DUNCANVILLE — Ignoring his opponents in the Republican primary, Gov. Greg Abbott told voters Tuesday that reelecting him would assure the defeat of former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke and stop the forces of socialism. “Democrat values today are far different than they were when I lived in Duncanville,” Abbott said during a rally at Ben Franklin Apothecary. “Back then there were Democrats, and then there were liberals, and then there were progressives. Today we are running against socialists who are trying to destroy the state of Texas and we are not going to let big government socialists destroy our great…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
The bald eagles’ nest at Dallas’ White Rock Lake that people flocked to see and environmentalists strived to protect plummeted to the ground on Tuesday after high wind gusts. The nest had eggs in it, wildlife officials said. How many is unknown. Wildlife and city of Dallas officials were at the site late into the evening along with a crowd of onlookers. The eagles had built their nest in a cottonwood tree late last year southeast of the East Lake Highlands Drive and North Buckner Boulevard intersection. Residents approaching the area in the afternoon and evening expressed disbelief, asking whether…
Dallas County reported 62 more COVID-19 deaths and 6,383 new coronavirus cases in the past week, about 2,800 fewer cases than what was reported in the last seven-day period. The numbers signify a downward trend in new cases that is being seen across North Texas and the state. “Although the numbers are much lower than they have been last month, they are still high in comparison to pre-Omicron numbers,” County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a written statement. “Hopefully the numbers will continue to decline rapidly, but for now it’s important to continue being vigilant about masking in indoor public…
North Texas will see scattered thunderstorms Wednesday night and Thursday morning before a cold front drops temperatures ahead of the weekend. Temperatures will stay mild through the day Wednesday, but wind and humidity will build as storms move in, KXAS-TV (NBC5) meteorologist Rick Mitchell said. Wednesday is expected to be cloudy and windy with a 30% chance of rain between 6 p.m. and midnight. Winds from the south will reach 20 to 25 mph, NBC5 reported. The best chance for rain will be Thursday morning right at daybreak. There’s a 70% chance of rain around 5 a.m., which will drop to 20%…
More than a dozen North Texas fire departments worked Tuesday to put out a “significant” grass fire in Kennedale, in southeastern Tarrant County. The fire was near the intersection of Kennedale Parkway and Little School Road, city officials tweeted Tuesday afternoon. At least one structure has been burned because of the grass fire, according to officials. Leann Crozier, an administrator for the Kennedale Fire Department, said Tuesday evening that the fire was contained and the department was working to put out hotspots. She added that the structure fire was believed to be a commercial building and that no injuries had been…
FORT WORTH – The pressure to perform in baseball is always present. So is the strain on arm and shoulder muscles from throwing pitches at speeds close to 100 mph. The result for some was help in the form of a little pill. A federal criminal trial concerning the overdose death of a major league baseball pitcher is highlighting — in stark and tragic detail — the problem of opioid abuse in the sport. Former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Prescott Kay is on trial for allegedly supplying pitcher Tyler Skaggs with the fentanyl-laced painkiller that reportedly caused his…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In July 2021, the Houston Police Department announced a multi-agency initiative called the “Safe Roadways initiative” to try to combat the road rage problem on our streets. Extra funds made it possible for more officers to be on the roadways in marked and unmarked cars watching for aggressive behavior. Again, the issue of road rage is at the forefront of many people’s minds as a week ago, 9-year-old Ashanti Grant was shot while riding in the back of her family’s vehicle on the Southwest freeway. Road rage is said to be behind the tragic shooting. The…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dr. Jesse Esparza periodically visits the African American Library at the Gregory School, which falls under the Houston Public Library’s system. Growing up, he hardly remembers learning about stories of our ethnic and minority communities in San Antonio under Texas’ public schools. “The curriculum that I learned in K-12 was typically Eurocentric, and it was devoid of people of color — Latinos, African Americans, women, and so forth,” Esparza said. Now, as a professor of history at Texas Southern University, he said it’s important to him that his children learn all parts of U.S. history, including…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 26-year-old man which police said may have stemmed from road rage in northeast Harris County. On Tuesday, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez shared that 35-year-old Simon Adams had been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Nicholas Croom. An investigation into the incident revealed that the shooting occurred due to a road rage altercation between Croom and Adams, Gonzalez said. Adams was arrested without incident and is booked in the Harris County jail. The shooting happened on Jan. 21 in the…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A person of interest is in custody, accused of arson, after a deadly house fire on Houston’s southeast side. Police said that man was at the home on Ward Street when the fire happened just after 3 a.m. Tuesday. Family members of the victim identified him as 63-year-old Anthony Robinson. They told that Robinson had been sick recently but was supposed to go back to work on Tuesday, something he was really looking forward to doing. Longtime friends and neighbors said Robinson lived alone in his childhood home, until recently, when he decided to get a…
