Late Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court denied Ethan Couch’s request to be released from Tarrant County jail. Couch and his attorneys argued that District Judge Wayne Salvant didn’t have the authority to sentence the 20-year-old. The judge gave Couch two years in jail last spring after receiving the case from…
Thirty-two Dallas County dogs are in SPCA of Texas custody after being rescued from squalid conditions in a southeast Dallas County home. Lancaster Police Department officers found the dogs living in “cruel confinement” Thursday during an unrelated visit to the property, according to the SPCA, and called in the animal…
Over the past week to week and a half, as the Rangers have muddled their way through the first nine games of the 2017 season, a sense of despair has settled in among some of the team’s less faithful. Despite the fact that the team hasn’t even played at home,…
After warning two weeks ago that Dallas was on the edge of mosquito season, Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed Thursday afternoon that it’s found West Nile virus, a sometimes-fatal mosquito-borne pathogen. Three mosquito traps in Balch Springs and Mesquite tested positive for the West Nile virus this week…
In a surprising move late Thursday afternoon, the defense for Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and his executive assistant Dapheny Fain rested their case after calling only two witnesses. Price is accused of taking nearly $1 million in bribes and tax evasion. Fain is charged with lying to FBI…
A set of compromises and a City Council vote marked the birth of Dallas’ homeless commission on Wednesday, the latest effort to address the estimated 1,100 homeless people who live in the city. Initially, the city and the county will each contribute $50,000 toward the board’s operating costs for the…
Finally, after nearly three years of close calls, the Dallas City Council passed cite-and-release for marijuana possession Wednesday afternoon on a 10-5 vote. Starting Oct. 1, anyone caught with less than four ounces of marijuana in the portion of the city of Dallas that lies within Dallas County will get…
Turns out, New Year’s Day against the Eagles wasn’t former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo’s last day in a Dallas sports uniform. On Tuesday the Mavericks made Romo point guard for a day, allowing him to take part in the team’s morning shoot-around, as well as layup lines before the…
Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Senate gave the go-ahead to a bill that will, if it becomes law, allow Texas county clerks to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The bill, written by Senator Brian Birdwell, would allow county commissioners courts to appoint another person to issue licenses…
Dallas police are on the lookout for a puppy thief. At a little after 7pm last night, the man seen in the photo below visited the Petland pet store on Preston Road in North Dallas. He asked an employee to see a golden brown Maltese Shih Tzu puppy and took…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s trial for failing to register as a securities agent is moving to Houston. On Tuesday morning, Judge George Gallagher issued a statement confirming that the trial would be moved out of Collin County, where Paxton lives, due to the jury pool’s potentially being tainted by…
Federal prosecutors’ seemingly endless case against Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and his executive assistant Dapheny Fain hit another bump in the road Monday afternoon. Just after jurors were sent home for the day, lead prosecutor Walt Junker admitted to U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn that the government had,…
Driving southbound on U.S. 75 just north of downtown, you can’t miss it: Former Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s smiling face, imploring Dallas City Council District 14 residents to vote for Matt Wood. But this endorsement may not be as much about helping Wood as kicking his opponent, incumbent city council…
During an impromptu press conference at Dallas City Hall on Monday morning, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax revealed that the hack that caused weather warning sirens around the city to go off early Saturday morning came via a radio frequency, not a computer network. “Our system is not software related…
No matter who counted, Sunday’s “Mega March 2017” wasn’t anywhere close to as well-attended as organizers anticipated. The last time Dallas’ Latino leadership organized a march of this intended scale, in 2006, attendance was estimated at somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000. This time, even before the march, organizers guessed attendance…
Last week, with his shock announcement that he’d be joining CBS No. 1 broadcast team rather than signing on with another NFL team, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo joined a long line of Cowboys who’ve taken the soft landing of broadcasting. The reactions to Romo’s hiring have been mixed. While…
Firebrand conservative TV personality Tomi Lahren is suing her former employer, Glenn Beck. Her lawsuit, filed Friday in Dallas County District Court, accuses Beck and his online and TV network, The Blaze, of wrongfully terminating Lahren after she made a controversial appearance on ABC’s The View. During her March 17 guest…
This week of testimony, the sixth in the United States’ corruption trial of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and his executive assistant Dapheny Fain, was not a good one for federal prosecutors. As the government neared the end of its case, prosecutors provoked U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn by…
On Thursday morning, Hyperloop One detailed 11 U.S. routes it is considering for its high-speed, tube-based transport project. The presentation, made at the Newseum in Washington D.C., was heavy on Texas, which plays a prominent role in two of the proposed hyperloop lines. According to Hyperloop One officials, their passengers…
An 8-year-old in Dallas County died recently from complications from the flu, Dallas County Health and Human Services reported Thursday, the first Dallas County child to die from the flu during the 2016-2017 season. Officials are not releasing the child’s identity due to confidentiality and privacy laws. DCHHS Director Zach Thompson…
One of the tangential issues to come up repeatedly during the 2016 Presidential Campaign was the fight over the 63-year-old Johnson amendment, which bans religious organizations from contributing to or endorsing political campaigns. During the campaign, Donald Trump and Dallas mega-church pastor Robert Jeffress called for killing the law during numerous public…
Just before 5 am Wednesday, the Dallas Police Department received a call from woman, telling them that she broke into the Golden Chick at 3071 W. Northwest Highway According to Assistant Police Chief Thomas Castro, when officers arrived at the restaurant, the still-unidentified woman was still inside. Soon, Castro said, she left…
