A 27-year-old man was arrested early Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man in Far East Dallas, police say. Alex Castillo was booked into the Dallas County jail on a charge of murder. His bail amount had not been set, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney. Dallas police were dispatched about 1:50 a.m. …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man last seen in the Buckner Terrace neighborhood. Javier Ruiz Martinez, 21, was last seen about 9 p.m. Saturday in the 4600 block of St. Francis Avenue, near South Buckner Boulevard. He has an intellectual disability and may be confused and need assistance, police said. Martinez is Hispanic, about …

Over five inches of rain fell in the Austin area Sunday, producing widespread flooding. Rain and thunderstorm chances also continue in North Texas, but will be more isolated and scattered in coverage. While no widespread severe weather is expected, a few storms may again produce gusty winds, brief heavy rain and lightning. It certainly won’t be a washout and many …

Last week brought a barrage of troubling news for Dallas City Hall, starting Wednesday when District Attorney John Creuzot notified defense lawyers that electronic files containing police investigative information had been lost while being migrated to a computer server. The deletion has cast into question the fate of an unknown number of criminal cases. On Thursday, Mayor Eric Johnson said …

Dallas ISD will continue to require masks for all students and staff members, despite a decision Sunday by the Texas Supreme Court that temporarily halted Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins’ public health order requiring masks in public schools and businesses. “Until there’s an official order of the court that applies to the Dallas Independent School District, we will continue to have the …

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily restricted Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins’ ability to enforce a mask mandate in schools and businesses, allowing Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning local leaders from implementing such mandates to stand. But late Sunday, Jenkins suggested that though he would amend the order to remove penalties for businesses that do not comply, he would …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One man is dead and another is critically injured after being shot in what police believe may have been a carjacking overnight in northeast Houston. Police say that at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday, the men were driving a Dodge Durango and pulled into a gas station on Jensen Drive near Tim Street. A grey pickup truck …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A motorcycle driver was killed in a crash on the East Freeway early Sunday morning. Authorities say the man, identified as Christopher Favela, was riding his sports motorcycle in the eastbound lanes at about 5:45 a.m. Another driver, identified by officials as Stephanie Franco, was heading in the same direction on the freeway. According to the …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee requested for Gov. Greg Abbott to call for federal resources to respond to Houston-area hospital systems overwhelmed by the COVID-19 surge and a nursing shortage. A tent has been set up at the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital for a week now to help with the overflow of COVID-19 patients, but there’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man shot and killed his wife, who was being treated at a rehabilitation center in southwest Houston, before killing himself, according to Houston Police. It happened around 3 p.m. at NeuroRestorative in the 9000 block of Fannin Street near Holmes. Police said the 70-year-old woman was being treated for a stroke at the center. Her …