When Sara Hatcher got her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in January, she was so excited that she used her phone to record the moment the needle pricked her arm. “I documented it, and I posted it everywhere,” said Hatcher, a 22-year-old Dallas resident. “I was very thrilled, and I was very proud to be the first person …

The man found guilty of beating Muhlaysia Booker in 2019 now stands accused of fatally shooting a woman in east Oak Cliff this month. Edward Dominic Thomas, 31, was booked into the Dallas County jail Tuesday afternoon on a murder charge in the slaying of LaShanda Wilson. He does not have an attorney listed in court records. Dallas police were called …

Eleven Grand Prairie residents died in the past week from COVID-19, according to the city and public health department. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Grand Prairie has reached 28,994 since the pandemic began last year, an increase of 794 over last week. Grand Prairie has recorded a total of 308 deaths COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began, according …

Poor policies, processes, planning and oversight led to a Dallas IT employee deleting more than 8 million police department files, a city review released Thursday has found. About 4.1 million photos, videos, audio, case notes and other items — or 7.5 terabytes of files — kept in a police storage archive have been permanently erased. Another 4.6 million files — …

Dallas’ IT department lacked adequate policies and procedures as well as planning and oversight, resulting in a mass deletion of police department files this year, a report released Thursday. Here’s five things to know about the findings: How did it happen? A city IT employee, who was fired in August, was supposed to move archived police files from online storage to …

The number of Arlington residents hospitalized for COVID-19 dropped for the first time in several weeks. As of Sept. 27, 144 people were hospitalized with the virus, down from 179 one week ago, according to the city’s dashboard. In the past week, the city has recorded 19 deaths from COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, it has reported 807 total deaths from …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Whenever her blood pressure starts rising, Vivian Franco can feel her body shaking and sweating and her head starts to hurt. She knows the symptoms well, but even when they keep lingering on, Franco said she doesn’t call the hospital or go to her doctor. She just waits it out. “I don’t have the money to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Get ready for another messy morning. A disturbance moving this way from Mexico Friday will spark widely scattered showers and thunderstorms during the commute Friday morning. The rain chance will grow throughout the morning, so the longer you wait to get on the roads, the greater the chance you’ll be driving through the rain. Temperatures will …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Phase 1 of FEMA’s new policy on the way flood insurance is priced begins on Oct. 1, 2021. Under the new policy, Risk Rating 2.0, many Texans will soon see a monthly increase in their flood insurance rate. FEMA estimates that 86% of policies in Texas will see some sort of increase. FEMA said the new policy …

HOUSTON, Texas — Carlos Correa hit his career-high 25th homer with a three-run shot and the Houston Astros clinched the AL West with a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night. It’s the fourth division title in five seasons and 10th overall for the Astros. They’re in the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, extending a franchise …