There have been 256 new cases of COVID-19 since the start of November among students and staff across Frisco ISD. On Oct. 31, the district’s online COVID-19 dashboard displayed positive cases for 99 staff members and 345 students. Twelve days later, the dashboard now displays 152 positive cases for staff members and 548 positive cases for students. The number of …

Dallas school officials backtracked on a controversial proposal to significantly limit the amount of time community members have to address the elected board. The district pulled the proposal from consideration indefinitely, DISD announced Friday morning. Trustees expected to vote on the policy change at a December meeting. If approved, public comment would be limited to one hour total with individual …

The K9 units serving with the Arlington Fire and Police Department now have a memorial statue at city hall dedicated to the dogs who are, have and will serve the city. The bronze statue located between city hall and the George W. Hawkes Downtown Library was unveiled on Wednesday. The statue depicts two former Arlington service dogs: Labrador retriever Brickman, …

McKinney and Collin County continue to see more residents testing positive for the coronavirus and experiencing serious effects from COVID-19, according to data from state dashboard and the city’s McKinney-specific dashboard. Collin County stopped publishing countywide data, with the exception of hospitalizations on Nov. 10. A notice on the Collin County dashboard reads: Collin County will no longer post COVID-19 case data on …

clap Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order on July 2 requiring anyone above the age of 10 to wear masks in businesses and other public spaces. The order also restricts outdoor gatherings to no more than 10 people. The order applies only to counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases. Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley extended Tarrant County’s own mask mandate …

WASHINGTON — Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz have joined some notable Republicans in saying Democrat Joe Biden should be receiving presidential-level intelligence briefings, even as they continue to stand by President Donald Trump as he challenges the election’s outcome. The Texans said it comes down to national security. Biden, the president-elect, has been getting intelligence briefings ever since he …

WASHINGTON — The runner-up for the 2016 GOP nomination, Sen. Ted Cruz has made no secret of wanting to try again for the White House. The Texan’s actions before and since Election Day appear calibrated to serve that ambition. He collected chits by jetting to Senate battleground states and lending his star power to embattled colleagues. He raised more for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said another strong effort to cut down the rising cases of COVID-19 may be on the horizon, saying “another pull-back is necessary.” In her “State of the County” address, which was held virtually on Thursday, she began by discussing the rise of positive cases in the county and across the country. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two men had to be cut out of a Ford Mustang after the driver slammed into two parked semi trucks Friday morning in northwest Houston. The crash happened around 3 a.m. at Railhead Lane near Golden Spike, just southwest of Highway 249. The HPD sergeant on scene told our photographer the crash is the result of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are searching for the suspect who dragged a woman out of a grocery store while taking her purse. On Oct. 28, police responded to reports of a robbery at the Fiesta located at 12355 Main St. Surveillance video shows a woman walking into the Fiesta while a man walks behind her and tries to …