HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A father-son duo is helping save patients in a Houston emergency room. “I planned this five years ago, and it came to fruition,” said Dr. Paul Torre, an ER physician with Memorial Hermann. Paul and his son Dr. Michael Torre are emergency medicine doctors at the hospital. Paul has been in the ER almost 33 years, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The American Cancer Society estimates more than 11,000 children under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Since September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Eyewitness News thought it would be the perfect time to introduce a survivor who is trying to make change. “I know what it’s like to go through cancer,” …

Garland police are looking for a missing 11-year-old girl who was last seen Friday night walking in the 3300 block of West Walnut Street. Karen Morales may have been with a boy, police said, and was wearing a blue shirt, black pants and white tennis shoes. She was last seen around 9 p.m. Friday. Police said she has been diagnosed …

A downtown rally against what supporters called the “violence and hypocrisy” of the American radical left erupted into conflict Saturday morning when a group of counterdemonstrators tangled with event security and others. Next Generation Action Network leader Dominique Alexander, who was violently taken to the ground by a man apparently working security at the “Walk Away Rescue America” rally, was …

After a dry start to Saturday, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed by mid afternoon and moved into North Texas from the south. Brief wind gusts over 40 mph and lightning were the main threats as the storms blew through. Expect them all to dissipate before the sun goes down. Sunday and Labor Day will be rain-free, warm and more humid …

Dallas County reported 398 new cases of coronavirus cases and one COVID-19 death Saturday. The numbers bring the county’s totals to 73,453 cases and 944 deaths. The additional death reported Saturday was of a Lancaster man in his 80s who had been hospitalized but had no underlying health conditions. Dallas County’s seven-day positivity rate for coronavirus testing was at 10.8%, …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help identifying persons of interest after a fatal shooting Saturday at a strip club in Stemmons Corridor. Officers responded to the shooting around 3:15 a.m. at the Zona Rosa Cabaret at 1676 Regal Row, near North Stemmons Freeway, police said. The victim, 41-year-old Osvaldo Montes Garduño, was taken to a local hospital, where …

Hundreds of Southern Methodist University students and members of the Highland Park community marched through the SMU campus Saturday afternoon in protest of police brutality and inequities faced by Black people in Dallas. People of all ages turned out for the peaceful demonstration, which was organized by the Black Lives Matter supporters at SMU. Students at the event said the …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …

As protests continue across the country, and President Donald Trump warns of rampant lawlessness should former Vice President Joe Biden win the election, gun owners are stocking up. In Texas, fear has been a motivation for first-time gun-owners, according to a poll released Sunday by and the University of Texas at Tyler. Just over a third of Texans polled say …