Zephi Trevino’s legal team says when they appealed her certification as an adult, the court didn’t take into account her claim that she’d been sex trafficked. So now, they’re taking the fight to the Texas Supreme Court.
One day in September 2008, technicians from the local water supplier came out to Crystal Mason’s house in a mostly white neighborhood in Rendon, a small community southeast of Fort Worth. Someone had tried to cut off the water supply to their home, Mason said. Before that, the supplier had…
Dallas attorney Rayshun Jackson once went to bat for former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill. He took on the federal government after a teenager, a U.S. citizen, was wrongly deported to Colombia. He was time and again recognized in the local press and even made it onto the DART advisory…
Five men from Texas, Florida, New York and Colombia were buying and selling stolen jewelry. Then, law enforcement caught up to them.
When Raylisa Price was planning to move back to Wolfe City in October 2020, she hoped to build a closer relationship with her half-brother Jonathan Price. Raylisa grew up in Commerce, not far from Wolfe City, and moved with her sister Sabrina and their mother to California before Jonathan was born…
Health officials want you to know that delta-8 has not been approved by the FDA, and that they’re concerned about product formulas, labeling, and the way the stuff is marketed.
Since Chief Eddie Garcia took over the department, attorneys Daryl Washington and Michelle Simpson Tuegel said they’ve been hopeful for more transparency and a change of culture in DPD. But, they say the jury is still out on whether any of this will happen.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Texas over Senate Bill 8, the harsh new abortion law that bars women from receiving the procedure at around six weeks, which is often too soon for a woman to know they’re pregnant. During a press conference Thursday, Attorney General…
The thinking is if law enforcement can reduce the traffic in these areas, they can reduce this illegal activity. But people question how well this is working.
Norman Hoppenstein thinks the city is asking too much of him to reduce crime on his properties. So, he’s filling suit.
The ACLU of Texas is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a restrictive abortion law from taking effect.
Aaron Brewer was just one of 179 people swept up by Operation DisrupTor in September last year.
While a congressional committee continues to probe the deadly U.S. Capitol riot that rattled the country on Jan. 6, the roles Texas Republicans allegedly played in the insurrection are once again in the spotlight. On Thursday night, state Rep. Kyle Biedermann, known for backing Texas’ secession from the United States, denied…
David Pettigrew, a former pastor in Denison, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three decades in a federal prison.
Michelle Simpson Tuegel, a Texas attorney and women’s rights advocate, says the state’s “heartbeat bill” would prevent attorneys from providing their clients with needed legal advice about abortion. That’s why she’s filing suit.
After his trial in June, Dallas developer Ruel Hamilton faces up to 25 years in federal prison for allegedly bribing two city council members for help with his real estate projects.
Street racers and stunt drivers have been in a game of cat and mouse with police for the last year. Are the cops beginning to catch up?
This week, a Colombian cartel member was sentenced to 327 months behind bars for drug trafficking violations.
Michelle Anderson, the policy associate for The Afiya Center, a Black-owned women reproductive justice organization, thinks a ban on purchasing sex will only push the industry further underground.
It took Ebony Underwood years to understand how her father’s incarceration has affected her life. “I didn’t realize how devastating the experience has been until I became a little bit older, a little bit more mature,” she said. “But it had just been affecting so many areas of my life.”…
In the lawsuit, which names a majority of the last city council, the Davenports claim Dallas targeted the car wash with “retroactive over-regulation designed to put it out of business under the guise of fighting crime.”
Austin Palmer, a former Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputy, faces the prospect of one year behind bars and up to $8,000 in fines.
