At 3:38 a.m. on Tuesday, the Dallas Police Department announced on Twitter that it had arrested a suspect they believed was responsible for a shooting that injured three women of Korean descent at a hair salon a week earlier. Shortly after 2 p.m., Dallas police Chief Eddie Garcia said at…
In Texas, the number of drug overdose deaths rose by at least 15.9% last year.
For the last 14 years, Melissa Lucio has maintained her innocence while facing execution for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals just halted her execution and ordered a review of her claims that, among other things, the state used false testimony and suppressed evidence favorable to her case.
A Balch Springs police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards in 2017. Now, federal judges say the officer isn’t shielded from the family’s lawsuit by qualified immunity.
The Dallas Police usually blocks Deep Ellum streets during the summer to deal with increased traffic. This year, the barricades are going up even earlier as the city sees a spate of incidents turn violent.
A bipartisan group of 20 state senators is asking for Melissa Lucio to be granted reprieve or clemency.
Sky & Hobbs Organics had a line at the door of people looking to buy its hemp. Then, the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office busted in, said Sky & Hobbs was selling weed and shut the place down. Their business in shambles, one of the owners now fights a felony charge for marijuana possession.
A party and concert turned fatal over the weekend. Now, the city is considering new rules for promoters.
A new federal bill could overly restrict hemp farmers. A new national hemp assocation is looking to change that.
In a seven-year period, road rage incidents accounted for 15% of murders in the city of Dallas. With these incidents on the rise, local police have formed a task force intended to tap the brakes.
Dozens of Texas lawmakers are seeking clemency for death-row inmate Melissa Lucio, who advocates say is innocent of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
There are two federal cannabis legalization bills in the works. One of them is the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act and it could get a vote in the House of Representatives this week.
State officials confirmed that an independent law enforcement agency is conducting a criminal investigation into the death of Terry Stewart, who died in a solitary confinement cell on while on suicide watch in Dallas County Jail a few weeks ago. It’s unclear which agency is doing the investigating.
Republican border hysteria incites anti-immigrant vigilantes to take up arms.
This Dallas crypto scam reached far and wide. Now, the people who started it are going to prison.
One hemp association in Texas suggested THC isomer products be regulated like alcohol and tobacco. Some lawmakers want to ban the stuff outright.
DPD recently concluded its review and said it sticks by the original findings: that there was no criminal wrongdoing by former paramedic Brad Cox.
Sgt. James Cullen Bristo, a Dallas Police officer who’s been with the department since 1988, allegedly used his position to violate another person’s rights.
Last year, the Dallas City Council unanimously passed reforms to the city’s code of ethics. An integral part of those reforms was the creation of Dallas first office of inspector general.
At least 1,745 are required to get cannabis decriminalization on the ballot for Denton’s election in November.
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is going after two cops accused of excessive force during the Summer 2020 protests.
The way the feds tell it, it was a big haul. On top of arresting 20 alleged drug dealers that belong to a gang called the Hamilton Park Posse, law enforcement confiscated dozens of guns, hundreds of dollars’ worth of assets and 220 pounds of cocaine, fentanyl-laced pills, meth and…
