happened. Platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and …

Tuesday will be another hot day across north Texas with highs mostly in the low 90s. It will be muggy and a couple of afternoon storms may pop up but the areal coverage will be rather limited. A cold front will push into North Texas Wednesday. This will bring a nice drop in temperatures and increasing rain chances. Widespread thunderstorms …

Dallas County reported 261 new coronavirus cases and zero deaths Monday. It was first day in two weeks, and only the third in nearly three months, that the county didn’t report additional deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. The county said 177 of the newly reported cases came from the state’s reporting system: 35 from August and …

When the Garland City Council convenes for a work session next Monday, Sept. 14, members will continue discussions on the city’s proposed operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The proposed budget would increase revenue from property taxes by more than $5 million, a number that marks a 4% rise when compared with last year’s budget. Around 44% of the …

In light of National Preparedness Month, the city of Richardson is offering residents steps they can take to survive a disaster. Every September, the federal government highlights its “Ready” campaign, which helps citizens and businesses learn how to prepare for natural and man-made emergencies. Disasters often strike quickly, and can include flooding, tornadoes, fires, mass casualties, chemical threats or a …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help identifying the person who shot a dog in the leg. Police said Monday that someone found the female pit bull the afternoon of Aug. 2 in the 5200 block of Rocky Ridge Road, near Hillvale Drive in southeast Oak Cliff. The dog had a severe gunshot wound to one of its rear …

Two teenagers are in custody and two more people remain at large after an attempted armed robbery in Garland over the weekend. Police said shots were fired during the incident, which took place shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday. The victim had just gotten home in the 2800 block of Cumberland Drive, near Broadway Boulevard, and was getting belongings out of …

A man died after being shot by an acquaintance in Pleasant Grove on Monday afternoon, Dallas police said. Officers were called about 5:15 p.m. about a shooting in the 300 block of Vista Court, near Elam Road and North St. Augustine Drive, where they reported finding a crime scene but not a victim. About 6 p.m., an injured person was …