Rosa Mendoza tried her best to make sure her children kept up with their math lessons during the prolonged school closures. She hung a white board in the kitchen of their East Dallas apartment so she could work out problems alongside her 10-year-old daughter. To help her son, a first-grader when class suddenly went all-virtual in the spring, she grabbed …

Carroll ISD is seeking parent input on options for the 2021-22 school calendar. Through Jan. 6, parents can give feedback on the two proposed calendars that were presented to the school board on Dec. 14. The calendars are virtually the same except for two extended weekends in February and April 2022.

Across the state, 16,392 more coronavirus cases and 308 COVID-19 deaths were reported Thursday. Texas has now reported 1,653,522 total cases and 26,208 fatalities. Suspect in spree of Dallas-area killings is indicted on charge that he murdered his… Of the new cases, 12,783 were confirmed and 3,609 were probable. The state has reported 1,464,556 confirmed cases and 188,966 probable cases. …

Dallas ISD welcomed students back for in-person and hybrid learning on Oct. 5 after beginning the school year online on Sept. 8. DISD is operating a COVID-19 dashboard that is updated at 5 p.m. daily with new and cumulative positive cases of the illness since Sept. 28. Users can view the case breakdown by school, ZIP code or trustee district. Oak Cliff …

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Dallas County has recorded 160,189 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,544 deaths, according to the county’s website. ZIP codes in Oak Cliff have accounted for at least 18,502 cases, with 75211 having one of the largest numbers of active COVID-19 cases in Dallas County and one of the area’s highest per capita rates. Here are the confirmed cases …

Now here’s a crafty idea from IKEA. For the first time, the Swedish company, with local stores in Grand Prairie and Frisco, has released free downloadable instructions so that people can assemble iconic IKEA furniture at home — out of gingerbread. The Gingerbread Höme is a new project from IKEA Canada, said Heena Saini, commercial public relations specialist for IKEA …

A 27-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday evening in the Rylie area of southeast Dallas, police said. Officers were called about 5:45 p.m. to a home in the 14300 block of Skyfrost Drive, where they found Anthony Ray Williams lying on the front porch. Williams had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Witnesses …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help in searching for a suspect in the death of a 65-year-old man in West Dallas. Police responded to a health and welfare check call in the 2300 block of Leath Street about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday and found Timothy Paul Allen unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a car, police said. He was …

A Keller man has filed a lawsuit against two police officers who pushed him to the ground and pepper-prayed him after he filmed his son’s arrest following a traffic stop. Marco Puente, 39, is suing Blake Shimanek and Ankit Tomer in federal court, alleging that the Keller officers used excessive force and retaliated against him. The lawsuit also says Dillon …

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 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 under …