It took nearly twice as long as it should have for Dallas Fire-Rescue to respond to an apartment fire that saw 24 units destroyed and 100 people displaced. City management recommends more training.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star hasn’t gone over well with everyone. Since he launched it last March, the campaign has attracted criticism from Democrats and some Republicans. On Friday, Abbott announced that Texas had approved another $495.3 million for Operation Lone Star and additional “border security operations,” according…
Thousands of complaints poured in last year stemming from noisy aircraft at Dallas Love Field. Now, the city is looking into how it can make things quieter for residents in the area.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a vision for the state, and toward that end, he sure does have a lot of ideas. He’s tried to get Texas declared a so-called Second Amendment sanctuary state. He’s started building his own border wall as part of theatric campaign to clamp down on…
Decriminalize Denton has been working for months to get an ordinance on the city’s November general election ballot that would decriminalize small amounts of cannabis. They have a few more days to seal the deal.
This week, the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case of Rodney Reed, a Texas death row inmate who has long maintained his innocence.
Dallas got over 40 proposed maps for the new Council District boundaries. It’s getting ready to choose one.
The city, a group of violence interrupters and other local organizations are working hard to get ex-convicts hired.
Texas Republicans are showing their support for Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO purchased Twitter.
Frisco real estate broker and Capitol rioter Jenna Ryan has opened up about her reasons for pulling out of an upcoming documentary.
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.
After two years of fighting for a landmark designation, the West Dallas community lost the Clyde Barrow filling station to a demolition.
Early risers can catch Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the predawn sky.
Prosper and McKinney have found themselves on the opposite ends of a debate over a new highway expansion.
Gov. Greg Abbott and 25 other GOP governors have joined forces in a coalition to improve border security.
Kealon Gilmore, 26, was shot and killed at an unregulated party in southern Dallas. Several others were also injured and now the city is suing to hold the promoter and property owner responsible.
A pipeline owned by Dallas oil tycoon Kelcy Warren reportedly leaked a lot of methane in a short timespan.
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.
Dallas College has consolidated its seven formerly independent campuses into a single-school structure. Not everyone is happy.
Mayor Eric Johnson aired his beef with Southwest Airlines in a social media rant on Monday.
A U.S. Air Force veteran named Ben Duncan his the max dose on his medication for essential tremor, a disease that causes involuntary shaking. His doctor told him he could keep taking the medicine and live with the side effects, get brain surgery or try a new kind of therapy. He chose the latter and says it’s helped him get his life back.
Everything is extremer in Texas, and that’s also true when it comes to those running for office this year, according to a new report. Released on Tuesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based hate monitor, the report says Texas has five extremist-linked candidates running in upcoming elections, leaving…
