6:46 AM on Feb 18, 2021 CST — Updated at 6:55 PM on Feb 18, 2021 CSTFrom snow to severe thunderstorms to 100-degree heat, Dallas-Fort Worth gets it all. Stay up to date with important alerts.By signing up you agree to our…6:46 AM on Feb 18, 2021 CST — Updated at 6:55 PM on Feb 18, 2021 CSTFrom snow to severe thunderstorms to 100-degree heat, Dallas-Fort Worth gets it all. Stay up to date with important alerts.By signing up you agree to ourWW…

12:51 PM on Feb 17, 2021 CST — Updated at 4:49 PM on Feb 17, 2021 CSTFrom snow to severe thunderstorms to 100-degree heat, Dallas-Fort Worth gets it all. Stay up to date with important alerts.By signing up you agree to our…12:51 PM on Feb 17, 2021 CST — Updated at 4:49 PM on Feb 17, 2021 CSTFrom snow to severe thunderstorms to 100-degree heat, Dallas-Fort Worth gets it all. Stay up to date with important alerts.By signing up you agree to ourWW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMost area school districts have declared Election Day a student and staff holiday and will not have classes Tuesday.Even with a high early voting turnout, officials are expecting large crowds at area voting sites — many of which are schools — on Election Day. That, combined with COVID-19 concerns, spurred Northside, North East, San Antonio, South San Antonio, Harlandale, East Central, Southwest and Judson independent school districts to decide not to hold classes Tuesday.Edgewood ISD will teach classes remotely for six of the...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateMost area school districts have declared Election Day a student and staff holiday and will not have classes Tuesday.Even with a high early voting turnout, officials are expecting large crowds at area voting sites — many of which are schools — on Election Day. That, combined with COVID-19 concerns, spurred Northside, North East, San Antonio, South San Antonio, Harlandale, East Central, Southwest and Judson independent school districts to decide not to hold classes Tuesday.Edgewood ISD will teach classes remotely for six of the...WW…

Texas A&M University San Antonio will offer free tuition to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class, and to early college high school students who earn at least 30 credit hours.The initiative, called the Achiever Promise, is under the umbrella of a university commitment to help students graduate with little to no debt, the Jaguar Excellence Guarantee. Both were introduced Tuesday at a pep rally at East Central High School.Already, 98 percent of A&M San Antonio students receive financial assistance and 73 percent get enough aid to cover their entire cost...…Texas A&M University San Antonio will offer free tuition to high school seniors who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class, and to early college high school students who earn at least 30 credit hours.The initiative, called the Achiever Promise, is under the umbrella of a university commitment to help students graduate with little to no debt, the Jaguar Excellence Guarantee. Both were introduced Tuesday at a pep rally at East Central High School.Already, 98 percent of A&M San Antonio students receive financial assistance and 73 percent get enough aid to cover their entire cost...WW…

After months of planning hampered by shifting risk assessments and zigzagging state rules, today will see the first return of students to classrooms for many pubic schools in San Antonio.With the community spread of the coronavirus on the decline but still a threat, classes will start on a small scale for individual campuses in several local school districts, including the three largest. All are requiring face coverings and social distancing.“Opening schools is the easy part. Keeping them open is more complex,” North East Independent School District Superintendent Sean Maika said in a...…After months of planning hampered by shifting risk assessments and zigzagging state rules, today will see the first return of students to classrooms for many pubic schools in San Antonio.With the community spread of the coronavirus on the decline but still a threat, classes will start on a small scale for individual campuses in several local school districts, including the three largest. All are requiring face coverings and social distancing.“Opening schools is the easy part. Keeping them open is more complex,” North East Independent School District Superintendent Sean Maika said in a...WW…

11:41 AM on Apr 26, 2021 CDT — Updated at 12:53 PM on Apr 26, 2021 CDTUpdate: This story has been updated with comments from Botham Jean’s mother, Allison Jean.Lawyers for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger will make their case Tuesday before a panel of appellate justices to toss her murder conviction for killing Botham Jean in his own apartment. Dallas County prosecutors say the jury’s verdict should stand.Guyger, convicted of murder in 2019 for shooting Jean, argued in court records that, at most, she should be convicted of criminally negligent homicide. That charge is a lesser...…11:41 AM on Apr 26, 2021 CDT — Updated at 12:53 PM on Apr 26, 2021 CDTUpdate: This story has been updated with comments from Botham Jean’s mother, Allison Jean.Lawyers for former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger will make their case Tuesday before a panel of appellate justices to toss her murder conviction for killing Botham Jean in his own apartment. Dallas County prosecutors say the jury’s verdict should stand.Guyger, convicted of murder in 2019 for shooting Jean, argued in court records that, at most, she should be convicted of criminally negligent homicide. That charge is a lesser...WW…

3:35 PM on Mar 10, 2021 CST — Updated at 4:59 PM on Mar 10, 2021 CSTA Dallas man’s conviction in a 1987 deadly robbery should be overturned because prosecutors withheld evidence and the star witness lied about how many thousands of dollars she received in reward money, state District Judge Lela Mays ruled Wednesday.Ben Spencer has spent the last 34 years in Texas prisons after the slaying of clothing executive Jeffrey Young. Now 56, Spencer is expected to be released this week while a higher court reviews the judge’s decision.Prosecutors under Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot...…3:35 PM on Mar 10, 2021 CST — Updated at 4:59 PM on Mar 10, 2021 CSTA Dallas man’s conviction in a 1987 deadly robbery should be overturned because prosecutors withheld evidence and the star witness lied about how many thousands of dollars she received in reward money, state District Judge Lela Mays ruled Wednesday.Ben Spencer has spent the last 34 years in Texas prisons after the slaying of clothing executive Jeffrey Young. Now 56, Spencer is expected to be released this week while a higher court reviews the judge’s decision.Prosecutors under Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot...WW…

6:00 AM on Mar 1, 2021 CSTThe bodies kept coming to the morgue, but none were leaving.Frozen to death from hypothermia. Poisoned by carbon monoxide. Trapped in home fires. Dead from crashes on icy roads.The Dallas County medical examiner’s Office was close to capacity and funeral homes couldn’t pick up bodies as the winter storm made roads icy and caused millions of power outages across Texas.More bodies came last week as families, unable to check on loved ones during the storm, discovered relatives died in their homes and the bodies of the homeless were found. Dr. Jeffrey Barnard, Dallas...…6:00 AM on Mar 1, 2021 CSTThe bodies kept coming to the morgue, but none were leaving.Frozen to death from hypothermia. Poisoned by carbon monoxide. Trapped in home fires. Dead from crashes on icy roads.The Dallas County medical examiner’s Office was close to capacity and funeral homes couldn’t pick up bodies as the winter storm made roads icy and caused millions of power outages across Texas.More bodies came last week as families, unable to check on loved ones during the storm, discovered relatives died in their homes and the bodies of the homeless were found. Dr. Jeffrey Barnard, Dallas...WW…

2:17 PM on Feb 16, 2021 CST — Updated at 5:27 PM on Feb 16, 2021 CSTFrom snow to severe thunderstorms to 100-degree heat, Dallas-Fort Worth gets it all. Stay up to date with important alerts.By signing up you agree to our…2:17 PM on Feb 16, 2021 CST — Updated at 5:27 PM on Feb 16, 2021 CSTFrom snow to severe thunderstorms to 100-degree heat, Dallas-Fort Worth gets it all. Stay up to date with important alerts.By signing up you agree to ourWW…