3-Year-Old Richardson Girl, Banished From House at 3 a.m., Still Missing

A 3-year-old Richardson girl remains missing Monday morning after her father sent her outside as a punishment late night on Saturday, according to police. Richardson police arrested the girl’s father, Wesley Mathews, Saturday night for abandoning or endangering a child, a second degree felony. Mathews sent his daughter Sherin Mathews…

The Texas Rangers Want Fans to Give Players End-of-Season Evaluations

Texas Rangers fans who checked their email boxes Thursday morning were greeted with something that’s become fairly typical among local sports teams as they’ve made attempts to target their marketing: an end-of-the-year survey about the fans’ experiences and what they might like to see moving forward. While about 80 percent…

Texas Judge Stops State from Releasing Voter Data to Trump Commission

For now, at least, personal data from millions of Texas voters won’t be handed over to President Donald Trump’s commission on voter fraud. Earlier this week, a Travis County judge issued a restraining order barring the Texas secretary of state from turning over the records, which the Trump administration sought…

Answers to Your Ezekiel Elliott Fantasy Football Questions

The Dallas Observer received the following query Tuesday night from someone identified as “Big Poppa Pump” from New Jersey. Hi Stephen, I just finished reading your article, which was the most well informed article I read on the matter, and had to ask this question. Based off of all the information…

John Wiley Price Takes All Comers To Obstruct Pot Cite-And-Release

A key drug reform policy passed by the city of Dallas this spring remains under threat by the continued efforts of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, who wants to submarine cite-and-release before it starts. On Tuesday, Price sparred with Dallas City Council member Philip Kingston, Dallas County District Attorney…

Cowboys, Elliott Twist in Limbo After Court Hearing in New Orleans

After Monday’s U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing, neither Ezekiel Elliott nor the NFL should feel comfortable in their nearly year-and-a-half-long legal battle over domestic violence allegations made against the Dallas Cowboy. The league, which desperately wants to enforce a six-game ban handed to Elliott by Commissioner Roger Goodell…

Dallas Police Make Arrest in Street-Racing Murder

Nearly sixth months after Miguel Sotelo-Trujillo’s murder, Dallas police announced Monday afternoon that they’ve made an arrest. The Dallas Police Department has charged Alex Thomas Delrio with killing Sotelo-Trujillo on April 20 after a Regal Row drag race. According to DPD, Sotelo-Trujillo and his brother headed home after watching street races…

5 Moments That Doomed the 2017 Rangers

At first, this year looked like it could be a good one for the Rangers. The team arrived in Arizona for spring training fresh off back-to-back American League West championships and a 95-67 record. Although storm clouds threatened the future, thanks to soon-to-be free agent stars and an aging roster,…

Why Cite-and-Release for Pot Busts Didn’t Start in Dallas Yesterday

Five-and-a-half months ago the Dallas City Council finally, after years of trying, passed cite-and-release for low-level marijuana possession and set a start date for the program of Oct. 1. But on Sunday, anyone stopped for possessing less than four ounces of pot are still subject to arrest. What happened? The…

Trove of Unseen Documents Reveal How Jack Ruby Got the Death Penalty

When now Dallas County District Judge Brandon Birmingham started working in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office’s cold case unit, there was set of files that was forbidden fruit, even for the highest ranking members of the office. “There, in the warehouse of the DA’s office in a corner, was…

Feds Sue CBS 11 for Age Discrimination Over Hiring of TV Traffic Reporters

The job listing was clear. KTVT-TV (Channel 11), Dallas’ CBS affiliate, needed a traffic reporter with “strong knowledge of local traffic in the Dallas/Fort Worth area” and at least five years of professional broadcasting experience. The station seemingly had the perfect candidate, too. Tammy Dombeck, a longtime fixture on local…

Jerry Jones Takes a Knee; Twitter Explodes

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the rest of the team each took a knee before the national anthem at Monday night’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. The demonstration, after which the team stood and linked arms during the anthem, was a show of solidarity in the face of comments made…