Authorities seized animals including a white Bengal tiger, bobcat, kinkajou, porcupines, llamas, emus and deer after finding them at a South Texas residence while executing a search warrant last week.

The Richardson Police Department tweeted Wednesday they received mask and hand sanitizer donations for the community. According to the tweet, the protective products were donated from DFW Chinese Alliance, DFW Chinese American Story eGarden and Chinese Community Neighbors. In the tweet, the police department conveyed their appreciation that will help officers and citizens during the COVID-19 crisis.

A library in Texas hosted a drive-in video game gathering. Kids stayed in cars and played Mario Kart, which was projected on the side of a trailer.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke to NBC 5 about the COVID-19 pandemic and the aid package passed by Congress as well as whether he thought Texas should be under a statewide “shelter in place” order.

A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked Texas’ efforts to ban abortions during the coronavirus pandemic, handing Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers a victory as clinics across the U.S. filed a wave of lawsuits to stop states from trying to shutter them during the outbreak.

While many North Texans are social distancing and staying at home, some are opting to throw large parties at apartment buildings using short-term rental sites like Airbnb. Residents at one apartment say they want the city to ban rentals for now.

The growing coronavirus pandemic has forced churches to find a new approach to minister to their people. In McKinney, Life Fellowship Church has treated the setbacks as opportunities to reach people who are in real need. The church put on a free produce drive-thru produce giveaway on Monday, which provided approximately 300 care packages, packed with fresh fruits and vegetables,…

Texas is ratcheting up restrictions on neighboring Louisiana, one of the growing hot spots for coronavirus in the U.S., and preparing Dallas’ downtown convention center to house infected patients as Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday announced a sweeping series of moves to both slow and manage the growing pandemic.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday announced that the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas was selected to be the site of a pop-up coronavirus hospital meant to be used if local hospital resources are exhausted.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday announced that the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas was selected to be the site of a pop-up coronavirus hospital meant to be used if local hospital resources are exhausted.

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott joined NBC 5 live to discuss the state’s response to the novel coronavirus.

Texans unable to pay utility bills are one step closer to getting relief as thousands apply for unemployment benefits at a record pace across the state.

Two earthquakes centered near the same remote area of West Texas rattled the region on Thursday morning. The first tremor registered at a magnitude 3.0 early Thursday. The second was a magnitude 5.0 about six hours later, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “It felt like a truck going by, then you could hear a crack in the walls,” said…

West Texas A&M University has developed antiviral protection for door handles and door push bars. Biological warfare technology born at West Texas A&M University to protect soldiers from anthrax has been readapted and deployed across campus to protect door handles from viruses and bacteria. Doors across West Texas A&M University soon will receive Copper Clean stickers over handles and...

West Texas A&M University has developed antiviral protection for door handles and door push bars.

Texas is joining other states in imposing quarantines on travelers form the New York area, which is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that people arriving by plane from New Orleans also must self-isolate for two weeks. New Orleans is becoming a major center of COVID-19 worries as the number of...

Chef Kevin Ashade feels like a student who just failed the big test. “You failed, but you don’t know how you failed. You don’t have any answers. You don’t know what questions you got wrong. You don’t know what you did,” said Ashade, known affectionately as ‘Chef Kev.’ In truth, Chef Kev did not fail. And neither did his...

A man who hit a father and his 4-year-old son with his car as the pair crossed a New Orleans street was captured after four months on the run, authorities said. Christopher Andres, 30, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Austin, Texas, on Monday, The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported. The New Orleans police department identified…

A North Texas native living abroad has words of encouragement for her friends and family living under shelter-in-place orders here – it’s not going to be forever.

In an update Tuesday afternoon from Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) shared the latest in the state’s efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus.