Dallas Concert Promoter Pleads Guilty to Federal Wire Fraud Charge

Dallas concert promoter Gabe Reed pleaded guilty Monday morning to a federal charge for defrauding investors, promoters and performers who were investing in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events. Reed, 46, admitted in court that he received money from victims after he misled them into believing that the events would…

New Foster Care Initiative Seeks to Help Broken System

Mary Dozier was watching the nightly news when she saw a report about a child who was upset because she was being taken away from her foster mom and given to her birth mom. “She didn’t know the foster parent wasn’t her mother,” says Dozier, who had a child of…

Local Artists Come Together to Depict Immigrant Stories

The latest project of Kavita Khandekar, the deputy director of the nonprofit Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, began as a fever dream. She and her coworkers at the small agency wanted to host a large-scale fundraiser, but they didn’t want to do a big gala or luncheon like other…

Richardson Police Arrest Father of Missing 3-year-Old

On Monday afternoon police arrested the father of a missing 3-year-old Richardson girl.   Wesley Mathews appeared voluntarily at the Richardson police station with his attorney to speak with detectives. He was subsequently arrested on a charge of Injury to a Child, a first degree felony that carries a 5 to 99…

Denton Confederate Monument’s Fate Still in Doubt, Debate

The “Denton County Confederate Monument, The Citizens Report – 2017” reads like a declaration our forefathers would have sent to King  George III demanding the repeal of his intolerable acts. Only this declaration is addressed to Denton County Judge Mary Horn, the Denton County Commissioner’s Court, the county’s Historical Commission,…

Denton Musician Fed Thousands of Harvey Victims in Orange

Jared Thomas, a Denton musician, planned to go to Nashville to spend the week writing and schmoozing with music industry people when Hurricane Harvey made landfall in late August. Instead, he loaded up his backyard grills, his family and two friends and headed toward Houston. “I just told my wife…