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Early Voting in Full Swing for June Election

Early voting for the June election is in full swing. The Dallas County Elections Department announced that early voting for the upcoming June 10 runoff began on May 30. May 30 was also the last day to receive an application for a mail-in ballot at their office and to...

Local Church Cancels ‘Teen Pre-Pride Night’

A Carrollton church working with the town's LGBTQ+ organization to host Pride events has canceled the first of those programs apparently targeted toward minors. Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church and Carrollton Pride are partnering to put on these events throughout...

Forensic Genealogy Solves Dallas Rape Cold Case

Forensic genetic genealogy has been increasingly used by forensic scientists to solve crimes, even a cold case in Dallas. Carrie Krejci had been looking for the man that entered her North Dallas home, tied her down, and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint since 1985 to...

Dallas Fugitive Caught at Border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that agents at the Laredo Port of Entry caught a fugitive accused of homicide in Dallas County attempting to enter the United States on Tuesday. Border patrol agents stopped 27-year-old Jorge Cortez at the Gateway to the...

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Amazon Sanctioned for Violation of Privacy

Amazon Sanctioned for Violation of Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have sanctioned Amazon for violating the privacy of children who use Alexa devices. The FTC and DOJ found Amazon in violation of the...

Trump and DeSantis, Conference Keynotes

Trump and DeSantis, Conference Keynotes

Former President Trump, Governor DeSantis, and most of the other big hitters that have officially announced their respective candidacies are expected at a major conservative conference later this...

North Texas Sees High-End Listings

North Texas Sees High-End Listings

The North Texas housing market boasted several new luxury properties with price tags exceeding $10 million this past month. Houston Agent Magazine compiled a list of the 10 most expensive new real...

TX Boiler Explosion Leaves Georgia Man Dead

TX Boiler Explosion Leaves Georgia Man Dead

An explosion on Wednesday morning at a Texas power plant resulted in tragedy. Robertson County Emergency Management (RCEM) announced that a boiler at a power plant north of Franklin exploded at...

DeSantis to Raise Campaign Money in TX Tour

DeSantis to Raise Campaign Money in TX Tour

Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is set to launch a three-day tour of Texas to raise cash for his ongoing campaign. DeSantis is set to visit six Texas cities,...

Juvenile Court Sues Commissioners Court

Juvenile Court Sues Commissioners Court

The Dallas County Juvenile Court (DCJD) is suing the Dallas County Commissioners Court following an order to hand over records on juvenile tenure in solitary confinement. Commissioner Andrew...

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City of Dallas Murder Victims*

  YTD
05/01/23		 % of
Total
Black 51 53.7%
Hispanic White 32 33.7%
Non-Hispanic White 7 7.4%
Other 5 5.2%
Total 95 100%

 

Other Crime Statistics

• Alleged Hate Crimes to Total Crimes YTD: 0.04%
• YTD avg police response time to reported random gunfire: 319.6 min. **

* Includes murder and non-negligent manslaughter.
** This is just one category of the response times that the city reports on daily.

Introduction to our Murder Victims Graphic

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Early Voting in Full Swing for June Election

Early voting for the June election is in full swing. The Dallas County Elections Department announced that early voting for the upcoming June 10 runoff began on May 30. May 30 was also the last day to receive an application for a mail-in ballot at their office and to...

Local Church Cancels ‘Teen Pre-Pride Night’

A Carrollton church working with the town's LGBTQ+ organization to host Pride events has canceled the first of those programs apparently targeted toward minors. Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church and Carrollton Pride are partnering to put on these events throughout...

Forensic Genealogy Solves Dallas Rape Cold Case

Forensic genetic genealogy has been increasingly used by forensic scientists to solve crimes, even a cold case in Dallas. Carrie Krejci had been looking for the man that entered her North Dallas home, tied her down, and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint since 1985 to...

Dallas Fugitive Caught at Border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that agents at the Laredo Port of Entry caught a fugitive accused of homicide in Dallas County attempting to enter the United States on Tuesday. Border patrol agents stopped 27-year-old Jorge Cortez at the Gateway to the...

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Amazon Sanctioned for Violation of Privacy

Amazon Sanctioned for Violation of Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have sanctioned Amazon for violating the privacy of children who use Alexa devices. The FTC and DOJ found Amazon in violation of the...

