North Texas COVID-19 surge showing some signs of a plateau, health officials say

Health officials across North Texas are optimistic we may soon be over the hump in terms of new COVID cases. The state’s positivity rate has declined for three days in a row since Friday. But hospitalizations aren’t showing any sign of going down yet.

Many school districts reopen after being closed due to COVID-19 staffing shortages

Some local school districts that closed early last week because of staffing shortages due to COVID-19 are now open again. They're hoping the break gave students and staff who were out sick a chance to recover.

Fish City Grill reopens two years after being damaged by Dallas tornado

A north Dallas restaurant damaged by a tornado is finally open again. It's been two years since customers and staff had to take cover in a walk-in cooler at the Fish City Grill.

All Black Lives Matter crosswalks unveiled in South Dallas on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

The city of Dallas unanimously approved the crosswalk project last month and the installations are in three primary colors -- red symbolizes the blood, yellow symbolizes optimism and growth and black signifies progressiveness and strength.

Texas Baptist Men volunteers helping Colorado wildfire victims

The teams arrived this past weekend and the Texas Baptist Men says they’ve already received hundreds of requests from families needing help.

New Texas voting law causing some mail-in ballots to be rejected

Hundreds of requests have come into county offices statewide, and many are being rejected. That's because of a new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last year.

Overwhelmed North Texas hospitals still seek more staff to help with omicron surge

Patients listed as hospitalized with COVID-19 in North Texas ticked upward again Friday, but there was some improving news among the youngest patients.

Woman killed inside her Dallas apartment, suspect at-large

Dallas police are looking for the person who shot and killed a woman inside her own apartment Thursday night.

Baylor Scott & White treating COVID-19 patients virtually to avoid overcrowding ERs

There is an influx of ER patients like never before. Many people are coming for tests. Some have no symptoms at all. Others have minor symptoms. Baylor Scott & White is keeping up with patients who don't need to be in a hospital and treating people through technology.

Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa confirms he's leaving role in December 2022

Dallas ISD's longtime superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa says he is leaving his role at the end of the year. But he said he's not retiring and he'll still be around.

Dallas hires workforce czar to find better jobs for people

They are calling her the Dallas jobs czar. Lynn McBee is taking on a big task -- finding better jobs for people who are unemployed or underemployed.

Cook Children's Medical Center treating record-breaking number of kids for COVID-19

Across the North Texas 19-county region, nearly 4,000 people are in hospitals. That's an increase of 111 from Tuesday and represents more than a quarter of all hospital patients. Of the nearly 4,000 people, 151 of them are kids.

Blood shortage: North Texans asked to give blood amid nationwide shortage

Carter BloodCare said more than 90% of blood distributed in North Texas comes from them, but right now, there continues to be a critical shortage of blood and platelets.

Trackdown: Help find Jose Soto's killers

In this week’s Trackdown, Dallas homicide detectives hope to find the men they are sure knew the person they killed and the friends who left him for dead in a Pleasant Grove apartment complex without even calling 911.

VIDEO: Two people hurt during gunfight at Garland park

Surveillance video from a nearby home shows two groups breaking off and then start shooting at each other with innocent bystanders nearby.