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Arrested Thursday night and booked into the Travis County jail, Todd Smith was released early Friday morning with a bond set at $10,000.

In a federal lawsuit against the city of Richardson and the arresting officers, Bonham and his attorney say the two cops pulled him over for a bogus reason and then used excessive force.

A grand jury in Dallas County decided to hand Trevino the indictments for murder and aggravated assault last Wednesday.

For the time being, the question of whether your smokable hemp is legal or not is in a state of limbo.

According to the FBI, Seth Aaron Pendley attempted to buy explosives from an undercover agent in Fort Worth.

While Confederate monuments are coming down in larger cities, they still stand tall in many small towns across North Texas.

Luke Coffee, 41, is one of at least 13 North Texans arrested in relation to the Jan. 6 riot by pro-Trump demonstrators at the U.S. Capitol.

Lisa Khoury claims her Griddy bill reached $9,340 between Feb. 13 and Feb. 19, according to a class action lawsuit.

An abortion is a ritualistic process for the The Satanic Temple’s members, its spokesperson says.

Zephi Trevino’s legal team, family and some celebrities tried to get the case dismissed, claiming she was actually being trafficked at the time of the murder.

Until life on the streets took him in, Jesus Monge says, he was a quiet kid who did well in school in Pleasant Grove and made friends easily. He remembers being an avid learner, bilingual in reading and writing. He won a few spelling bees, something he’s still proud of…

Bob Nygaard, a private investigator, has recovered millions of dollars in cases of psychic fraud.

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.

The payback bill keeps getting bigger for the pharmaceutical companies some say had a heavy hand in causing the nation’s opioid crisis. Big pharma companies like Johnson & Johnson have been hit by crashing waves of lawsuits in recent years, accused of deceptively encouraging doctors to prescribe narcotics for chronic…

It’s not dé·jà vu. The Texas attorney general is in trouble again. Seven of Ken Paxton’s top aides filed a whistleblower complaint against their boss alleging that he is violating federal and/or state law relating to improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses. The letter said that…

Wednesday, President Donald Trump revealed he’d put his favorite sycophant, U.S. Sen. “Lyin’ Ted” Cruz, on a short list of potential Supreme Court nominees, according to USA Today.

The evening before Torrey Henderson turned herself in, her stomach wouldn’t stop turning. That was OK though, she said; she was prepared for what came next. Thursday morning, Henderson arrived at the Cooke County Jail with fellow activists Justin Thompson and Amara Ridge. The Gainesville Police Department had issued warrants…

It was good while it lasted. Dallas County’s eviction moratorium ended June 15, effectively halting certain protections for thousands of North Texas tenants. Tuesday, DeSoto City Council member Candice Quarles delivered a bleak forecast for Dallas evictions during a virtual town hall meeting on Zoom. She said considering the county’s…

The U.S. Supreme Court has been busy settling landmark cases this week. Monday, it ruled that gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act. Thursday, it upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields certain undocumented immigrants from deportation. Considering the court’s…

In 2017, Mansfield ISD suspended art teacher Stacy Bailey for being gay. The two-time teacher of the year winner lost her job after she showed her elementary-aged students a picture of her fiancee. In February, a federal judge ruled Bailey’s suspension unconstitutional. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court echoed that…