p A second suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old during a gun sale, Dallas police said Monday. Brenden Michael Etienne, 21, was booked into the Dallas County jail late Friday on a charge of capital murder in the slaying of Michael Contreras Kelly Jr. His bail was set at $600,000, and he did not have …

North Texas is well into summer now, but temperatures are running below average — and this week could bring more stormy weather. The prospects for showers and storms began Monday, but the chances were mostly for areas south and west of Dallas-Fort Worth, KXAS-TV (NBC5) chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell said on Twitter. North Texas will have chances of isolated or …

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 …

After 25 years of serving custard in Dallas, Wild About Harry’s closed in the Knox-Henderson area on July 4. The building at 4527 Travis St., just outside of Highland Park, is being torn down. For the second time in three years, the family-owned company is packing up. “There is nowhere to go,” says Sydney Coley-Berglund, president of operations and daughter …

After Minerva Cordero and her three sisters finished dinner every evening, they would stay at the dinner table to do their homework and talk about their science classes. Pamela Padilla said she got her interest in nature from her naturalist father, and from her artistic mother, her creativity and work ethic. Manuela Murillo Sánchez grew up drawing inspiration from her …

Three men were killed and two other people were wounded on the Fourth of July near Lake Highlands’ Hamilton Park, in the deadliest of nine shootings reported in Dallas and Fort Worth on the holiday. The shooting in the Hamilton Park neighborhood occurred about 11:15 p.m. Sunday as a block party near Towns Street and Bellafonte Drive reportedly was winding …

HOUSTON, Texas — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Vanessa Wyche director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Janet Petro director of Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Wyche has served as the acting director of Johnson since May 3 and Petro has served as the acting director of Kennedy since May 17. “Both Vanessa and Janet are …

HOUSTON, Texas — Riders of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County will soon have a new accommodation when traveling on its transportation vehicles: access to free Wi-Fi. “It’s something we’ve been looking at for a couple of years now,” METRO Chief Information Officer Denise Wendler said in a news release. “We’re excited to finally expand this service throughout our …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A suspect is still on the loose after shooting two people Saturday at a bar north of the Addicks area, and deputies need your help identifying him. It happened at the Lazy Frog Bar in the 4300 block of State Highway 6 North near Clay Road around 3 a.m. Deputies said witnesses saw the suspect and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man who is facing three capital murder charges after being accused of killing three members of the same family last week was not given a bond. Over the weekend, a judge denied bond for 28-year-old Xavier Davis in relation to the shooting death of a 6-year-old and her family. “There is a risk to community …