Federal regulators cleared the final regulatory hurdle Tuesday in approving pediatric COVID-19 shots, giving the OK for thousands of North Texas children to be protected from the novel coronavirus. Tuesday’s recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes about a week after the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 …

Hundreds of Frisco residents have voiced their opinions against the school district’s proposed 2022-23 high school attendance map since it was first presented to the board and community members during a meeting Oct. 12. The district website says the board will now finalize attendance boundaries Nov. 8 after members “heard both parent and administrative input” during a public hearing Oct. 25, when dozens …

AUSTIN – Tarrant County state Sen. Beverly Powell filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the state Senate redistricting plan, marking the latest court challenge to Texas’ Republican-drawn political maps that secure the GOP’s grip on power for the next decade but blunt the voting strength of nonwhite voters who fueled the state’s population surge. The legal team for Powell and six other …

A man who worked as a security guard at an illegal game room faces a murder charge after police say he shot a man in the throat with a shotgun in what one witness said was a contract killing, according to court records. Odis Don Price, 56, is accused of killing Robert Reynoso about 9:30 a.m. Saturday outside the game …

A man faces a capital murder charge after Dallas police say he killed a customer during a robbery at an illegal game room. Diavontain Shamar Hill, 24, is accused of killing Nizar Norrali Raiyyani shortly before 9 a.m. Oct. 24 in Buckner Terrace. The game room is in the 4800 block of South Buckner Boulevard, just south of Samuell Boulevard. …

At least 2.2 million low-income adults — nearly all in Texas and the Southeast — would be eligible for government-funded health insurance under the Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social spending and climate change plan. That’s the number of people who are eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act but have been left uninsured because they live in one of the …

Greenberg Smoked Turkey, Inc. is back in business for Thanksgiving 2021, after a series of explosions in late 2020 shut down the Tyler, Texas, facility during its busiest season. “It’s turkey time,” says owner Sam Greenberg, in a video to customers. In 2009, the ‘Dallas Morning News’ paired Greenberg’s cajun fried turkey with wine.(EVANS CAGLAGE / 144758) The family-owned business has been …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — After having to stop field trips at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Houston ISD said it will be resuming them. In a letter to parents on Wednesday, the district said its change comes after Harris County’s COVID threat level was lowered to orange, and because children are now able to get vaccinated. While COVID …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities say a teenager with special needs died Sunday from injuries he sustained while in jail, and court records say his alleged attacker weighed more than twice as much as he did. The teen’s family, friends and his lawyer held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss the problems at the Harris County Jail. Fred Harris, …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The search for suspects involved in the robbery of a food truck park ended with an intense manhunt Wednesday night in west Harris County. It began around 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of Queenston Boulevard and Kieth Harrow Boulevard with reports of a robbery at the Food Court Food Truck Park, according to a witness …