Dallas County reported 460 new coronavirus cases Monday, with more than a third of them resulting from a backlog in the state’s reporting system. The county also announced one more death from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. The victim, whose death brings the county’s toll to 902, was a Dallas man in his 50s who was found dead at …

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 …

Dallas officers found three people dead Monday in Far East Dallas after a man reported he had shot his wife and two children, police say. Deputy Chief Reuben Ramirez said after officers were called about 11 a.m. to an apartment complex in the 2600 block of John West Road, near Big Town Boulevard, they took the man into custody to …

As 150 schoolchildren return to class this fall, they’ll have some new supplies in their backpacks. Art House Dallas, a nonprofit organization that was born out of the desire to support local artists at the grassroots level, donated art kits to the children in first through seventh grades, via five nonprofit organizations. The kits contain activities, projects and TEKS-guided curricula …

Colin Allred has launched a pre-Labor Day salvo in his campaign for reelection, releasing a television ad that highlights what he describes as a bi-partisan approach to move the district forward. He lists as his accomplishments his work to secure a new Veterans Administration medical center in Garland and his efforts to help residents through the coronavirus pandemic. The 30-second …

AUSTIN — Most of the nearly 300 Texas Veterans of Foreign War posts — and lodges operated by several other veterans’ organizations — are still feeling the pinch of Gov. Greg Abbott’s coronavirus order, and the VFW says it will have to close some posts permanently unless the order is changed. “We are going to lose some posts over this,” …

IRVING, Texas – ‘We asked you to leave the country without further delay.’ This was just one sentence in a letter sent to an Irving, Texas resident from a member of their community. According to the Irving Police Department, who posted a photo of the letter, it’s an isolated incident.