Saturday, nearly 500 women will take to the streets of Atlanta to race for one of just three spots on the U.S. Olympic marathon team. Among them are nine North Texans, including Flower Mound mom of nine Rena Elmer, a newcomer to distance running. For years, Elmer ran track. She even qualified for the Steeplechase Olympic trials back in 2016,…...

A man tricked students at Plano East Senior High School so he could steal band instruments, police say. Police released a surveillance image of the suspect leaving the school with two instruments in his hands. He was dressed in a blazer and a button-up shirt. “He even had a Gucci belt on,” said PESH senior Joshua Ellis, who plays the…

National leaders are teaming up for solutions as the coronavirus spreads from China to many other countries. One concern on the radar of many North Texans is international travel. We caught up with travelers on Friday, moments after a flight landed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport from South Korea. Many said their travel experience was mo...

One person was killed after being trapped in a house fire in Watauga Thursday morning, fire officials said.

One of the most popular voices on morning radio shocked her loyal listeners Tuesday morning and announced that she is hanging up her microphone. After 12 years in the studio, Jenna Owens, co-host of The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show said she needs to give her other love — her fitness and skincare business — her full attention. Leaving her ...

Five political newcomers will face off Tuesday to become the Republican party’s candidate for US Congressional District 32. The district covers northeast Dallas County and parts of southeast Collin County. Just two people have held the congressional seat since it was created in 2003. Republican Pete Sessions held it for 15 years before he was defea...

Neighbors fear their land may be taken along Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Silver Line rail project. DART acquired the old Cotton Belt tracks years ago and broke ground in September for Silver Line service between Plano and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. But design is only 10% complete and officials confirm more property may be needed. “The...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) will receive a briefing on the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Thursday at the State Operations Center in Austin and will then share that update with Texans in a news conference at 3 p.m.

The Centers for Disease Control has said they expect coronavirus cases in the United States to likely grow in weeks and months to come. Amid that expectation, local governments and hospital systems are doing everything they can to prepare. On Thursday NBCDFW asked Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, and Denton County, along with DFW’s seven largest hospital s...

The Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth will turn 40 years old this weekend. When it started, the Cowtown and Bill Knight were new to marathons. “My finish time in 1980 was 3:36:33 approximately, ” Kight said laughing. He plans to run the marathon this year, but not at the same pace. “Nope, not even close! The goal here is to…...

A Parker County community is banding together to help an Army veteran in his 80s. His home, in a small city northwest of Azle, is in need of major fixing. When Springtown residents discovered one of their own was living in deplorable conditions, they took action. “They’re cleaning up the mess that I made. Things that I couldn’t do,”...

Our country has a housing crisis. Are tiny homes the answer? The country’s first tiny home neighborhood is in the North Texas suburb of Lake Dallas.

The first of 10 crosswalks were installed this week in the neighborhood known as the heartbeat of the North Texas LGBT community. The crosswalks are a part of a larger upgrade and beautification of the Oak Lawn community. There are plans to create more parking and install more ramps on sidewalks and intersections to make sure that inclusion truly i...

Some of us just have a mind for math, while others struggle. If one student raises their hand for help, other students may feel that class is dragging on. While it can frustrate any student, it’s just as hard on teachers. “As I started talking to the kids, they’re like, ‘I don’t have anyone to help me. I need...

The trial continues Thursday for one of four men indicted in connection to the kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old Lancaster girl

North Texas water authorities now have the financial backing for a new wastewater treatment plant in Collin County. The Texas Water Development Board on Thursday approved a $458,920,000 loan to fund all the costs associated with creating the new Sister Grove Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility. The North Texas Municipal Water District says th...

A passenger at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport says she was accosted Tuesday night by a barefoot homeless man who threatened to kill her. Deborah Schwan, a retired teacher from Midlothian and a frequent flier, said she was walking through Terminal A after returning from a trip to California when she heard the man shouting and notified airpo...

A woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband two weeks ago in Little Elm, police say.

