The Allen Police Department’s new initiative, which designates officers to target and ticket speeders and aggressive drivers on the city’s busiest roadways, is already yielding positive results. NBC 5 joined officers on patrol Thursday afternoon to observe the operation. Within minutes of setting up along the 121 Sam Rayburn Tollway, officers Manuel Castro and Andrew Rembert began identifying speeding motorists. …

The cycling community remains in shock after a suspected drunk driver crashed into two cyclists near DFW Airport on Monday, running over one of them. A video posted on social media shows a white SUV approaching the cyclists from behind at around 6:30 p.m. on June 17, hitting them and causing them to fall. The SUV then ran over 69-year-old …

Leaders of the Como community and Fort Worth police are launching a new initiative to enhance security at this year’s Comofest celebration on July 3. Last year, a mass shooting occurred nearby just hours after the event, resulting in three deaths and eight injuries. This incident has raised concerns among the victims’ families about the safety of holding Comofest again. …

As graduation season winds down, a family in North Texas finds a recently awarded degree to be bittersweet. In May, Southern Methodist University posthumously granted a Master’s degree in Computer Science to Jason Brown, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver just weeks earlier. “The person you love the most is gone, and there’s just nothing you can do about …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A group fight led to shots fired at a west Harris County gas station on Thursday, according to investigators. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office District 4 responded to the shooting at a Chevron near Clay Road. SkyEye flew over the scene, where several patrol cars could be seen surrounding the area as deputies investigated. Deputies said …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A 46-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting at least two strangers at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown, according to charging documents. On Tuesday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office shared Sergio Marroquin’s mugshot with Eyewitness News, saying investigators believe there are more victims. Marroquin was charged after allegedly pulling down swimsuits of at least two women at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway after one person died at a facility in southwest Houston on Thursday, according to officials. The Houston Fire Department said two workers were removing large panes of glass from a shipping container on a large truck in the 5800 block of the Southwest Freeway. The department told Eyewitness News that the workers intended …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Kinder Institute’s State of Housing survey released Thursday shows that home ownership in Houston is increasingly out of reach for many residents, despite the Bayou City’s long-standing reputation as one of the nation’s most affordable metropolises to own a home. The fifth annual survey measures trends in the region over the past five years and shows …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man at the center of a shootout with Houston police has been charged on Thursday, according to officers. Juan Alberto Gallegos was taken into custody on Tuesday after the shooting happened in the Denver Harbor/Port Houston neighborhood outside a home on Kress Street. The Houston Police Department posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying it …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Before Harris County District Court Judge Kelli Johnson took at least a month off from work for personal matters following a crisis intervention call at her house, she was pulled over for multiple traffic violations and then volunteered to do a field sobriety test. obtained a body-worn camera video of the encounter through an open records request. The …