AUSTIN — Texas will immediately begin building a barrier along the state’s border with Mexico while ramping up arrests of migrants, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday, though the Republican offered few details about the initiative. “Only Congress and the president can fix our broken border,” Abbott said during a summit in Del Rio focused on border security. “But in the …

An education center in Mesquite is offering programs designed for high school students, post-secondary graduates and unemployed and underemployed adults. The Texas Advancement Center celebrated its grand opening at 2920 Motley Road in Mesquite last weekend, providing free education and job training to qualified adults 17 and older, per the center’s website. The education center offers a wide range of …

Students, staff and community members came together at Kimball High School on Wednesday to remember Dallas ISD mentor Hanan Ali-Lacy, who was killed in a DeSoto car crash over the weekend. The mourners held a balloon release Wednesday evening in memory of Ali-Lacy, the assistant director of school operations for education who mentored high school students as they prepared for …

A man died after a shooting was reported near downtown Fort Worth on Thursday afternoon, but police were not yet sure how he died. Police were called about 2:30 p.m. to the 700 block of North Hampton Street, where a 911 caller said that a man had been shot outside an apartment. Officers found the man, whose identity has not …

A Collin County jury Thursday imposed five life sentences on a man who had pleaded guilty to shooting a state trooper and launching a 15-hour standoff at a Frisco apartment complex in 2019. Bryan Cahill, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to seven charges of evading arrest, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a …

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will host Democrats from the Texas Legislature at the White House next Wednesday, spotlighting their dramatic walkout that killed a GOP election bill to build support for congressional action on voting rights. Democrats view the Texas bill as one of the most egregious attempts at voter suppression since Donald Trump’s defeat last fall. Gov. …

Dallas will have its first march in celebration on Juneteenth this year thanks to a group of local organizers who wanted to mark the day that enslaved people in Texas found out about the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln that made them free. Elite News and the Blair Foundation are hosting the Juneteenth Celebration, March and Festival on June 19. The …

U.S. Labor Secretary Martin Walsh and Rep. Colin Allred met with business leaders and community organizers in Dallas on Thursday to tout the Biden administration’s plans to shore up the nation’s infrastructure and expand family leave benefits. Walsh and Allred made stops at the Dallas Regional Chamber, the Garland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Semones Family YMCA and the J. …

Police in McKinney say they are looking for an package thief who has stolen from multiple homes. “Know her? She is wanted for stealing packages from several front porches,” the department tweeted, sharing a video showing the woman leaving in a dark-colored SUV. One theft took place just south of Eldorado Parkway, between Ridge Road and Lake Forest Drive, and the …