Dallas County on Tuesday reported 1,401 more coronavirus cases — all of them considered new and the county’s highest single-day total of the pandemic. Two new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. The county reported more cases twice in August, but on both occasions the total included significant numbers of older, previously unreported cases from the Texas Department of State Health …

A 28-year-old Texas man has been charged in an unsolved triple shooting that claimed the lives of two women in west Oak Cliff in 2014, police say. On Oct. 2, members of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force took Christopher Joseph Gonzalez into custody at his home in Baytown, about 30 minutes east of downtown Houston. The crime …

The Dallas City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a contract for an early warning system to flag problematic officer behavior. Police Chief U. Reneé Hall said Friday that the department’s current technology is lagging. In an interview with  Hall said police accountability was part of the REAL Change reforms she announced in the summer that included stating that …

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 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Monday’s killing of Houston police Sgt. Sean Rios marked the department’s second officer killed in just three weeks. But he’s also the fourth officer killed in the line of duty within one year. We’re remembering Houston officers, as well as surrounding area officers and deputies, who were killed in the line of duty. Houston police Sgt. Christopher Brewster …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A motel manager is describing what he saw moments after 47-year-old HPD sergeant Sean Rios was fatally shot. Sideharth Gandhi, manager at the Taj Inn & Suites, talked to Tuesday, the day after Rios, a 25-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, died. Rios was killed in the 7900 block of the North Freeway after police …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Even after eight months of the pandemic, which has sickened nearly 168,000 people during that time, Harris County health officials say there’s still a lot to be learned about COVID-19’s spread throughout the most populous county in Texas. On Tuesday, Harris County Public Health announced plans for a month-long survey of randomly selected residents, in which …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A front arriving overnight will mark the return of crisp fall mornings in Southeast Texas. It’s not a powerful front, but it will drop the humidity in a big way for Veterans Day. You’ll notice a crisper feel to the air when you step outside Wednesday morning. Lows in Houston will still be in the 60s, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After a sudden cancellation in the middle of the 2020 event, organizers of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo are scaling down next year’s show as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. The 2021 Open Show, which focuses on adult exhibitors, has been canceled in order to focus on the Junior Show and other youth events, Rodeo …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Just after an arrest was made in the shooting death of an HPD sergeant, Chief Art Acevedo says they have their eyes set on a separate person of interest. During a briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Acevedo released new surveillance video showing the person of interest currently on the run. “The video is clear,” said Acevedo. “The …