Trump and DeSantis, Conference Keynotes

Trump and DeSantis, Conference Keynotes

Former President Trump, Governor DeSantis, and most of the other big hitters that have officially announced their respective candidacies are expected at a major conservative conference later this...

North Texas Sees High-End Listings

North Texas Sees High-End Listings

The North Texas housing market boasted several new luxury properties with price tags exceeding $10 million this past month. Houston Agent Magazine compiled a list of the 10 most expensive new real...

TX Boiler Explosion Leaves Georgia Man Dead

TX Boiler Explosion Leaves Georgia Man Dead

An explosion on Wednesday morning at a Texas power plant resulted in tragedy. Robertson County Emergency Management (RCEM) announced that a boiler at a power plant north of Franklin exploded at...

DeSantis to Raise Campaign Money in TX Tour

DeSantis to Raise Campaign Money in TX Tour

Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential contender Ron DeSantis is set to launch a three-day tour of Texas to raise cash for his ongoing campaign. DeSantis is set to visit six Texas cities,...

Juvenile Court Sues Commissioners Court

Juvenile Court Sues Commissioners Court

The Dallas County Juvenile Court (DCJD) is suing the Dallas County Commissioners Court following an order to hand over records on juvenile tenure in solitary confinement. Commissioner Andrew...

Saturday Garden Tour Raises Scholarship Funds

Saturday Garden Tour Raises Scholarship Funds

The Garden Club of Celina is hosting its biannual Home Garden Tour this Saturday to raise funds for high school seniors wishing to study STEM and agriculture at university. On June 3 from 9 a.m. to...

DFW Metroplex Weekend Events

DFW Metroplex Weekend Events

The metroplex is hosting multiple events this weekend. Taste of Addison: Taste of Addison, the renowned two-day festival that has been a part of the Addison community since 1993, is set to begin...

Florida Teen Wins National Spelling Bee

Florida Teen Wins National Spelling Bee

Does anyone know what a psammophile is? This uncommon word decided Dev Shah's fate on Thursday when he correctly spelled it and emerged as the champion of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He...

House Members Call on U.S. to Leave WHO

House Members Call on U.S. to Leave WHO

House Republicans are pushing for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) over its alleged failure in responding to COVID-19, among other controversies. Several House...

TX Officials Push to Block Park Land Sale

TX Officials Push to Block Park Land Sale

State park officials tried blocking the plan to turn Fairfield Lake State Park into a luxury gated community last week to no avail. A news release from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) on...

Passport Backlog Spurs Letter from Lawmakers

Passport Backlog Spurs Letter from Lawmakers

Significant delays in U.S. passport services have prompted some federal lawmakers from North Texas to join others in taking up the issue ahead of an anticipated surge in international travel over...

School Bus Driver Stops Man Luring Teen

School Bus Driver Stops Man Luring Teen

A Garland Independent School District bus driver sprang to action one May morning when she noticed a strange car following one of her students. Reva, who did not wish to provide reporters with her...

Musk Warns of Impending Real Estate Meltdown

Musk Warns of Impending Real Estate Meltdown

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, added his voice to a growing choir of business executives and financial experts sounding the alarm on the U.S. real estate market. In a tweet on May 29, Musk...

Novo Nordisk Tests Weight-Loss Pill

Novo Nordisk Tests Weight-Loss Pill

Popular weight-loss drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may see a new method of administration after a company developed a tablet version. Novo Nordisk, a Danish healthcare company specializing in...

City of Dallas Murder Victims*

  YTD
05/01/23		 % of
Total
Black 51 53.7%
Hispanic White 32 33.7%
Non-Hispanic White 7 7.4%
Other 5 5.2%
Total 95 100%

 

Other Crime Statistics

• Alleged Hate Crimes to Total Crimes YTD: 0.04%
• YTD avg police response time to reported random gunfire: 319.6 min. **

* Includes murder and non-negligent manslaughter.
** This is just one category of the response times that the city reports on daily.

Introduction to our Murder Victims Graphic

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  4. 'Hotel From Hell' Rezoned for Homeless Housing 5.9k views
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