Mesquite police are investigating a shooting at Town East Mall. Officers were called to the mall, at Interstate 635 and Town East Boulevard, just before 5 p.m. Thursday after the shooting was reported. According to police, a suspected shoplifter who was being chased by a store employee through the lower level of the mall pulled out a handgun and fired …

Dallas police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man accused of four gas station robberies within the last two weeks. Two robberies occurred during the early hours of Aug. 10, police said. The first occurred around 3:30 a.m. at a Lake Highlands Shell in the 11300 block of East Northwest Highway, police said. Around 4 a.m. the same …

Saturday will be a hot and dry day across North Texas with a little less of a breeze to take the edge off of the heat. Afternoon heat index values will range from 100 to 104. The humidity will stay with us thanks to the wet ground and a humid flow of air coming in from the Gulf of Mexico. …

A Texas appeals court has upheld a juvenile-court judge’s decision that a Grand Prairie teenager accused of murder should be tried as an adult. Justice Amanda Reichek, writing for a three-judge panel of Texas’ 5th District Court of Appeals, issued the opinion Tuesday on the certification of 18-year-old Zephaniah Renee “Zephi” Trevino. Trevino, along with two men, is charged in …

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said Friday that Dallas police “failed” to recognize the implications that deleted evidence files would have on the prosecution of cases when they didn’t alert his office about the blunder in April. Creuzot spoke to The Dallas Morning News’ editorial board about how his office found out a city IT employee lost about eight terabytes of videos, …

A 16-year-old teen was taken into custody Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of another teen last week in Red Bird, Dallas police said. Robbery appears to have been the motive for the slaying, according to police. Around 9 p.m. Aug 12, officers were notified of a shooting in the 6000 block of South Westmoreland Road, near Red Bird …

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to fully approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine early next week as President Joe Biden’s administration tries to woo more Americans to get the shot. The approval likely will come on Monday or Tuesday, according to one official familiar with the plans, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement. Pfizer’s vaccine has …

Dallas County reported 10 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,529 new coronavirus cases Friday. It was the first time since mid-May that the county reported double-digit deaths, and the most new cases on a single day since the end of January. County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that the surge in cases caused by the more-contagious delta variant …

Several Allen ISD parents who are concerned about COVID-19 safety precautions met Friday with district administrators, who said there are no plans to change their protocol. The parents said they felt dismissed after Superintendent Robin Bullock and other officials wouldn’t budge, despite receiving a letter with 600 signatures and guidance from the Texas Education Agency that says districts can require face coverings during …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Rockets, no longer plagued with James Harden’s uncertain future with the team, get a clean slate and a youthful attitude when they and the rest of the NBA return to the standard 82-game regular season for 2021-2022. The team and its fans learned on Friday the Rockets’ full schedule, which will begin on the …