In an interview from San Antonio, Castro talked to NBC 5 about why he chose to support Elizabeth Warren, how he thinks she will do in Texas, her debate performances and more.

This week, the wall is officially making a stop in Garland, the only North Texas city to host the wall this year. The half-scale replica and traveling exhibit is made possible by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

Mrs. Tran Nguyen uses her story to encourage her students to push forward despite their circumstances.

After 16 years representing people in parts of Tarrant, Denton and Dallas counties, Republican Congressman Kenny Marchant is stepping down, leaving the seat open and primed for a flip. Tuesday night, 12 candidates, both Democrat and Republican, will have their first fight in the battle for Marchant’s District 24 seat — five of the Democ...

A North Texas fitness instructor is tackling teacher stress, and burnout with a focus on health and mental wellness. It’s a special fitness challenge for just teachers who want to destress outside of the classroom. Will Clewis is a former teacher now on a mission to make it happen and it’s Something Good. “Gonna try it one more time. Two......

A driver was killed after crashing into a utility pole Wednesday night, police said.

Roland Parrish owns 27 McDonald’s restaurants in North Texas. If you ask him about his incredible success, he wants you to hear the backstory first — the one that started on the track team at Purdue University. “I saw you could build a team in the business world, just like you can in athletics,” Parrish said. He held a couple…

On Wednesday the Paul Quinn Tigers and the Dallas Mavericks unveiled a new outdoor basketball court on campus that aims to combine sport and sense of community. Dr. Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn, says it’s one of many projects that prove the college is headed in a positive direction. “There is something special going on here. This ...

Coronavirus fears continue to take hold of stocks. The DOW struggling to regain footing after wiping out 20-20 gains earlier this week. “You went from euphoria to fear very quickly and it was COVID-19,” Spencer McGowan, senior portfolio manager and president of McGowan Group, said about the stock market and coronavirus. He’s watch...

To see a live feed of the demolition of “The Leaning Tower of Dallas” click here. An Oklahoma casino took advantage of Dallas’ newest landmark Tuesday night, projecting an ad onto the side of the “Leaning Tower of Dallas.” An ad for Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma appeared on the side of the tower Tuesd...

It took dozens of firefighters to contain a large fire that ignited inside an apartment building in East Fort Worth Wednesday afternoon. The fire was reported about 4 p.m. at a three-story building in the Maxwell Apartments community located on the 1700 block of Cherbourg Drive, near Eastchase Parkway and Brentwood Star Road. Video from Texas Sky R...

After years of meetings and studies, a Fitzhugh Avenue parking lot is now the recommended location for the community park promised by Fair Park First, the non-profit group operating Dallas’ Fair Park. Fair Park First recently shared the new master plan with city officials and with NBC 5 on Wednesday. “We’ve had over 500 conversations,” said F...

Young Army recruits from Flower Mound and Lewisville high schools started their military careers on Wednesday with an out-of-this-world experience. “Welcome aboard the International Space Station,” Lt. Col. Andrew Morgan, a NASA astronaut, said on a satellite video call from space. “Everything I did in the military prepared me for...

After being quarantined in China for weeks a North Texan is back home. Ashley Jenkins originally went to China to teach English and first spoke with NBCDFW earlier this month as concern grew surrounding the spread of the coronavirus. “I saw people getting sick in the street, I saw people seizing, I saw crazy things that China doesn’t want...

Fort Worth city leaders are asking for feedback on a $3 million investment meant to bring new vitality to the Rosemont neighborhood. In late January, Fort Worth city councilmembers approved the recommendation designating the Rosemont area as the 2020 recipient of the Neighborhood Improvement Strategy funding. On Wednesday evening, there is a meetin...

On Monday morning, a crane and wrecking ball were brought in to knock down the remainder of ‘The Leaning Tower of Dallas,’ but knocking a building down with a ball is a tedious process.

