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When electric scooters first arrived in Dallas two years ago, they were heralded as a way to boost urban mobility and help commuters get around more easily. But the two-wheeled vehicles are becoming a nuisance because scooter companies have not been disabling them late at night when their use is banned, city officials said Tuesday. That has led to a …

A man’s body was recovered from the Trinity River on Sunday, a day after officials believe he went missing on the river. Dallas Fire-Rescue crews initially went to the river Saturday night after a man was swept away and never resurfaced. Officials resumed the search Sunday morning. They responded to a call for an “unconscious person” Sunday evening after two …

A 13-year-old girl drowned at Grapevine Lake on the Fourth of July, authorities say. Grapevine Fire Department crews were called about 7:10 p.m. Saturday to a part of the lake near Rockledge Park. Officials said the girl had been swimming when she “became distressed” and went underwater. Divers recovered her body. The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office identified the victim …

A pedestrian died Sunday after they were struck by a DART streetcar near downtown Dallas. The crash happened just after 3:30 p.m. on the Houston Street Bridge, according to DART spokesman Mark Ball. The streetcar was traveling northbound when it struck the victim in the right of way, Ball said. Officials did not identify the victim. DART police are investigating …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Thursday, seven people recovered from COVID-19, according to health officials. Harris County Officials reported that two women and a man recovered from the virus, and shortly after, Fort Bend County Officials reported four people recovering in their county. An elderly man who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, becoming the first death in Harris County. …

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Fort Bend County Health & Human Services are now investigating an additional three travel-related cases of the coronavirus. We are reporting 3 additional travel-related cases of #COVID-19. One traveler was not part of the group involved in the other Houston-area cases but was on the same cruise in Egypt at a later date. Full press …

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — City leaders in Stafford are now investigating after they were notified about a patient who came back as presumptive positive case for COVID-19 in Fort Bend County. The Stafford fire chief says they responded to a call on Tuesday morning and three firefighters then assisted the patient. “Our personnel on the fire truck assisted …

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A presumptive positive case of COVID-19 has been found in Fort Bend County, according to county health officials. The county said the man, who is in his 70s, recently traveled abroad and is currently hospitalized and stable. READ ALSO: Tackling Houston-area coronavirus myths Do Houston hospitals test for COVID-19? Is SXSW cancelled? Should you …

Five students were taken into police custody after a fight broke out at a Fort Worth middle school Tuesday morning, school officials and police said. Officers were called at 9:15 a.m. about the disturbance at Rosemont Middle School. Fort Worth ISD spokesman Clint Bond said staff members and a police officer had broken up the fight among students. The school …

Sixty-four people belonging to white supremacist gangs were sentenced to a combined 820 years in federal prison recently, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas announced Friday. The mass sentencing caps an investigation that began in 2014 and included 153 total defendants tied to white supremacist gangs, said Erin Dooley, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office. In …