All eastbound lanes of Interstate 30 were closed Monday afternoon after a dump truck crashed and overturned in Arlington, police say. Authorities closed off traffic at Six Flags Drive about 4:30 p.m. No details were immediately available about what caused the crash or whether anyone was injured. Police said people who were headed to Monday night’s Dallas Cowboys season opener …

The number of patients hospitalized for intensive care treatment has strained health care systems and worried experts as the highly contagious delta COVID-19 variant has taken hold of North Texas. Hospitalizations for the delta variant have started to plateau, and may be close to declining in some places, according to the most recent forecasts. But there are still a relatively low number …

A child who died this month from a rare infection caused by an amoeba likely contracted it from an Arlington splash pad, city and public health officials said Monday. The child was hospitalized at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, sometimes called a brain-eating amoeba. The child …

Craig and Stacy Barney worried that their younger son could kill them and his two siblings. “There is nothing more hurtful than to hear one day he’d kill all of us,” Stacy Barney wrote in her journal when he was 7. Her words were read in court Monday in a hearing before a judge who will decide whether the boy, …

Dallas County reported 17 more COVID-19 deaths and 1,074 new coronavirus cases Monday as hospitalizations in the area show signs of declining. Of the new cases, 696 were confirmed and 378 were probable. The numbers bring the county’s overall case total to 384,251, including 326,995 confirmed and 57,256 probable. The death toll is 4,621. All 17 of the latest people …

A woman who was armed with a rifle died Monday afternoon after a shooting that involved an Allen police officer along West McDermott Drive, near U.S. Highway 75, authorities say. Officers responded about 2:30 p.m. to a report of a heated argument, Sgt. Jonathan Maness said. Police received reports of at least two guns — a rifle and a handgun …

A Dallas police dog sniffed out 42 pounds of marijuana that was hidden in luggage at Dallas Love Field Airport over the weekend, authorities say. Canine Ballentine, trained to detect narcotics, alerted police to two suspicious suitcases that arrived Saturday at Love Field. Police obtained a warrant and confiscated the marijuana. The suitcases had been in transit from San Jose, …

A judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order against Grapevine-Colleyville ISD on Monday after a Grapevine Republican Party precinct chair claimed board president Jorge Rodriguez and the district violated his free speech rights. Mitchell Ryan’s lawsuit states that he was prevented from speaking at length about Colleyville Heritage Principal James Whitfield during an August board meeting. The district has a policy …

Chickens will be welcome in Plano backyards after a long-awaited council vote Monday night approving changes to a city ordinance. Council members first had to approve the repeal of an ordinance restricting chickens. Both votes were 7-1, with Rick Grady voting in opposition because of what he said were concerns over property owners’ rights. Supporters have long advocated for backyard …

A person was killed after being struck by a train Monday night in Fort Worth, police say. Fort Worth police were dispatched about 8 p.m. to the 7300 block of East Lancaster Avenue, near Rose Hill Park, where they found the person who had been hit. The person, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. …