Authorities are investigating after a man found military-grade weapons and equipment inside a storage unit Friday in Rockwall. Rockwall police were called just after 4:15 p.m. to The Vault Storage in the 1200 block of East Ralph Hall Parkway. A man had purchased an abandoned storage unit and found the ordnance inside, police said. Officials worked into the night clearing …

A Dallas police officer alleged to have used excessive force during a downtown George Floyd protest in 2020 faces an assault charge in connection with the incident. Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot’s office obtained an arrest warrant Friday for Senior Cpl. Melvin Williams on a misdemeanor count of assault, police announced in a Facebook post late Friday. A grand …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help in finding an 86-year-old man who was last seen in Pleasant Grove. A Silver Alert has been issued for Fulton Plouche, who was last seen shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of Eastcliff Drive, near Devon Park. He may be confused and in need of help, police said. Plouche, …

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed dozens of ambassadors early Saturday — including Dallas lawyer Marc Stanley’s appointment to Argentina — after Sen. Ted Cruz lifted a months-long blockade in exchange for a sanctions vote on a Russian gas pipeline. Stanley chaired Lawyers for Biden during last year’s campaign. A prominent Democratic activist and fundraiser, he chaired a political action committee during the …

Accusations that a well-known former Dallas priest sexually abused boys are credible, a Catholic religious order said Friday. The Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province added the Rev. Patrick Koch — a former Jesuit College Preparatory School president who died in 2006 — to its list of “credibly accused” religious leaders. Koch already had been listed as credibly accused by the …

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in Utah in connection with the slaying of his 52-year-old domestic partner in DeSoto. Raymond Earl Turner Jr. faces a murder charge in the death of Jacqueline Archuleta, police said. A relative found Archuleta unresponsive Monday afternoon in her home in the 1100 block of Marisa Lane. She was pronounced dead at the home, and police …

A 19-year-old man has been arrested in Central Texas in connection with the death of a woman in a Garland neighborhood late Friday. Lucio Angel Ortega faces a murder charge in the slaying of 22-year-old Bianca Vasquez. Officers were dispatched shortly after 11:30 p.m. Friday to the 1700 block of South Third Street in response to a shooting. Officers found …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An afternoon trip to Target off Westheimer and Fondren turned into a traumatic and scary experience for a Houston woman. “There were two young men to my right,” Kim Williams Mathes said. “They were less than 5 feet from the front door. I thought this wasn’t right.” Security camera footage released by Houston police reveals two …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After having a rough season last year, the Paetow High School Panthers came back in full force and defeated College Station 27-24. This was the first-ever 5A UIL Football State Championship game for the school in only its fifth year of existence and fourth year on the varsity level. Katy ISD is known for their participation …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An innocent bystander was among the people shot in a short timespan of violent incidents across the Houston area. In two of the cases, the shooters got away. In a third instance, an intruder was killed, police say. Here’s what we learned at multiple scenes overnight. Friday night Three people were shot at about 9:40 p.m. …