A winter storm warning has been issued for most of North and Central Texas ahead of an arctic blast that will drop temperatures and dump ice onto the region by midweek. Here’s what you need to know about the impending winter weather. Winter storm warning The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Tuesday evening for most of North and Central Texas. The watch is in effect from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday. Storm warnings are issued when the weather service highly expects significant weather such as snow, ice, sleet or a combination of those elements. In…
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Cities across North Texas have opened shelters where residents can get warm during this week’s frigid weather. Here are area locations: Addison Addison Township Warming Center, 401 N. Addison Road, will be open from 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday and from 4:30 p.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday. Arlington The Salvation Army’s Arlington Family Life Center, 712 W. Abram St. Dallas Fair Park’s Automobile Building, 1010 First Ave. The center will be open from noon Wednesday through Sunday. COVID-19 testing will be provided. People who test positive will be taken to a different site The city’s 43 recreation…
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a winter storm watch for most of the North Texas region. The watch goes into effect at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at 6 p.m. Thursday. While officials aren’t expecting the weather to be as severe as last year’s winter storm, ice, sleet and the possibility of snow are expected to make travel especially difficult into the weekend. Dangerous wind chills of -5 degrees to 15 degrees Fahrenheit are expected Friday and Saturday, the weather service said. Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that 4,000 personnel with the Texas Department of Transportation are pretreating roads. In Dallas, crews will start…
Winter Storm Warning 6PM Wednesday to 6PM Thursday A major winter storm is on track for North Texas tonight and Thursday. Slick and hazardous road conditions will make for dangerous travel. While the day is starting off cloudy and dry, that will change by late afternoon. Widespread rain will develop to the west of DFW and advance eastward. Combined with much colder, arctic air, this rain will change to freezing rain by late afternoon for counties to the northwest of DFW. The arctic air will push into the metroplex around midday. This will send temperatures plunging down into the 30s…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Friends, family and members of the community gathered Tuesday morning to pay their final respects to Harris County Pct. 5 Corporal Charles Galloway. On the same day that Galloway was laid to rest, a woman linked to his killing faced a judge. Galloway was honored in a ceremony open to the public at the Second Baptist Church West Campus off the Katy Freeway near Greenhouse. A 21-gun salute, riderless horse and helicopter flyover were planned for the outdoor portion of the services. Galloway was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the 9100 block of…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Nearly eight weeks after 25-year-old Taylour Young’s disappearance, Houston police said his body was found in Dallas. Young was last seen on Dec. 9, 2021, while running errands during his lunch break in the South Voss and San Felipe area. On Monday, Houston police said Young’s body was discovered on Jan. 19 in the trunk of his vehicle, which was at an impound lot in Dallas. Dallas police told Eyewitness News that the vehicle Young was found in was towed on Jan. 10 from a business parking lot on Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. On Jan. 19,…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A man and woman were found dead in what deputies believe could be a murder-suicide in east Harris County. Harris County sheriff’s deputies were called to a mobile home in the 5500 block of the Crosby Freeway at around 10:11 a.m. Tuesday after a neighbor reported hearing shots fired. Upon arrival, deputies found a middle-aged man and woman lying outside the mobile home, next to a vehicle. They both appeared to have gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said. Investigators were working to determine if the individuals lived at the mobile…
HOUSTON, Texas — For 24/7 mental health support in English or Spanish, call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s free help line at 800-662-4357. You can also reach a trained crisis counselor through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 800-273-8255 or texting 741741. Growing up, Charley Tennen was rarely alone. The youngest of seven kids in a loud, busy house in El Paso, she was always out at a party, shopping with friends or organizing a road trip. Even after she was diagnosed with a chronic illness and had a feeding tube inserted, she kept her bubbly personality, her mother, Michelle, said.…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston doctor is suing JPMorgan Chase Bank at First Colony Branch in Sugar Land after she says she was discriminated against and denied service because of the color of her skin. Dr. Malika Mitchell-Stewart said she had just finished her residency. On Dec. 18, 2021, she went to Chase’s First Colony Bank to open an account and deposit a $16,000 check from her new job at Valley Oaks Medical Group. According to the lawsuit, staff members at the bank asked peculiar questions about the validity of her check and her employment as a doctor. “As…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two Houston scientists are among the nominees for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Houston Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher nominated Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi and Dr. Peter Hotez at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital for their efforts to develop and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide. For decades, their team of researchers has worked to help stop the spread of infectious diseases. That work took on a new meaning these last two years as they engineered a low-cost COVID vaccine for global use. Houston scientists Dr. Maria Elena Botazzi and Dr. Peter Hotez are among…
