Irving Police Chief Jeff Spivey paid a visit to the Islamic Center of Irving recently to talk about the legality of reporting child sexual abuse after allegations of child molestation rocked the North Texas Muslim community last week. Spivey said he went to the Irving Mosque to discuss the duty…
Those people knocking on Dallas County doors with a badge and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ID aren’t late trick-or-treaters vying for extra candy. They’re health examiners from the CDC gathering data for a national health survey known for developing understanding of national health conditions. The National Health and…
District Attorney Faith Johnson’s silence on her decision to try six teens charged for armed robbery as adults is drawing criticism from organizers working to end mass incarceration. The six teens, all between the ages of 13 and 16, allegedly stole a black Chevy Malibu at gunpoint in the early…
An Airbnb horror story came to life in Dallas earlier this month, when a Richardson woman says she was harassed by a man whom she hosted in her apartment through the app. Alavia Khawaja, 24, says she hosted Airbnb guest Leonard Jackson on Oct. 11. She had been renting space…
Local and national organizations are teaming up to fight a portion of a proposed social studies standard before the Texas State Board of Education that opponents say is biased toward Israel and anti-Muslim. The 17 groups, which include Muslim, Jewish and Christian organizations, are particularly campaigning against this line: “Explain…
In some areas of Dallas, student loan debt burdens are 12 percent higher than the national average, according to new data from Generation Progress and Higher Ed, Not Debt. The data show that nationally, students typically put 6 percent of their paycheck toward student loans but in Dallas, many areas…
Amazon and FedEx are beefing up seasonal hires in North Texas as the holiday season approaches. Amazon is looking to hire 3,000 new warehouse workers in DFW, according to the corporation, while FedEx is hiring 50,000 seasonal employees across the country, 4,200 of them in DFW, the company announced this…
An Instagram boutique based in Stephenville caused a storm on social media last week over their name, “The Spunky Squaw,” which eventually led to the company’s Instagram account disappearing. The word “squaw” is considered derogatory and has long been an ethnic slur used to demean American Indian women. “It’s been used against…
A little over a year ago, Kaitlin Bolger was in jail for gun smuggling — a felony in Texas. She was released in April 2017 and was expected to re-integrate into society with the mismatched men’s clothes on her back and a $50 check that she received upon release. “I…
In the Muslim community, an imam is someone followers trust, a leader in the community to whom Muslims turn for consolation and counseling. But at one of the largest mosques in North Texas, Imam Zia Ul-Haq Sheikh is accused of breaching that trust when he began an illicit relationship with…
DFW Airport recorded about 9 inches of rain between Oct. 1 and 15, a record-breaking number the likes of which hasn’t been seen since 1959, when 8.68 inches of rain fell in the same time period. Meteorologist Bianca Villanueva from the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said the heavy…
Maroches on Davis Street is a small Mexican bakery that sits right at the edge of historic Winnetka Heights and is one of the last bastions of an older Dallas in the middle of gentrified North Oak Cliff eateries and bistros. But Maroches is going through some tough times that…
Texas’ system of electing judges has long drawn criticism about the potential influence of campaign donations in the outcome of cases. Plaintiffs’ lawyer John McCraw took those critiques one step further last month when he filed a motion asking two justices on Texas’ 5th Court of Appeals to remove themselves from…
A day before the voter registration deadline for the midterms, state Sen. Don Huffines issued a demand for an “emergency” Texas Senate committee hearing on voter registration fraud, particularly the rampant, unprosecuted cases of immigrants registering and voting illegally. At least Huffines seems to think it’s rampant, but then he…
Tomorrow is the last day to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election, so here’s a quick primer on what you need to know. First: Seriously, what’s wrong with you? Too busy? Scored some really good weed and been glued to the couch? Oh sure, we understand. It’s not…
The city of Dallas will be spraying pesticide today in two neighborhoods where mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus. The neighborhoods are the 6700 block of Sperry in Lakewood and the 6400 block of Prestonshire in Preston Hollow, which will be sprayed between 9 p.m. tonight and 5 a.m…
Dallas might be having a bit of a fly problem. Recently, residents of Dallas have been complaining online about the swarms of flies invading their homes, their lives and their minds. Even Jennifer Gracheck of MosquitoNix pest control in Dallas, said over the last month and a half they have received more…
The timing was just chance, but couldn’t have been more appropriate. As last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh stirred up talk about teenage sexual assault, blackout drinking and the dangers faced by young people, a group of Dallas teens on Saturday used dramatic performances…
(Editor’s note: I smoke, so I go outside our building a lot. Lot of birds crash into our glass office building, but right now it’s like a hummingbird apocalypse out there. I really like hummingbirds, and I’m the boss, so here’s a story. BTW, if you’re a hiker and like…
Political donations are behind an appellate court ruling that overturned a jury’s verdict requiring an apartment company to pay $1 million to two women raped by a man who entered their Garland home through a window with a broken latch, the women’s attorney claims in a motion filed this week…
Six people showed up to a protest outside Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s Dallas office Monday, demanding he call for Brett Kavanaugh’s withdrawal as Supreme Court nominee. Six people too many according to the building’s disgruntled security, who asked the small group to move off the property. A minute later and…
Last year, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson promised that anyone caught with less than 4 ounces of marijuana would no longer be arrested on the spot, spend a night in jail and a pay an expensive bond to get out. But so far, not much has changed. In 2017,…
