After George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin last year, police departments across the U.S. scrambled to implement reforms: moves to hold police accountable, programs to sharpen incoming officers’ training and rules barring restraints like chokeholds, for instance. Dallas joined the wave only 10 days after Floyd’s murder…
One day in March 2020, Michael Police was not far from his off-campus apartment, sharing a Black n’ Mild cigar with a friend, when a Navarro College Department of Public Safety cop pulled up. Police now plays football for the University of West Florida, but at the time, he was…
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.”…
With COVID-19 cases skyrocketing, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said he would issue a countywide mask mandate on Wednesday.
The data loss included evidence and other case files (photos, videos, audio, and case notes) the DA’s office uses to prosecute and criminal defense attorneys use to defend their clients.
This week, the Dallas man accused of killing 4-year-old Cash Gernon was indicted by a grand jury.
Some Democratic state legislators in Washington, D.C., condemned their colleagues for returning to the Texas Capitol.
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.”
The fight against the Marvin Nichols Reservoir is one Northeast Texas residents have had to instill in their kids. It’s been going on for decades and shows no signs of stopping.
Austin Palmer, a former Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputy, faces the prospect of one year behind bars and up to $8,000 in fines.
Starting Tuesday, Dallas ISD will require students, staff and visitors to wear masks.
The city and the Dallas Independent School District commissioned CTC Technology & Energy to develop a Broadband and Digital Equity Strategic Plan. A draft of this plan presented to the City Council on Wednesday shows how big the problem is and ways Dallas can fix it.
On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott called for a special second session.
For people locked up in Dallas County Jail, the coronavirus has made life even tougher.
When federal authorities arrested him, Anthony Lennell Acy, 34, was keeping his victims in Room 211 at the Comfort Inn and Suites off Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway in Dallas. He’d beat them, make them take ecstasy and forced them to have sex with customers in Texas and California, according to…
While the Delta variant is ravaging Texas, some of the state’s leadership is publicly criticizing the CDC.
When Gov Greg Abbott issued an executive order instructing state police to pull over cars suspected of carrying migrants who might have COVID-19 last week, he sparked the ire of both immigration advocates and the U.S. Department of Justice. Advocates said the order, which empowers Texas Department of Public Safety…
In a video of the incident, Kaufman County Sheriff’s Deputy Conner Martin has Antanique Ray’s daughter Nekia Trigg pinned on her back beneath him. The officer holds Trigg’s arms down with his elbows, using his hands to press hers into the grass. Ray, 41, squats beside them. At one point…
Two Texas Democrats are reportedly on vacation in Portugal, attracting widespread criticism.
Sixteen percent of Dallas renters are behind on payments and now face eviction, according to a study Surgo Ventures, a nonprofit organization focused on health and social issues.
On Tuesday, the battle over mask mandates reached the Dallas County Commissioners Court. when J.J. Koch declined to wear a face covering after the county judge announced that he would require everyone to put on a mask.
While some in Dallas go without air conditioning, climate change continues to ramp up.
