Plano firefighters battled a house fire near Custer and Parker roads Friday evening, officials said. The fire was at a house on the1600 block of Cherbough Drive and began about 6 p.m., Plano Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Peggy Harrell said. The lone resident in the home was able to get out and was taken to the hospital for light smoke inhalation, she …

vi 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 …

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a man who was trying to break up an argument in West Dallas last week. Anthony Dewayne Bradley, 32, was booked into the Dallas County jail Thursday on a murder charge in the slaying of Josue Monsivais Rodriguez. Court records did not list an attorney. Police were called the …

Carrollton police are asking for the public’s help finding retired NFL player Frank Cornish III, 77, who was last seen early Friday. Police said Cornish was last seen around 5:30 a.m. near the 4200 block of Hunt Drive in Carrollton. He left his home without his cellphone and a breathing device that he requires, police said. Cornish was driving a …

AUSTIN — Voting rights advocates cap their four-day March for Democracy with a rally Saturday at the Texas Capitol they hope will be attended by thousands and be a passion-packed message to Washington about public support for federal action to block making it harder for Americans to vote. Organizers said Friday they’re trying to empower President Joe Biden with a …

Police were called to a Plano home for a welfare check two days before the home was destroyed in an explosion, severely injuring the man who lived there and hospitalizing five residents of a home next door. But officers were unable to make contact with the resident and left a short time later. The single-story home in the 4400 block …

McKinney police are asking for the public’s help finding an 83-year-old woman who was reported missing Friday morning. Daisy Norwood was last seen about 2:50 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Valley View and Marsh lanes in Farmers Branch, police said. She was in a beige, 2015 Nissan Altima with license plate number 6KNPV, police said. Norwood is 5-foot-2 and …

The man behind the counter at the Lake Highlands auto parts store said he hasn’t gotten his COVID-19 vaccine, and Marisa Gonzales wanted to know why. Gonzales, a community outreach manager with Dallas County Health and Human Services, wants everyone to sign up for a vaccine. But she can’t force anyone, so she asks questions and provides facts. On Friday, at …

The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit Friday afternoon to stop an order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to restrict the transportation of migrants who had previously been detained by the federal immigration authorities. The suit, filed in El Paso in the U.S. District Court for the Western District, is the latest in an escalating battle between Abbott and the …

After a family accused a Kaufman County sheriff’s deputy of brutality this week, the department released footage from the deputy’s body camera, as well as audio of a 911 call that led to his interaction with an 18-year-old woman. The 10 minute body-camera video shows the initial contact between the deputy and Nekia Trigg and several minutes of the incident before …