One Texas school district is using a change in its dress code to attempt to sidestep Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates in public schools. During an emergency board meeting Tuesday evening, Paris ISD — a 3,800-student district located 100 miles northeast of Dallas — amended its employee and student handbooks, adding masks as part of the school’s …

Richardson has reported had 7,850 total cases of the coronavirus and at least 117 deaths, according to the most recent information available. Throughout the pandemic, the city did not collect its own COVID data. has used figures from Dallas County and totals gathered by KXAS-TV (NBC5). The Department of State Health Services has posted information about when and where Texas residents …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With just days away from the first day of school, Houston ISD is already having some staffing issues. The school district said it currently has 386 teacher vacancies but is implementing a plan to ensure that every student begins the school year with a certified teacher. According to a release from Superintendent Millard House II, the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman charged with the felony murder of a 5-year-old has been arrested after more than a year since his death, Houston police said. Shapree Monique Stoneham remained at large until her arrest last Friday, police said. The 30-year-old, a mother herself, is charged with murder after court documents said she was involved in the shooting …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Car thieves are using tow trucks to steal trucks and at least two incidents were captured on camera. The most recent theft happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday along Carnelian Drive. Robert Luna noticed his pickup truck that was parked outside of his home was gone When he went to check surveillance footage, he noticed someone driving …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A murder charge has been dismissed against one of the Houston police officers in the botched Harding Street raid that killed two people in southeast Houston in 2019. Officer Felipe Gallegos was charged earlier this year in connection with the Jan. 28, 2019 raid that left Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, a couple living at the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Wednesday brings us higher chances of rain as more moisture streams in from the Gulf and an upper air disturbance approaches from the northwest. Unlike Tuesday, our rain chance will not just be confined to the afternoon hours. We could see isolated to scattered showers and storms pop up in the mid-morning with rain chances peaking …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A mother driving home from work who was shot and killed in her garage at a home in the Katy area Tuesday morning was targeted by approximately 50 gunshots, deputies said. Harris County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home in the 18700 block of Appletree Hill Lane around 5:25 a.m. That’s where they found a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As many of our Houston-area school districts are back in session, ABC13 is taking a look at the number of COVID-19 cases in those schools. Here is a look at the current active COVID cases as reported by the school districts according to their websites as of Tuesday morning. These numbers reflect active cases among students …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With some students back in school and others gearing up for the start of classes, some school districts are defying Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 orders and requiring masks. Below is a list of what school districts are doing to keep your child safe amid the surge in COVID-19 cases Aldine ISD The school district is requiring all staff, …