Several groups have joined forces to survey Dallas residents on the value of the city’s nighttime economy. Visit Dallas, 24HourDallas, and the Nighttime Economy and Responsible Hospitality division...
Audits Find Two City Employees May Have Misused $250,000
Two managers for the City of Grapevine have left their roles after independent audits found that they may have misused up to $250,000 in city funds. The audits, carried out by third-party accounting...
By Mary Dada | Mar 8, 2022
City to Provide Temporary Restrooms near Homeless Encampments
The City of Dallas is set to roll out a program that would provide temporary restrooms near homeless encampments around the city. The restrooms will be placed at seven main places around South and...
By Mary Dada | Mar 7, 2022
Mission: DFW Protests United Way’s 21-Day ‘Woke-ism’ Challenge
Texas Christian University (TCU) is promoting the 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge during the month of March, while some in the DFW Metroplex have previously expressed opposition to the...
County DA Criticized for Calling out Judges She Says Set Bonds too Low
Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson is facing backlash from attorneys for criticizing two judges by name, complaining they had each set low bonds for suspects who allegedly committed...
By Mary Dada | Mar 7, 2022
Church Evicted after Pastor Wishes Death on LGBTQ People in Video Sermons
A pastor for the Stedfast Baptist Church in Hurst has announced the church was forced to close its doors after receiving a court order on February 25 to vacate the building. Tarrant County Judge Don...
Women Charged with Murder Arrested in Cambodia after Fleeing Dallas
Two women have been arrested a second time on charges connected to the killing of a 23-year-old Seattle woman in Dallas. Per a report by The Dallas Morning News, the women initially fled in December...
By Mary Dada | Mar 7, 2022
Large House Fire in Terrell Requires Help from Six Departments
In northern Kaufman County, a large house fire had to be extinguished by six fire departments on March 3, according to Fox 4 News. Firefighters arrived at the rural Terrell residence on County Road...
28-Year-Old Sentenced to Prison for Sexual Abuse of 10-Year-Old
A 28-year-old man from Ennis was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child on March 4. Court records state that Jose Gustavo Garcia-Rodriguez...
By Mary Dada | Mar 6, 2022
Several Gravestones Vandalized at Cemetery
Waxahachie city leaders have revealed the worst case of vandalism the city has ever seen, with hundreds of gravestones destroyed at the Waxahachie City Cemetery. According to the Waxahachie Police...
By Mary Dada | Mar 6, 2022
Man Allegedly Shoots Wife, Waits on the Porch for Police
A man sits in the Parker County Jail after he allegedly shot his wife in their home on March 2, according to The Dallas Morning News. According to Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier, the office...
Dallas Police Ask Public for Help in Solving 2017 Murder Case
Five years after a 26-year-old man was murdered in his home, the Dallas Police Department is still working on finding the person who killed him. Malcolm Whitaker was found dead in his home on March...
By Mary Dada | Mar 6, 2022
Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested After Bar Altercation
An off-duty police officer from the Dallas Police Department was taken into custody on March 4 following an altercation outside a bar on Technology Boulevard in Dallas. Around 2:30 a.m., off-duty...
Former Executive Convicted of Embezzling $1.3 Million in Company Funds
Tamara Wallace, a former executive of a Flower Mound company, has been convicted of embezzling over $1.3 million in company funds. Wallace was chief operating officer of Donate2Impact, formerly...
By Mary Dada | Mar 4, 2022
Local Police Department Steps Up Efforts to Curb DWIs
The Garland Police Department is stepping up its effort to curb the amount of people driving while intoxicated (DWI) in the city. According to a post on Garland PD’s Facebook page, the department...
By Mary Dada | Mar 4, 2022
Dallas Love Field Opens USO Center for Traveling Service Members
Dallas Love Field opened a full-time United Service Organizations (USO) center on March 1. Love Field and the USO have partnered before to aid basic trainees traveling home to visit their families...
By Mary Dada | Mar 4, 2022
2-Year-Old Severely Burned by Fryer Containing Hot Cooking Grease
Hot cooking grease left a toddler in Plano critically burned on March 1. The 2-year-old boy was severely burned on Tuesday after he pulled a fryer filled with hot grease off of a countertop and onto...
Vacant Building Collapses as Firefighters Extinguish Flames
A vacant two-story building caught fire in north Oak Cliff on the morning of March 2. Dallas Fire-Rescue was called to the scene, located south of Downtown Dallas on South RL Thornton Freeway, at...
Bull Rider’s Father Jumps into Ring to Save Him at Texas Rodeo
A young bull rider was recently saved from serious injury by his father at the Bell County Rodeo in Belton, Texas. Cody Hooks, 18, shared a video on his Instagram page showing him being thrown off a...
By Mary Dada | Mar 4, 2022
Both Suspect and Victim Unidentified in Allegedly Intentional Hit-and-Run
Dallas Police found a man dead on March 1 who appeared to have been intentionally run over by a vehicle in the Lake Highlands area. Around 2:39 a.m., officers responded to the 8500 block of Plano...
Mother and Child Survive Crash, Die after Being Struck by Another Vehicle
A woman and child are dead after walking away from a car crash only to be struck by another vehicle on the east side of Mesquite, as reported by Fox 4 News. The accident occurred around 11 p.m. on...