More than 20,000 Dallas voters have cast ballots ahead of Saturday’s runoffs to decide six City Council seats, county data shows. The tally puts voter turnout thus far at 6% — the same percentage as early turnout in the 2019 runoffs, which featured a mayoral race. More than 326,000 Dallas voters live in the districts where council seats haven’t been decided: 2, 4, 7, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One of Texas’ favorite grocery stores said its upped the ante in hopes of hiring additional crew members to their team. H-E-B released a statement saying they’re looking to hire a new set of order selectors in Houston who will handle product transportation from the warehouse to the store. “Most of the products that reach our …

A complicated, one-mile connection extending downtown Dallas’ popular Katy Trail from east of Interstate 35E to the Trinity River side on the west is getting a big green light. The $22.2 million project, known as the Hi Line Connector, would link Victory Park to the Design District and Trinity River, potentially opening property west of the major highway to new …

FORT WORTH — His brother was accused of gunning down his own teenage daughters as they sat inside his taxicab. But Yassein Said didn’t turn him in. Instead, he helped Yaser Said hide from police for over a dozen years, authorities said. On Friday, a federal judge sentenced Yassein Said to 12 years in prison for helping his brother avoid …

A young girl died Friday evening after being hit by a car in Old East Dallas. Officers were called just after 7 p.m. to the 4800 block of Parry Avenue, north of Fair Park, where the accident was reported. According to police, a 2-year-old girl was sitting with an adult on a bench in the front yard of a home …

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 …

A missing Houston boy may have been dead for weeks before authorities found a child’s decomposing body inside a plastic container in an East Texas motel room this week, authorities believe. Theresa Raye Balboa, 29, who was dating Samuel Olson’s father, has been arrested on a charge of tampering with a human corpse. She does not have an attorney listed …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Gallery Furniture unveiled a brand-new high-water rescue truck Thursday, designed to help Houstonians in the event of severe weather and flooding. Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, owner of Gallery Furniture, was surprised with the completed truck, which is decorated with the furniture store’s logo and a cartoon of his face. The side of the truck also appropriately …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — While Houston drivers are getting a reprieve from a potential traffic nightmare in the southwest part of the city, motorists who use the outbound Eastex Freeway may not be as lucky heading into the weekend. TxDOT announced Friday afternoon that three left lanes of I-69 northbound at Parker are being closed due to an emergency repair of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — If you have a kid graduating high school this year, they can get a degree for free at San Jacinto College. The school says its new “21Forward” scholarship is a gift to the class of 2021. Students’ entire tuitions are being paid by a generous private donation. It’s a three-year scholarship, so students may attend full- …