Texas

The Dallas City Council is set to vote Wednesday on spending up to $3 million to explore new locations for a city hall and emergency call center, pressing forward despite ongoing legal battles over the potential move.

A multi-layered emergency medical operation is underway in Arlington to protect visiting World Cup fans from heat exhaustion as temperatures soar ahead of Wednesday's highly anticipated match.

Dallas County deputy constables who rushed into an apartment complex explosion and fire last month, putting others before themselves, were saluted for their efforts by Dallas County Commissioners.

Texas elementary and middle school students showed improvement in social studies and math, but little to no growth in reading, according to STAAR test results released Tuesday.

Odessa Fire Rescue Lt. Isai Huerta, a nine-year veteran, tragically died and several other firefighters were injured while battling a fast-moving residential trailer fire.

A woman died Monday after her vehicle was swept into a creek by high, fast-moving waters and carried several miles downstream, authorities said.

Federal officials have detected 11 cases of New World screwworm in Texas as of Tuesday as state officials continue to limit livestock movement.

Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has been released from the Dallas County Jail after serving 30 days for a probation violation stemming from his 2024 high-speed crash.

A Texas couple faces federal charges for a $2.5M "fortune teller fraud" scheme. Posing as a psychic, the woman targeted vulnerable individuals, convincing them their hardships were "curses." Victims handed over cash, cars, and gold for spiritual "cleansing," but the couple kept the assets.

Fort Worth police officers rescued a missing child from the Trinity River after the child disappeared near a local park Friday afternoon.

An 18-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Sweetwater, Texas, early Monday morning after allegedly firing at a patrol vehicle and fleeing on foot.

Shots were fired during a youth baseball tournament near downtown Dallas on Saturday evening, forcing players and families to flee for safety, though no injuries were reported and no suspects have been arrested.

A Krum ISD teacher and coach has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest on domestic violence charges.

A house fire in Terrell, Texas, on Monday safely displaced two residents thanks to quick-thinking neighbors, but left one responding firefighter hospitalized from a heat-related medical emergency.

The Big 12 and the NCAA have escalated their legal battles to block Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby from playing following a massive college gambling scandal, just as reports surface that the quarterback plans to bypass the controversy entirely by entering the NFL supplemental draft.

Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton said that Dallas will host his party's midterm convention later this year.