Two people were killed Sunday morning after a driver drove the wrong way down Martin Luther King Freeway in Fort Worth and crashed, police said. Fort Worth police responded to the major accident about 2:10 a.m. to the 3700 block of Martin Luther King Freeway. Investigators said one of the vehicles drove the wrong way and collided with another vehicle. The drivers of both vehicles, who were not named, were pronounced dead by first responders. The southbound lanes of the freeway were shut down while police investigated. Traffic was being diverted to Berry Street as of Sunday afternoon, police said.…
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An arctic cold front moved into North Texas Saturday afternoon. Temperatures plummeted overnight to a low of 19 at DFW Airport early Sunday morning. In spite of sunny skies, a brisk north wind kept temperatures in the 30s all afternoon in most of the area. With clear skies and diminishing winds, expect freezing temperatures again Monday morning. After a couple of cold days, it will briefly rebound to the 60s on Tuesday. But another cold front will arrive around mid-day on Wednesday, and temperatures will fall quickly once again, and remain chilly for the rest of the week. No precipitation…
Police are asking the public’s help in identifying the suspect of a fatal hit-and-run on New Year’s Day in Fort Worth. Police said a woman, whose identity has not been released, was fatally struck by a car shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday while she was crossing the road near the 2900 block of Main Street, just south of Long Avenue in Fort Worth. The driver of the car, a four-door Nissan, left after the crash, according to police, who said the front of the vehicle was severely damaged in the crash. Anyone who has information about the incident is asked…
An hours-long SWAT standoff at an Arlington home ended when a man surrendered following an alleged mental health crisis, police said. Arlington police responded to a shooting call to a home in the 4500 block of Smokey Quartz Lane about 10:30 a.m. Officers learned that a man had fired at an unoccupied car and went inside the home, police said. Police did not release his identity. After attempting to contact the man, SWAT was called to assist. The man surrendered after several hours, police said. Police said the man was having a mental health crisis, which led to him firing…
A rare phenomenon that occurred in Texarkana, a city on the northeast border of Texas and Arkansas, has its residents asking, “What the — fish?” Multiple Texarkana residents on Wednesday reported finding small fish that had fallen from the sky during a storm, and shared videos and images through social media. Experts say that the phenomenon can occur when waterspouts pick up small marine life, such as fish or frogs, into the sky before they are dropped below. But there is no evidence of waterspouts or severe flooding in Texarkana that explains what was reported Wednesday, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.…
Raul Reyes Jr. says he’s amazed how the odors in West Dallas haven’t changed much since he was a kid. Some days, a smell akin to tar from an asphalt plant can fill your nostrils. Other times, it can be sulfur from the concrete plants leaving behind the scent of rotten eggs. Depending on which way the wind is blowing, it could be both, he said. Dust from the concrete batch plants can also fill the air, leaving a haze — particularly on parts of Singleton Boulevard. Reyes says he and other residents have had enough. “I’ve lived here all my…
Lancaster ISD students will not be returning to the classroom this week after their winter break. The district announced Friday its decision to move to virtual learning online amid mounting COVID-19 cases throughout North Texas. In a statement posted to its website, Lancaster cited the surge in infections driven by the omicron variant, limited hospital beds across the region and Dallas County’s move last week to raise the coronavirus threat level to red. “While we know this extended time of online learning presents challenges for some families, given our current pandemic status, it is necessary to prevent students from returning…
Texas officials have attributed three dozen more deaths to February’s winter storm, raising the death toll to 246. The Department of State Health Services added 36 storm-related fatalities to its totals Friday, according to its final report released on New Year’s Eve. The toll from the historic winter storm — which knocked out power, water and heat to millions of Texans — in Dallas and Tarrant counties was 22 and 11, respectively. Forty-two of the reported storm deaths, or nearly one-fifth of the total, occurred in North Texas. In addition to those reported in Dallas and Tarrant counties, Collin and…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Meet the Houston area’s first babies of 2022! Little Sara Juliana Laverde was born to parents Johanna Ortiz and Julian Laverde at 12:06 a.m. Saturday at Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. According to the hospital, Sara weighed in at 6.9 pounds and measured 20.3 inches long. Sara and her mother are both doing well. Baby Autumn was delivered at 12:12 a.m. Saturday at the Woman’s Hospital of Texas, weighing in at 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 21 inches long. Proud parents Ashley and Andrew Minnick of League City are thrilled with the safe delivery of their…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Daryel Simmons and Chasity Beal were ringing in the new year with family when just an hour after midnight, they rushed to help the people involved in a deadly crash at the intersection of Barker Cypress and Barkers Branch. “We heard a crash and then I took off over the fence,” Simmons said. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s office, three people were killed and four people were injured when a minivan collided with a SUV just after 1 a.m. Saturday. “To us, it was like bodies were everywhere. That’s something you see on TV. You…
