Congrats Central Texas, Pete Sessions Is Your Problem Now

In November, North Texas made it clear that it didn’t want longtime U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions wandering the halls of the capitol anymore, at least not on its behalf. Thursday, Sessions returned the favor, announcing that he’s running for Congress again, just, you know, not here. Sessions is moving about…

DPD Launches Investigation After Guyger Trial Revelations

The Dallas Police Department is launching an internal affairs investigation following allegations of evidence tampering during the murder trial of former DPD officer Amber Guyger. Jurors convicted Guyger Tuesday and sentenced her to 10 years on Wednesday. “Dallas today is different than it was yesterday and definitely different than it…

Amber Guyger Sentenced to 10 Years In Prison

Following less than two hours of deliberation Wednesday afternoon, a Dallas County jury sentenced former Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger to 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean. Guyger killed Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, after she entered his apartment in the Cedars, believing it was her…

Dallas Jury Finds Amber Guyger Guilty of Botham Jean’s Murder

Amber Guyger is guilty of murder. After about four hours of deliberation, that’s the decision made by Dallas County jury Tuesday morning. She’ll be sentenced to between five to 99 years in prison by the same jury that convicted her later this week. Following the verdict, Guyger sat at the…

Guyger: ‘I Wish He Was the One With the Gun and Killed Me’

Friday morning, the world finally heard from Amber Guyger. In as few words as possible and frequently through tears, the former Dallas Police Department officer described the night she shot Botham Jean. She shot and killed the PriceWaterhouseCoopers accountant, she said, because she said she feared that Jean was going…

Prosecution’s Case Comes into Focus in Amber Guyger Trial

Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, as a parade of witness talked about the scene at the South Side Flats apartments, the forensic results of Amber Guyger’s decision to shoot Botham Jean and investigative procedure, prosecutors’ case came into clearer focus: Guyger might not be a cold-blooded murderer, but she was…

City Hall Gets an Easy One Right, Makes Nowitzki Way a Reality

The Dallas City Council made what had to be one of the easiest decisions its members will ever make Wednesday afternoon. All 15 council members voted to rename the stretch of road that fronts American Airlines Center in Victory Park for the greatest player in Dallas Mavericks history, Dirk Nowitzki…

Dallas Democrats Hop on Impeachment Train as It’s Leaving the Station

U.S. House Democrats, even the most recalcitrant among them, are moving on impeachment, they made it known Tuesday, because of allegations that President Donald Trump leveraged potential foreign aid to Ukraine in exchange for potential damaging information about former Vice President Joe Biden’s son. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi…

Amber Guyger’s Love Life Takes Center Stage on First Day of Murder Trial

A single phone call made all the difference the night former Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean, Assistant Dallas County District Attorney Jason Hermus said Monday during opening statements in Guyger’s murder trial. Before it, Hermus said, Guyger was having a normal commute home from…

Dallas Cops on Trial: A Recent History

For decades, Dallas cops didn’t go on trial. From 1973, when a Travis County jury convicted Dallas Police Department Officer Darrell Cain of murder after Cain shot 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez in the head in the back of a patrol car during an interrogation, to April 2014, when a Dallas County…

The State of Texas vs. Amber Guyger: Frequently Asked Questions

Monday, one of Dallas’ biggest trials of the 21st century is set to begin at the Dallas County Courthouse on Riverfront Boulevard. Amber Guyger, a former Dallas Police Department officer, is charged with murdering Botham Jean, a 26-year-old PriceWaterhouseCoopers employee. Guyger shot Jean, who lived in the apartment immediately above…

Taco Not So Bueno: The Biggest Draft Busts of the Jerry Jones Era

Let’s start by giving credit where credit’s due. For the last seven years, the Cowboys front office has performed spectacularly on draft day. The team’s 2019 roster, arguably the Cowboys’ most talented of the salary cap era, has been built almost exclusively through the draft, with the exception of Amari…

Dallas Budget Is a Hit, For Now

The talking point Wednesday at City Hall, for almost everyone, was unity. The Dallas City Council, fractured as it’s been presented in recent years, signed off unanimously on the city’s budget, allocating Dallas’ resources to the city’s parks, libraries and social programs. The biggest chunk of the budget, as it…

Dallas County Commissioners Look at Vaping After Illness Spike

Dallas County, at least to the extent that its county commissioners have a say, is ready to do something about e-cigarette and vape use. They made that much clear at their twice-monthly meeting Tuesday, whether anyone is sure about what’s causing the illnesses likely tied to the practice or not…

Amber Guyger Trial to Remain in Dallas

Dallas County District Judge Tammy Kemp ruled late Monday afternoon that the trial of former Dallas Police Department officer Amber Guyger will remain in Dallas, denying a defense motion for a change of venue. Guyger shot and killed Botham Jean as Jean hung out in his own apartment on Sept…