Richardson has reported 6,147 cases of the coronavirus and 112 deaths, according to the most recent information available from Dallas and Collin counties. The Department of State Health Services has posted information about when and where Texas residents can get a vaccine. Shots are now open to all adults. For more information on the COVID-19 vaccine, go here. Coronavirus cases Case reporting …

Plano has had 17,470 confirmed coronavirus cases, a figure equal to 6.13% of the city’s population, according to Plano’s website. The most recent number of deaths reported is 37. Both figures were the same last week. Collin County has had 75,111 confirmed cases and 834 fatalities. Collin County previously announced it will no longer post COVID-19 case data on its website. …

The wet pattern has finally come to an end! Unfortunately, this means hotter temperatures and higher humidity as we evaporate water from weeks of rainfall. The combination of the heat and humidity will make it feel like the upper 90s to low 100s late this week and into the weekend. Remember to stay hydrated if you plan to be outside …

The Dallas Regional Chamber will launch a COVID-19 vaccine awareness campaign Wednesday in an effort to push the region over the threshold for herd immunity. The campaign, titled “Take Care of Business,” will use targeted advertising and a sweepstakes with the goal of getting 600,000 more North Texans ages 16 and older vaccinated so businesses can resume pre-pandemic levels of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman who depends on METROLift for rides to see her doctor is saying she ended up in a big bind when her ride never showed. “Somebody dropped the ball,” said Maxine Singler. Singler said she feels frustrated after she said METROLift never showed up Monday to take her to her doctor’s appointment. “We kept on …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man at a gas pump in a southwest Houston convenience store was shot and killed Tuesday night, police said. Investigators arrived at Sunny’s Food Store off Stella Link and Link Valley at around 8:30 p.m., where they found a man had been shot. Police say it appears the man was approached by a group of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mohamed Mokbel, the pharmacy executive at the center of a multi-million dollar federal health care fraud investigation, was the victim of an armed home invasion. His attorney, Charles Flood, confirmed to the incident happened at his Afton Oaks home early Tuesday morning. It’s the same $2 million home where federal investigators arrested Mokbel in March. As …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to investigate increased cases of mail theft and other mail issues at postal offices in her district. Fletcher, who represents Texas’ 7th Congressional District, sent a letter to the Postmaster Inspector General on Tuesday requesting an investigation into issues occurring at several post offices. Her district …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities have found an 11-year-old boy who was reported missing after he was last seen in southwest Houston. Tuesday evening, police were asking for help in finding Caleb Hunsberger who was last seen in the 6300 block of Chimney Rock Road. Almost an hour after sharing their search for Hunsberger, who is said to have Asperger …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The woman who admitted to making several false 911 calls that led to the botched Harding Street raid in January 2019 learned her sentencing for the crime on Tuesday. Patricia Ann Garcia, 53, pled guilty in March to a charge of conveying false information. Federal Judge George Hanks sentenced Garcia to 40 months in federal detention …