An 11-year-old boy was wounded early Friday in a drive-by shooting in South Dallas. Police were called just after 12:15 a.m. to the 3200 block of Carpenter Avenue, near South Second Avenue, where multiple houses had been hit by gunfire. The boy, whose name was not released, was asleep in a front bedroom and was hit in the foot. He …

U.S. Rep. Van Taylor offered his take on the impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, which starts Tuesday, in an episode of Lone Star Politics on (KXAS-TV) NBC 5 that aired Sunday morning. The Plano Republican voted against impeaching Trump, who is accused of inciting the insurrection that led to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Fabio Luisi …

Texas Motor Speedway is taking a victory lap. One week after the racetrack’s widely lauded three-day mega center disbursed 27,700 COVID-19 vaccines, the site will likely be a weekly distribution hub, said Dawn Cobb, director of community relations for Denton County. “We see weekly clinics for the foreseeable future,” Cobb said Monday. Tuesday’s appointments at the 16-lane drive-through clinic run from 9:30 …

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 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Violent crime in the city of Houston is down with the exception of homicides and aggravated assaults, according to police. Already in 2021, there have been 44 homicides, five of which included teenagers, and 116 non-fatal shootings in the city. Police report they are seeing the same crime pattern as the last quarter of 2020. “You …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston teen is hoping to help his mom during hard times through the power of music, according to a woman who witnessed it. A video shared to by eyewitness Tocarra Smith shows a teen playing his violin near a Kroger store in the 300 block of Cypress Creek Parkway. According to Smith, the violinist, David, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are on Arctic Front Watch this week, and we’ve got answers to your most common questions about what we expect. Is there a chance for snow in Texas this week? Yes, but initially those chances will stay far to our north. A huge mass of Arctic air is building over Canada, and it’s already spreading …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston teen is giving up her entire college savings to help pay for her mom’s rent and prevent her being evicted. Alondra Carmona, a senior at Yes Prep East End, recently got accepted to Barnard College, a highly-rated Ivy League liberal arts college for women. Carmona said her mom suffered an injury last year, which …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of uncertainty, including confusion and distrust about the new vaccines we’re being told we should take to help control the virus. Action 13 tracked down a coronavirus vaccine expert to get answers to some of the most common misconceptions people might have. The active ingredient in the COVID-19 vaccine, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — President Joe Biden recently issued an executive order calling on the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to “preserve and fortify” Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA. Thousands of dreamers across the nation are hopeful, and one small nonprofit, which began at Harvard University, is helping these students. Many of …