by Erin Jones | CBS 11 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas nonprofit community health center in preparing to welcome Afghan refugees. They’ll ...
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
‘3 Years’ Salary In About 4 Months’: COVID-19 Pandemic Demand For Travel Nurses Sends Salaries Soaring
by Robbie Owens | CBS 11 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – COVID-19’s fourth surge has once again led to stiff competition for nurses and that de...
Southwest Airlines Sued By Pilots’ Union Over COVID-19-Related Changes
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The pilots’ union is suing Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, saying rules the airline put into place before and dur...
Ferris High School’s Darrick Willis On Landry Award Watch List
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – For the 12th consecutive year, CBS 11 will present the Landry Award to the top high school football player from t...
Texas School District Closes For A Week After 2 Teachers Die Of COVID-19
WACO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A Central Texas school district closed its schools Tuesday, August 31, until after the Labor Day holiday, aft...
Constitutional Carry, Fetal Heartbeat Bill Among Hundreds Of New Laws Taking Effect In Texas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – More than 660 new state laws take effect in Texas on Wednesday, September 1. They include constitutional or per...
Need For COVID-19 Testing In North Texas Schools Rising, Students With Symptoms Reminded To Stay Home
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – With an uptick in COVID-19 cases in schools comes an increased need for testing, health experts say. Howev...
Family Of Garland Lyft Driver Killer And Possible Terror Suspect Imran Ali Rasheed ‘Blindsided’ By What Happened
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The FBI’s Dallas office is working to determine if a murder and other crimes committed by Imran Ali Rasheed were...
Affordable Rental Units Very Difficult To Find In North Texas
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – While the previously frenzied real estate market has calmed down, the same cannot be said for the rush to find re...
Man Shot In Car At Irving’s Lively Park, 2 Suspects Detained
IRVING, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A man was shot in his car at Irving’s Lively Park on Tuesday, August 31, Irving Police said. It happened arou...
Gas Prices Likely Higher Labor Day Weekend, But Not Because Of Hurricane Ida
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – If you’re expecting to see gas prices increase this week, experts say you’re right to, but that spike might not have ...
North Texas Centenarian Who Brought Attention To Homebound Seniors Unable To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Dies Of Natural Causes
CARROLLTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 100-year-old Carrollton woman who’s story brought attention to the plight homebound seniors who had...
AFC East Preview: ‘Looking At A Division That Could Have Four Really Good Quarterbacks For The Next 10 Years,’ Says CBS Miami’s Michael Cugno
(CBS Miami) – The AFC East was taken over by new management in 2020, as the Bills were crowned division champs. Buffalo’s emergence sn...
Kitten Recovering After Being Shot In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Police are looking to find whoever shot an orange and white 4-month-old kitten last month. Police said the ki...
Texas House Approves Statewide Voting Changes
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – The Texas House gave final approval Tuesday, August 31, to a sweeping rewrite of the state’s election laws,...
Fort Worth Man On Parole After Sexually Assaulting A Child Added To Texas’ Most Wanted Sex Offenders List
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Texas Department of Public Safety has added Valentine Johnathan Price to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offe...
Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents Arrest 64 Undocumented Migrants Hiding By Burnt Tractor-Trailor
LAREDO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Freer and Laredo North Stations apprehended a large group o...
Ida Leaves Louisiana Coast In The Dark, Many Without Power Amid Stifling Heat
NEW ORLEANS (CBSDFW/AP) — Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now dealing with the possibility of weeks without power ...
Plano officer shoots, injures man who allegedly fired first at police serving warrant
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Man Shot Multiple Times, Killed At Home On Bending Oak Trail In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas police detectives are investigating after a man was shot and killed on August 30. He was found with multiple g...
How To Play CBS DFW’s Pro Football Knockout Pool
(CBS Local)- The football season is right around the corner which means it’s time to brush up on your knowledge. As you’re preparing t...
Veteran Central Texas Game Warden Christopher Ray Wilson Dies From COVID-19
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Veteran Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Warden Sgt. Christopher Ray Wilson, 43 has died from complications of COVID-19...
Woman Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter After Slamming Into Tow Truck Operator, Knocking Him Off Overpass
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman slammed her Chevy Tahoe into a man who was hooking up a car to his tow truck on LBJ Express near Highway 75, ...
AMBER Alert Issued For 2 Children, Ashlynn And Desmond Wells
TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A statewide AMBER Alert was issued for Ashlynn Wells, 10, and Desmond Wells, 11, out of West Rusk County, Texas at 5:5...
USPS Has Shorted Some Workers’ Pay For Years, Center For Public Integrity Investigation Finds
(AP) – Nancy Campos’ back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail carrie...
Monday, August 30, 2021
Dozens Of Parents Push For District-Wide Mask Mandate In Lewisville ISD
LEWISVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Masks are strongly encouraged, but not required for Lewisville ISD students and staff. A group of parents...
0 For 3: Dallas Couple’s Wedding Festivities Put Off Twice For COVID-19, Again For Hurricane Ida
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Hurricane Ida did more than cause wind and flood damage. The storm proved to be costly in more ways than one for a D...