The trial continues Wednesday for one of four men indicted in connection to the kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old Lancaster girl

She tracked the world’s most notorious terrorists in the years after 9/11, yet she calls herself the “unexpected spy.” Warm and welcoming, Tracy Walder is the opposite of what you might expect from a former CIA operative. “People don’t necessarily see us coming,” Walder said. “And sometimes it can seem a bit disarming, and perhaps that’...

A police chase Tuesday involving a woman who was kidnapped ended when the driver of her car crashed into a house in Dallas, police say. According to Dallas police, at about 3:54 p.m. Wednesday an officer tried to stop the driver of a Honda Civic police said was speeding in a school zone. The driver stopped, but as the officer…

Plano police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a theft suspect.

For the first time in 20 years, Fort Worth ISD is making a major change. Now the school board and parents are divided.

High School can give you a headache.   There are college-level classes and everyone in a social clique. The staff at Bishop Lynch High School wanted to help. “We have a plan for today. Just go with it. Blindfolds and everything today guys,” said teacher Pam Price. Twice a week students meet with their mentor group, an ass...

A six-figure pay day is
“something good” any day, but at Brock ISD, west of Fort Worth, a check with six figures is history making.
And, that’s exactly what Brock High School
junior Maddie O’Leary got last week at the San Antonio Livestock
Show and Rodeo.

It has been a month of learning, more than ever before, at Florence Elementary in Mesquite ISD. “This was the first time we have done this project,” Social Studies Coordinator Daniel Norwood said. “During Black History Month, several school shad door-decorating contests, living history museums, student research projects and even programs.” The lear...

Billy Chemirmir, a man accused of smothering more than a dozen women living in North Texas retirement homes and robbing them of their jewelry, has been indicted on two additional charges of capital murder.

Some homeowners in Plano say they’re fed up with noise they say is keeping them up at night. It’s coming from Republic Services, a recycling facility on 14th Street in east Plano. “Horns, trucks, the bottles dumping and then there’s giant bay doors that stay open so all of that sound goes echoing this way as well,” said Christine...

A lawsuit filed Tuesday morning in federal court accuses the DeSoto Police Department of police brutality during a family disturbance call in 2018. “From our perspective, we have a family that called police, asked for help and was brutalized as a result, and the story is as simple as that,” said David Henderson from Ellwanger Law LLLP, which ...

The Wall That Heals, a traveling three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, will be in Garland for a limited time.

Dallas City Hall has a new budget problem as the result of better than expected hiring and retention at the Dallas Police Department. A memo to city council members said police were expected to be $5,476,000 over budget because the force was 77 officers larger than projected. The memo came after pay raises approved last year to keep and attract&#82...

Three middle school students are facing charges after nine people, including students, a school police officer and school staff members, were injured during a large fight at a Fort Worth school Tuesday morning, police say.

The trial continues Tuesday for one of four men indicted in connection to the kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old Lancaster girl.

A driver was uninjured after crashing their vehicle into a jewelry store in Irving Tuesday morning, police said.

A 23-year-old Collin County man is sentenced to serve 60 years in prison for shooting at police during a high-speed chase that followed a carjacking, prosecutors say. Marcus Johnson-McBryde, 23, of Allen pleaded guilty Feb. 14 to two counts of aggravated assault of a public servant and one count each of aggravated robbery, assault of a public serva...

An alleged drunken driver crashed his vehicle into the front garage area of a home in North Richland Hills Tuesday morning, police said.

A teacher who was suspended after showing photos of her and her wife during a presentation reached a settlement with the Mansfield Independent School District on Monday.

An 8-month-old girl and her mother who were the subjects of an Amber Alert have been found safe, Mesquite police said Tuesday morning. The Amber Alert had been issued Monday evening for 8-month-old Nyla Crockett and her mother, 30-year-old Chernario Crockett. According to the Amber Alert flyer, the two were last seen Friday night in the 4800 block ...

An injured bobcat was spotted north of Parr Park in Grapevine on Monday afternoon.

