12-year-old cancer survivor says he feels lucky to be a ball boy at the Dallas Open
The Dallas Open is underway this week at SMU – and what may be the most heartwarming and inspiring story on the court doesn't involve any of the players.
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J.D. is an award-winning reporter who has been covering North Texas for CBS Texas since 1996. He began his career in Longview and also worked as a reporter in Johnson City, Tennessee and Tulsa, Oklahoma. But he's a native Texan who was born in Dallas and raised in Plano. He attended Plano Senior High School and SMU, where he found his passion for journalism and decided to pursue a career in TV news.
J.D. has reported from all over the world including the Middle East, Europe and Canada. He has also covered Texas from the Gulf Coast to the Panhandle. You'll see J.D. at the scene of many of the most important stories affecting North Texans. Some of his most memorable recent experiences include being knocked down by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, dodging wildfires in West Texas in 2006 and wading through floodwaters in North Texas in 2007, all while meeting some extraordinary people along the way.
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The Dallas Open is underway this week at SMU – and what may be the most heartwarming and inspiring story on the court doesn't involve any of the players.
What may be the biggest threat to the health and safety of children in North Texas brought a lot of parents together Thursday night in Carrollton.
Loyal customers are determined to support and save Speranza Italian Restaurant in North Dallas after a horrific incident just two weeks ago.
A public hearing over a proposed Universal Studios theme park in Frisco brought a lot of concerned residents to city hall Tuesday night.
North Texas doctors want you to be on the lookout for something that could leave you permanently blind.
One of the biggest entertainment attractions coming to North Texas is facing some resistance from homeowners in Frisco.
The winter storm is melting away and that means a lot of North Texans will be heading back to work and school in the morning.
Collin County authorities say as many as 50 narcotics cases could be in jeopardy now that a former Plano police officer has pleaded guilty to a felony domestic abuse charge that cost him his job.
You may not want to get out in this weather but for a lot of North Texans, they need to for food, prescriptions, work and a lot of other important reasons.
If not for the street crews, the unsung heroes of this winter storm, getting around at all would be next to impossible.
If you were out driving earlier Monday afternoon, a band of freezing rain made the freeway ramps and overpasses treacherous.
As hard as it was for all of us to watch the videos, it was even harder for some law enforcement veterans who say they were disgusted by what they saw.
School districts in Terrell and Anna will adopt the Monday through Thursday schedule for next year.
The hope among health officials is to create a routine once a year schedule that will increase the number of vaccinations in the US which stand now at around 81% of the population.
Neighborhood social media sites are burning up with posts about catalytic converter thefts that cost people with high insurance deductibles a lot of money – catching the attention of state lawmakers.