Texas Motor Speedway is set to become one of the region’s largest vaccination sites next week, according to speedway officials. The drive-through mega site will open Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 8 a.m., said David Hart, vice president of communications for the speedway. Texas Motor Speedway was in talks late Friday with Denton County to work out further details. Dallas leaders …

AUSTIN — North Texas is set to receive a major influx of COVID-19 vaccine next week, driven by large one-time allocations to providers in Collin and Denton counties, state officials announced Friday. The boost comes as the state receives an increase in Moderna-manufactured vaccine from the federal government. There’s also a one-time supply of about 127,000 shots that were not …

A Plano man used his company’s credit cards to fund $1.6 million in purchases that included cars, first-class plane tickets, laser tag and dining at expensive steakhouses as well as Hooters, federal authorities. Steven Edward Duety, 45, was indicted Tuesday on nine counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and he made an initial …

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: ‘We have to do a little more’: Center steps up to register underserved South Dallas residents for… Sherri Mixon is one of several Black community organizers who earlier this month …

One person was in custody after a shooting in Frisco left one person dead and another wounded Friday night, police said Texas Motor Speedway may become one of the largest COVID-19 vaccination sites in North Texas Authorities said the shooting took place just before 7:30 p.m. at the Stewart Creek Apartments in the 7500 block of Stonebrook Parkway. Police did …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Millennials may be slower to buy homes and cars than previous generations, but that does not mean they have nothing of value. Just because they fall outside traditional insurance coverage options like homeowners insurance, there are plans that can cover their valuables. The Travelers Insurance group brought a product to the Texas market a year ago …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — TSA officers detected twice as many firearms per million passengers screened at airport security checkpoints nationwide last year compared to 2019, and Houston ranked high on the list with the most detections, according to a press release from the agency. The TSA says this is a significantly higher rate than any other year recorded before. In …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man who the FBI identified as the third Houston-area resident arrested in the U.S. Capitol riot was due to appear in a federal court Friday. According to the bureau’s Houston field office, Wilmar Montano Alvarado was arrested in relation to the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, where rioters clashed with police officers. Five people, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A powerful storm system rolling through the Plains brings some quick weather changes to Houston this weekend. Cloud cover will increase overnight as winds pick up from the south. Temperatures will be almost 20 degrees warmer at sunrise Saturday than they were at sunrise Friday. You can expect lows in the 50s and highs in the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found vandalized recently outside of a southeast Houston church. The incident happened Dec. 29 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in the 3000 block of Telephone Road. According to parishioners, the statue was hit by at least six bullets, which left holes in the venerated object. Witnesses said …