The family of a University of North Texas student killed by police say they are meeting with the Denton County District Attorney Tuesday to discuss the release of the body camera video of the incident. Police say Darius Tarver was holding a frying pan and meat clever when he charged at officers Jan. 21. Police shot and killed him. The family…...

Police were investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian accident Friday in Fort Worth. Two men were hit at about 4:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of South Riverside Drive. One was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as 63-year-old Cornelius Davis. The other man was transported in serious condition to a local hospital. His injuries were not t...

A person is injured after a crash on Airport Freeway in Euless Tuesday morning.

Lucas Yeh beat thousands of other violinists from around the world to perform in a special recital at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in June.

As Fire Safety Survey Program enters its second year of inspecting citizen’s homes, the department hopes to grow it even more

The project has been dotted with delays that has become frustrating to many in the area and has caused a number of businesses to close.

The Dallas Black Dance Theatre has been a landmark in the community since it opened in 1976, thanks to founder Ann Williams.

A judge on Monday temporarily ordered the Northwest Independent School District to reinstate a high school student suspended after a search found marijuana under a seat in her recently-purchased used car. The girl’s parents insisted the marijuana wasn’t hers after a drug-sniffing dog alerted on her car on the V.R. Eaton High School parking lot. The...

Lewisville police on Sunday seized nearly 600 pounds of drugs in what officers say is one of the largest drug busts they’ve seen in the city. A total of 595 pounds of methamphetamine was discovered hidden inside a big rig after Lewisville police were asked to help investigate a tip about “a suspicious tractor-trailer located near a majo...

Three people are dead and one hospitalized after a crash in Frisco on Sunday night.

A 17-year-old babysitter faces a capital murder charge in the death of a 3-month-old boy, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Tynia Nicole Johnson was watching Ashton Smith on Sunday, Feb. 16 when she called at about 12 p.m. to tell his mother and great uncle that the baby was ill, the affidavit says. The great uncle, James Pedyfoot, picked&#...

A special guest from the Big Screen was in South Dallas Friday to celebrate St. Philip’s School and Community Center. Many of the students who attend have had the odds stacked against them, but thanks to St. Philip’s, they find a way to thrive.

The trial begins Monday for one of four men indicted in connection to the kidnapping and killing of a 13-year-old Lancaster girl.

Mesquite ISD students were arrested Monday after a police located a firearm in one of the student’s vehicles, a district official says. The incident happened at West Mesquite High School, where Mesquite ISD said a student reported seeing another student with a firearm in the parking lot. The tip was reported through the district’s anony...

Student enrollment in the Plano school district is expected to continue to decline over the next several years. The 52,646-student district could see its enrollment drop to 50,359 students by the 2024-25 school year, Rocky Gardiner, a consultant with Templeton Demographics, told the Plano school board during a recent work session. Click here to rea...

One person is in custody after a motorcycle chase from Rockwall County to West Fort Worth on Sunday.

A 45-year-old man from Plano has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced Monday.

Eastbound Interstate 635 will be shut down for some time Monday morning after a crash.

Police were investigating a shooting Monday morning in southern Dallas after a minivan was found damaged, police said. Officers responded at about midnight to the 200 block of S. Ewing Avenue at the intersection with S R L Thornton Freeway Service Road. It’s unclear what led to the shooting. A Dodge minivan was found with damage. No other inf...

Former Plano Mayor Jonas Alton Allman has died. Allman served as mayor of the City of Plano from 1962 to 1964.

The “Leaning Tower of Dallas” is expected to be fully demolished Monday, just over a week since the building’s core failed to fall during a planned implosion. Lloyd D. Nabors Demolition has secured a crane that will be delivered over the weekend to the site in the 2800 block of North Haskell Avenue, De La Vega Development said. Th...

A person was hospitalized after they were shot Monday morning and drove to a gas station in Dallas. Officers responded to the Exxon at Great Trinity Forest Way and N. Jim Miller Road in southeast Dallas. The vehicle appeared to have multiple bullet holes in it and several broken windows, police said. The shooting happened at the intersection of Bon...

