TEA releases 2024-25 school ratings. See the best/worst districts and charters here

NBC DFW 8/15 8:45A Frank Heinz

The Texas Education Agency released school accountability ratings for the 2024-2025 school year on Friday, with some of the largest school districts in North Texas grading between A and C. The Dallas,...

Frisco ISD prepares for school year as enrollment remains a challenge

NBC DFW 8/14 11:36A Wayne Carter

Inside Frisco ISD s newly expanded Career & Technical Center, Superintendent Mike Waldrip boasted about the partnerships Frisco ISD is forming year after year to help connect its graduates to jobs. We bring in mentors from the business community....

58-year-old Plano man sentenced to 50 years in prison for continuous sexual abuse of a young girl,...

CBS Dallas-Ft.Worth 8/12 10:49A Briauna Brown

A 58-year-old Plano man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted for the continuous sexual abuse of a child, the Collin County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday....

‘Cherish every morning,' family says after champion HS sprinter dies unexpectedly

NBC DFW 8/11 7:29A Sophia Beausoleil

As students across Texas head back to class this week, they’re also adjusting to a major new rule: Cell phones, smartwatches, earbuds, and other personal electronic devices are not allowed to be used during the school day. A new state law bans...

Suspect arrested after shooting on Plano Collin College campus left one person injured

NBC DFW 8/11 6:56A Sophia Beausoleil

As students across Texas head back to class this week, they’re also adjusting to a major new rule: Cell phones, smartwatches, earbuds, and other personal electronic devices are not allowed to be used during the school day. A new state law bans...

Exclusive Louis Vuitton luggage now available at auction

NBC DFW 8/11 6:31A Deborah Ferguson

As students across Texas head back to class this week, they’re also adjusting to a major new rule: Cell phones, smartwatches, earbuds, and other personal electronic devices are not allowed to be used during the school day. A new state law bans...

Frisco ISD subpoenaed for student names, records in connection to Karmelo Anthony case

CBS Dallas-Ft.Worth 7/25 1:40A Julia Falcon

The Frisco Independent School District has been subpoenaed to provide the names of students who were present during the deadly stabbing at a track meet at Kuykendall Stadium on April 2, a spokesperson confirmed with CBS News Texas. The subpoena is...

Rain, heat, repeat: Unusually wet July paved way for more mosquitoes

NBC DFW 7/22 7:18A Alanna Quillen

If you feel like mosquitoes are especially relentless this month, you’re not wrong. A combination of unusually heavy rainfall in July, lingering humidity, and rising temperatures has created ideal...

Gov. Greg Abbott signs 2 new bills to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement

CBS Dallas-Ft.Worth 7/15 11:36A Ken Molestina

Efforts to secure the border and combat illegal immigration in the state of Texas are being bolstered by two new bills signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday. He joined the Sheriff's Association of Texas annual training along with the U.S....

Dallas man sentenced to 38 years in Collin County's first fentanyl murder conviction under new Texas...

CBS Dallas-Ft.Worth 7/15 3:38A Briauna Brown

A 27-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced for murder in the death of a young woman who overdosed on fentanyl, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced Tuesday. Gregory Noah Honesty, 27, will spend 38 years in prison. The...

Police identify victim and suspect in Plano killing; say couple was in a relationship

CBS Dallas-Ft.Worth 7/11 10:18A Doug Myers

Plano police have identified the woman found dead Wednesday in a luxury apartment, along with the suspect who was fatally shot by officers during a standoff the following day in Euless. The victim, 24-year-old Hammta Shafiye-Mogadam of Bedford,...

Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash on US 75 in Plano

NBC DFW 7/8 6:59A Tatum DeHart

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver KaVontae Turpin arrested in Allen, court records show

CBS Dallas-Ft.Worth 7/6 7:41A Briauna Brown

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver KaVontae Turpin was arrested in Allen Sunday morning for weapon and marijuana charges, according to Collin County court records. Turpin, 28, was booked into the Collin...

Search continues for North Texas man missing in Turks and Caicos

NBC DFW 7/3 6:28A Hannah Jones

An international mystery with roots in North Texas is unfolding in the Caribbean. Authorities are searching for 51-year-old Brian Tarrence, who has been missing in Turks and Caicos since the last week of June. Tarrence grew up in Plano and later...

Deferred Tarrant County property tax payments due Monday

NBC DFW 6/30 6:29A Frank Heinz

Addison Kaboom Town July 3, 5 11 p.m. at Addison Circle Park For four decades, Addison Kaboom Town! has attracted people from all over the country for a night of breathtaking fireworks, thrilling aerial shows, and more. Arlington Light Up Arlington...