HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An HFD arson investigator shot during a confrontation early Friday morning in a northwest Houston neighborhood has died, Chief Samuel Pena confirmed. Pena provided an update outside Memorial Hermann Hospital, where the investigator succumbed to his injuries around 4:43 a.m. Pena said Investigator Lemuel Bruce, 44, was married with two children, ages 12 and 8. He …

The Dallas County district attorney’s office on Tuesday dismissed a drunk driving charge against a Dallas police officer who was fired more than a year after his arrest. Kevin Masters, a 17-year veteran who was fired last March from the Dallas Police Department, plans to appeal the termination and get his job back, his attorney says. Justin Moore, an attorney …

ba Dallas County reported 537 more confirmed cases Thursday, including 529 which the county considers new and eight from previous months. One new COVID-19 death was also reported. Labs either report coronavirus cases directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to individual counties. Of cases reported Thursday, Dallas County health …

A 16-year-old girl from Grand Prairie drove more than 100 miles to Tyler this week to visit a boy, police say, and the visit ended with her in jail. The teen ran a red light around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office told KETK-TV (Channel 51), and fled when a deputy attempted to pull her over. A chase ensued, …

Political science students at Texas State University have a new instructor to look forward to this spring: Beto O’Rourke. Motivated by a desire to reach young adults, the former U.S representative and presidential candidate will teach Texas politics at the San Marcos-based institution this spring, The University Star reported Thursday. “He originally approached people in the administration… and expressed an interest in teaching,” …

WASHINGTON — Instead of a face-to-face debate Thursday night, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off, sort of, in simultaneous prime-time town halls that forced voters to channel surf if they wanted to comparison shop. In tone and content, these were less competing events than parallel universes. As Biden sedately clarified his views on fracking and …

] 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 …

After a cool start to the morning, sunshine returns in full force Friday with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. The weekend will be warmer and pleasant before the next cold front arrives late Sunday. No rain is expected, but Sunday should see a gradual increase in cloud cover. Latest forecast: TODAY: Sunny and cool. High: 72. Wind: …

Billionaire Robert F. Smith has been hailed as a brilliant investor who built Vista Equity Partners into a private equity powerhouse and a generous philanthropist lauded for paying off the student debt of Morehouse College’s entire graduating class last year. But federal prosecutors undercut that image on Thursday, saying Smith concealed income and evaded taxes for 15 years by using …

Every domestic violence murder is maddening — or it should be — because we can almost always spot this tragedy rumbling in the distance toward its victim. That was the trajectory of Nicole Marie McChriston’s last year of life and her hideous, but little-noticed, killing Sept. 4 in her mother’s northeast Dallas apartment. The writing was on the wall, yet …