Food deserts are places where people don’t have access to healthy food options within a five-mile radius of their homes. For years, Dallas has been trying to stomp them out with little success.
One of the top things contributing to mental health concerns was loneliness or isolation, according to a survey conducted by Mental Health America.
Lawyers for Zephaniah “Zephi” Trevino, a North Texas teen accused of taking part in a 2019 robbery that left one man dead, are asking Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot to remove himself from her prosecution. Trevino’s attorneys say Creuzot revealed bias when he shared a social media post from the…
Amanda Vandergriff, a Highland Hills resident, said she hardly ever shops at Save U More because prices are steep and “the food there is garbage.”
The Dallas Police Department has seen a spike in identity theft, but there are plenty of other ways Dallasites are getting conned, swindled and defrauded.
The affect control center employs about 380 air traffic controllers, and handles high-level air traffic in multiple states.
Those with the Dallas Police Department’s mounted unit say horses provide them with more mobility, a vantage point they otherwise wouldn’t have, and an increased sense of police presence when they’re out patrolling city streets. Others aren’t so sure, saying they worry about the treatment of the horses, as well as the negative impact the units may have on communities.
Bob Nygaard, a private investigator, has recovered millions of dollars in cases of psychic fraud.
Some say the Dallas Police Department needs to respond quicker to street racing calls to deal with the recent spike in these activities in Dallas. Mike Mata, Dallas Police Association president, has a simpler solution: Take their cars.
Edgardo “Eddie” Garcia will be leaving the San Jose police department after 28 years of service to take the lead at DPD, a department three times the size. Garcia will be the 30th person to hold the title, as well as DPD first Latino police chief.
A North Texas family claims their daughter, Zephaniah “Zephi” Trevino, was caught up in a botched robbery resulting in one death, when she was being sex trafficked. Dallas County prosecutors are looking to try Trevino as an adult.
If convicted on the bribery counts, Dallas developer Sherman Roberts could face up to 15 years in federal prison.
In a statement, Lee Merritt, the Botham Jean family attorney, said the lawsuit will give them an opportunity to “once again try and hold the City of Dallas accountable for its failures in training officers on appropriate use of force.”
Candidates for the next police chief said they would work to build more trust with communities, expand programs like RIGHT Care and fight fore more civilianization in the Dallas Police Department.
Council members say there’s not a lot the city can do about legitimate offers from investors to buy people’s homes, regardless of how frequent they are.
Backlogs at the city’s permitting office are putting an extra strain on Dallas developments. Improvements are in the works, but the permitting process is already keeping some businesses out of the Big D.
Some insiders and outsiders eye the soon-to-be vacated Dallas Police Chief position. Seven final candidates have been chosen and the city manager will make the final decision by the end of the month.
Last month, Dallas City Council members had mixed feelings about expanding a ‘no cruising’ ordinance to reduce sex trafficking and prostitution. But, after seeing enforcement of the ordinance first hand, they had a change of heart.
Problems with the city’s online portal for submitting and processing permits have persisted since it was launched last year. The pandemic made things worse.
Just last year, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance reported that approximately 3,700 people in the city experienced homelessness. About 1,100 of those were unsheltered. Some of them end up at homeless encampments in tents or anything else they can fashion into a makeshift place to sleep. With 72 hours notice, the city can usually kick them out of these areas. But Dallas is putting a stop to this practice in December in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Dallas’ nuisance abatement enforcement has come into question over the years, but it hasn’t stopped the city from trying to get property owners to do the job of the police: fighting crime.
Tarrant County is letting up on weed for all the wrong reasons. Nevertheless, sobriety and testing fumbles may get you out of a possession charge.
