A truck hauling a large concrete beam got wedged under a Rockwall overpass Thursday, blocking traffic on a major road during the evening rush hour. Officials said about 6:30 p.m. that the 70-ton beam was stuck on State Highway 205 beneath Interstate 30. It was not clear how, exactly, the truck came to be in such a predicament. North- and …

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Grand Prairie has reached 26,180 since the pandemic began last year, an increase of 669 over last week. Grand Prairie has recorded a total of 279 deaths COVID-related deaths, according to the city’s dashboard. No new deaths were reported this week. County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement that “the amount of …

The number of Arlington residents hospitalized for COVID-19 jumped 596% in the past seven weeks, according to the city’s dashboard. In the past week, the city has recorded 21 deaths from COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, it has reported 757 total deaths from the virus. As of Sept. 1, 174 people were hospitalized with the virus, up from 25 seven …

AUSTIN — The Texas Legislature’s special session ended Thursday with Republicans passing much of Gov. Greg Abbott’s agenda, including a divisive elections overhaul and hot-button social issues that play to conservative GOP primary voters they’re courting ahead of next year’s election. The Legislature sped through bills to restrict medication abortion, overhaul the bail bond system and spend an extra $1.8 …

Just after sunrise, Odell Allen trekked across the Trinity River bottom in West Dallas and slid down a steep, sandy bank to the muddy riverside. Morning traffic rumbled across the Westmoreland Road bridge high above. Birds sang and crickets whined nearby. The current pushed the brown-green water slowly toward downtown’s skyscrapers five miles downriver. This is where Allen and his …

AUSTIN — Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa is one of five Democrats in the Senate who this week supported a massive ramp-up of state spending to dispatch thousands of state police and soldiers to the Texas-Mexico border with orders to arrest unauthorized immigrants for misdemeanor offenses and hold them for up to a year. The $1.8 billion of state taxpayer funds, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police have arrested the man wanted in connection with the murder of a missing woman, whose body was found a month after her disappearance. Jordan Potts, who had been on the run, was arrested Wednesday, according to Houston police. Police say the 26-year-old, who’s charged with murder in the death of Shawtyeria Waites, was arrested in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With no eviction moratorium in place, two new programs announced Thursday are aimed to help keep tenants in their homes. HARRIS COUNTY BRINGS BACK $1,500 RELIEF PROGRAM Starting next week, Harris County neighbors can apply for a $1,500 relief check. The county launched the program earlier this summer and $30 million was added to it. This …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A suspect is dead and a deputy constable is in the hospital after he was run over by that chase suspect in north Houston. “We have shots fired. Hold the channel. He just ran into the house… Need EMS ASAP. Suspect is going to be down. Suspect is down,” emergency responders could be heard reporting on …

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Montgomery County Public Health is reporting new all-time high numbers in active COVID-19 cases, ICU patients with the virus, and COVID cases in children. “It’s pandemic proportions,” said Dr. Casey Patrick, the Assistant Medical Director of the Montgomery County Hospital District. “It’s serious, and it’s as straining on the health care system as it’s been …