The Lancaster schools superintendent was bought out of a five-year contract at a Monday board meeting, though no one is saying why or for how much. Some trustees tried to stop the meeting from taking place with a court order, but they were ultimately unsuccessful. Superintendent Elijah Granger started a new five-year $1.6 million contract to lead the Lancaster ISD on Oct. …

Dallas police are investigating after a fatal shooting at a Pleasant Grove motel. Officers were called just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday to the Super 7 Inn in the 9600 block of the westbound C.F. Hawn Freeway service road, near South St. Augustine Drive, where a man had been shot. That man was taken to a hospital, where he died Monday …

The Texas high school football playoffs begin next week for UIL schools in Class 4A and below. Here is bi-district information for all 4A and below football teams. Pairings will be added to this story as they become available. CLASS 4A DIVISION I Region I Clint (5-0) vs San Angelo Lake View (4-6), 7 p.m. Friday at Wink’s Wildcat Stadium …

  Two men have been arrested on murder charges in connection with a fatal October shooting in Denton, and authorities are continuing to investigate. Jordan Carlos Bernal, 18, of Little Elm was taken into custody Oct. 28 and Juan Carlos Perales, 21, of Denton was arrested Oct. 29, Denton police announced Monday. Police were called the night of Oct. 24 to …

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 …

Today’s change in weather will be marked by a weak cold front passing through. This front will bring a brief chance of rain to North Texas during the morning hours. Skies will clear quickly this afternoon and the humidity will be lower as well thanks to a north breeze. It will be a cold night tonight with temperatures dropping into …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are investigating the death of a man who was found in an elementary school parking lot. The discovery was made at about 7:45 a.m. in the 9800 block of Town Park Drive near the West Sam Houston Parkway. Homicide detectives are on the scene, but at this time the man’s cause of death is …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Eastex Freeway has reopened after a wreck at Will Clayton Parkway, near Bush Intercontinental Airport. At around 12:30 p.m. Monday, a wreck prompted the closure of both southbound and northbound lanes. At the time, authorities were spraying water on a big rig on the scene. By 1 p.m. the southbound lanes had reopened, while the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As the U.S. Postal Service remains underneath the microscope, especially with its role in the election process, a federal prosecutor in Houston is accusing a man of stealing more than 100 pieces of mail, including a mail-in ballot. According to the office of Ryan K. Patrick, who is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We do have a lovely humidity drop on the way, but first we have to get through another muggy night with patchy dense fog. Temperatures will bottom out in the upper 60s as the fog and low clouds form over Southeast Texas. Once the fog burns off, temperatures will climb back into the lower 80s. There …