An 18-year-old man has been arrested after being found with a missing Collin County teenager in Illinois, authorities say. The mother of a 15-year-old McKinney girl reported her daughter as a runaway on Friday, according to the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, and said the teen was believed to be headed to Illinois with 18-year-old Kelvin Simmons. Illinois state police soon …

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) — Cases of respiratory illness are on the rise. We’re not talking about COVID-19, but rather other illnesses, such as RSV, a respiratory virus. RSV can seriously affect infants and children, and since COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted, there’s been a spike in cases. “Starting in March, we started to see an increase in all of the …

Two people were killed and two more were injured in a natural gas explosion Monday afternoon in Collin County. The explosion occurred about 3:30 p.m. near State Highway 78 and FM2756 in Farmersville, about 15 miles east of McKinney. The Collin County Sheriff’s Office said the scene of the explosion was safe but asked that people avoid the area. Employees …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An area of low pressure to our southwest will continue pumping in tropical moisture. That means we’ll have more heavy rainstorms Tuesday, especially during the afternoon. Once again, some isolated instances of street flooding will be possible. Will the rain ease up a bit any time this week? There will be less moisture over us Wednesday …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police released detailed sketches of two men wanted for questioning in the murder of a man in Midtown in January. Layvon Suell, 27, was gunned down on January 9. He was found lying in the street at 1100 McIlhenny Street. Police said he had just left a nightclub when he was shot. Suell was a …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Three people were shot in the parking lot of a flea market Sunday night in north Harris County after a confrontation, investigators said. The sheriff’s office called it a “random act of violence.” Deputies responded to the 8700 block of Airline Drive near Gulf Bank Road, where Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a tweet that …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of shooting his ex-wife four times Monday morning, the day they were scheduled to appear in court for a child custody hearing, has been arrested. Harris County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Memorial Crossing Drive near Memorial Falls Drive in response to a shooting/home invasion around 3:30 a.m. Monday. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Acknowledging the uptick in crime across Houston and Harris County throughout the pandemic, leaders spoke Monday morning about efforts to reduce the violence, pointing specifically to the courts and proposing a $14.8 million investment in public safety. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo along with HPD Executive Assistant Chief Matt Slinkard, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, and …

HOUSTON, Texas — In January of last year, as CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler reported, Antone’s Famous Po’ Boys opened a highly anticipated location in the Medical Center. Now, however, the company announced the outpost at 6618 Fannin St. has shuttered. The last day of service was Friday, June 25; the location officially shut down on Saturday, June 26. “Closing the Medical Center …