Dallas County reported 22 more COVID-19 deaths and 378 new coronavirus cases Wednesday. The latest victims were 14 men and eight women who were in their 30s and older. Twelve of the victims were from Dallas, three from Garland, three from Irving, two from Grand Prairie and one each from Addison and DeSoto. Two lived in long-term care facilities, and …

AUSTIN — The Texas House Committee on Public Health passed a bill Wednesday that would include more patients in the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) for medical marijuana. House Bill 1535, authored by Fort Worth Republican Rep. Stephanie Klick, would grow the Texas Compassionate Use Program by including patients with any type of cancer, not just terminal, PTSD in veterans …

A cold front moved across North Texas Wednesday, triggering some thunderstorms in East Texas. In the wake of the front, tonight will be clear with diminishing winds. Thursday will be dry and warm with highs in the 80s. It looks to stay dry until Friday when a chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorms returns. Some severe weather is possible so …

Police arrested a 16-year-old who is suspected in the death of a man who was found fatally shot inside a northeast Dallas apartment. Officers responded to a call about a possible dead person at about 4 p.m. Sunday at the East Town Apartments in the 6400 block of Melody Lane, south of Park Lane. They found Dangelo Roane, 29, inside …

A political campaign watchdog has accused Texas Sen. Cruz of improperly using campaign funds to pay for Facebook ads marketing his 2020 book on the Supreme Court. The Campaign Legal Center filed complaints with the Senate Ethics Committee and the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday alleging that Cruz violated federal campaign finance law and Senate ethics rules by spending up …

On the same day thousands of Texas students experienced technical difficulties taking their STAAR exams online, a lawmaker suggested the state’s push to administer all of the exams virtually could take longer than expected. About 200,000 Texas students were impacted by STAAR exam outages on Tuesday, Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Kingwood, told the House Public Education Committee. Students in districts across …

McKinney police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 72-year-old woman who was last seen just before 11 a.m. Wednesday. Beverly Casey was last seen in the area of U.S. Highway 75 and U.S. Route 380, police said. She is driving a silver Toyota Avalon with Texas license plate MXX-1583. Anyone with information about her whereabouts may call …

Former Dallas police Officer Bryan Riser was released from jail Wednesday after a judge ruled that he could not be held after his arrest last month on two counts of capital murder. Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Audrey Moorehead found that police did not have enough evidence to keep Riser jailed. She issued the ruling after listening to more than three …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help finding an 85-year-old man who went missing Wednesday morning. Plura Armstrong(Dallas Police Department) Plura Armstrong’s last known location was in the 1400 block of N. Beckley Avenue about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, police said. Police describe Armstrong as a 5-11 bald Black man with brown eyes and weighing 190 pounds. He was last …

Hundreds gathered at Allen’s Celebration Park on Wednesday evening to mourn the deaths of an Allen family in an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend. Among those remembering the six Towhid family members were longtime friends, local police officers, City Council members and advocates for mental health reform and gun safety. Authorities believe the Towhids died on Saturday. Their boides were …