HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former HISD third grade teacher charged with sex crimes against children is now in custody. Wilbert Sequerios, 54, is in the Harris County Jail. He was booked on Tuesday. Sequerios has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child. “Sex offenders of this type will pursue …

An Independence High School freshman has been named America’s Top Young Scientist after discovering a potential means to treat COVID-19. Anika Chebrolu, 14, was named the winner of the 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her research into a compound that could bind to the coronavirus and inhibit its ability to infect people. She also earned the “Improving Lives Award,” according …

McKinney’s Trinity Falls neighborhood pumpkin patch event raised $2,000 for Court Appointed Special Advocates of Collin County, the neighborhood announced Tuesday. With the spread of COVID-19 increasing, Trinity Falls opted to host a drive-through pumpkin patch with appointments to limit the number of people gathered. Pumpkins were sold for $2 each with all proceeds going toward CASA, which advocates for …

When Texas Sen. John Cornyn saw the latest Texas early voting numbers on Monday, he asked his Twitter followers a simple question: “Who says voting in Texas is hard?” Bradley Bain, a 23-year-old senior from Dallas at Pomona College in California, is one Texan taking exception because he’s finding it very difficult to vote. “I’m literally spending >$400 to fly …

Dallas County on Tuesday reported 472 new confirmed coronavirus cases — a 42 percent jump from the previous day’s new-case figure — bringing the county’s total number of confirmed cases to 90,790. Four additional COVID-19 deaths were reported, including a hospitalized man in his 30s who had been critically ill. Labs either report coronavirus cases directly to the county health …

Dallas bar The Whippersnapper and Fort Worth coffee shop Ampersand are among six businesses in Texas slapped with liquor license suspensions after the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) said they violated Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive orders related to the COVID-19 crisis. Both establishments will be prohibited from selling alcoholic beverages for 30 days. At Ampersand on Bledsoe Street in Fort …

Two days after announcing that a Dallas County woman had died of COVID-19 on a flight to Texas in July, health officials revised their account of the case. But questions linger because their description of what happened differs from details provided by an airport spokeswoman. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has said officials can’t provide many details because of privacy …

IRVING — A man and two women were found dead Tuesday in what police said was a double murder-suicide. At about 11 a.m., Irving police received a call from a woman who requested a welfare check on her brother in the 400 block of Renaissance Lane, police said. The woman who called said she believed there may have been a …

Plano’s coronavirus case numbers include 4,161 confirmed cases and 26 deaths, according to the most recent data available. Reporters at The Dallas Morning News are looking to talk with people who have had COVID-19 about how they’ve recovered — or if their symptoms still linger. If you’re willing to speak with a reporter about your experience, fill out the form at 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 …