Accelerated program will allow Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality students to earn 2-year Associates Degree in one year.

The hotline, called COPLINE, trains retired and sworn law enforcement officers to help active officers who are facing PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts or other forms of mental distress.

Dallas police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 23-year-old missing man.

Surrounded by friends and family, Ernest “Ernie” Lacroix celebrated his 101st birthday Sunday afternoon at The Vantage at City View, which is an independent living center. His wish for this year, to complete his 21st Cowtown 5K. “I don’t enter to win, I tell everyone, you can go home and say, ‘You didn’t finish l...

Fort Worth police are investigating the second apparent road-rage shooting in the city in the last five days. The latest left a bullet-riddled truck, two men shaken and the search for the shooter. For two friends, a Sunday afternoon drive in southeast Fort Worth ended in a gas station parking lot with shattered windows and shaken nerves. “It’s one....

Sentencing begins Monday for the man convicted of capital murder in the February 2018 death of a Richardson police officer. A jury found Brandon McCall guilty Wednesday in the shooting death of Ofc. David Sherrard on Feb. 7, 2018. McCall is also charged with the murder of Rene Gamez II, a crime for which he will be tried at a…

A dog who got loose Wednesday at Dallas Love Field was still missing Saturday night, the woman who rescued him says. Duke, who Stephanie Hanson said she got on Sunday from a Houston shelter, was seen darting across the tarmac at Love Field on Friday night. Video from Texas Sky Ranger showed the dog at about 5:30 p.m. running across…

The City of Mesquite’s Human Resources Department is offering a free job assistance program.

A second teen faces a murder charge in connection to the death of a 79-year-old Dallas woman, police say. Kimberly Ann Garcia, 17, turned herself in to authorities Saturday and was charged for the October murder of Gloria Roque, Dallas police said. Another juvenile, whose name was not released, was arrested in early February in connection to the sh...

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle Saturday while trying to cross Interstate 30 in Dallas, officials say. The male was running across the highway at North Cockrell Hill Road when he was hit at about 10:15 p.m., according to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died. His identity has not&...

A 17-year-old was jailed after he confessed to a Valentine’s Day drive-by shooting, Dallas police say. Yordi Rodriguez was wanted in the Feb. 14 drive-by shooting in the 3000 block of South Westmoreland Road, which police said was later posted to Instagram. Officers executed a search warrant Friday in the 400 block of East Tenth Street and ar...

A man is critical condition after he was shot in the face early Sunday at an apartment complex, Fort Worth police say. A local hospital called police at about 12:30 a.m. to report that a man had arrived in a private vehicle with a gunshot wound to the face. The man claimed to have been shot at the Wood Hollow…

A newly launched initiative to reduce crime in Dallas through mentorship has taken off in Pleasant Grove. Earlier this month, Dallas city leaders heard a presentation on the Original Gangsters United Crime Prevention Program. It’s a 21-day program that uses former gang members to mentor kids away from crime and into better futures. Coy Poitier, the...

A. Maceo Smith was a pioneer and civil rights leader in Dallas. His service to the community spanned more than five decades in several capacities. According to the African American Museum in Fair Park, which has named a community award after him, Smith was a leading figure in the NAACP, Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce and the Dallas Urban League&#...

A woman was fatally struck early Sunday on U.S. Highway 75 after she got out of her car after being rear-ended by a suspected drunken driver, police say. Placida Hernandez-Ramirez, 57, was driving north on the highway at about 4:30 a.m. toward the Coit Road exit when she started to slow down because a previously wrecked vehicle was blocking the&#82...

Community members got a chance to share concerns and propose solutions with Dallas’ police chief Saturday, at one of Renee Hall’s listening sessions. Police Chief Renee Hall met face-to-face with District 2 residents inside the Arlington Park Recreation Center on Record Crossing Road Saturday. In the previous listening sessions, the response ...