North Texas

Just over 1% of kids under 5 in Dallas County have gotten a COVID-19 vaccine, and public health officials are expecting cases to rise as kids head back to school.

“We’re on the brink. We’re teetering. It’s a balancing act. It’s a 50/50 proposition,” said Gunter City Manager Rick Chaffin.

Dallas County received a shipment of more than 5,000 monkeypox vaccines to help treat the virus outbreak.

The North Texas Regional Veterans Court focuses on helping veterans involved in the criminal justice system.

Landlords in Texas don’t have to accept renters who receive federal housing assistance, but a Denton County community is taking it a big step further: making most of the town off limits to Section 8 tenants.

Texas leaders have targeted trans youth, their families and gender-affirming care practices for months. It’s exacerbated feelings of anxiety and fear in trans youth, who already experience higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide than their cis peers. Mental health practitioners can help navigate these feelings, but finding and accessing an affirming therapist in Texas can be a challenge.

Hot, dry conditions are driving wildfires in North Texas and across the state, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Greg Corley needs to have his right arm amputated after the Denton County Jail failed to give him proper medical care, Corley's father told KERA.

Meteorologists say North Texas could be on track this summer to break its previous record for the most days with triple-digit temperatures.

The reactions of North Texans to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark abortion rights decision, ranged from rage to jubilation. Pro-choice protesters took to the streets. Anti-abortion advocates and churchgoers celebrated as anti-abortion preachers praised the Supreme Court's decision. KERA News photographer Azul Sordo captured the moments.

A lone cross inside Balsora Baptist Church was seen standing after the church burned down Friday.

The Department of Justice says the weapons illegally sold by Demontre Antwon Hackworth, 31, were later used in over a dozen crimes, including the killing of a 21-year-old Black transgender woman.