Friday afternoon, Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed the county’s second 2016 death from the West Nile Virus. The victim, whom the county did not name, was in their late 50s and lived in the 75248 zip code in far North Dallas. Forty-two Dallas County residents have contracted the…
First Baptist Church of Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress wants to repeal the Johnson Amendment. The mega-church pastor, leader of a flock of more than 12,000 parishioners, is pushing for America’s churches to be allowed to make political donations and endorsements. “I want to say this very clearly, I am for…
Friday afternoon, both sides in the battle over the Dakota Pipeline got a victory. First U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg denied the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for an injunction stopping the building of the oil pipeline. Then, shortly after the ruling, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S…
Politicians and social media have opened up a new low in the art of political discourse. Late Thursday night and early Friday morning, Dallas Republican state Representative Jason Villalba took to Twitter — something he does often with inconsistent results — to say that he plans to push for an…
Here we are, two days before the Cowboys kick off 2016 against the Giants on Sunday afternoon, and it’s impossible to know how to feel. Sure, the offensive unit that will line up against the G-Men looked explosive throughout the preseason, and will have full-strength Dez Bryant for the first…
Dallas Police Chief David Brown’s first public statement since announcing his retirement last week was a tour of his time on top of one of the biggest police departments in the United States. He listed all the hits, and most of the misses: July 7, Dixon Circle, community policing, officer…
When the city of Dallas gets its first local, mosquito-transmitted case of the Zika virus, Dallas County will likely begin aerial spraying of mosquito-killing insecticide. Thanks to a Wednesday vote, it will do so with the blessing of the Dallas City Council as well. Dallas County Health and Human Services…
Late Tuesday, the city attorney of Columbus, Ohio, announced that he would not be filing charges against Dallas Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott for domestic assault. In July, Elliott’s ex-girlfriend, Tiffany Thompson accused him of attacking her in a car, but police didn’t make an arrest. The city reviewed the evidence…
The Columbus, Ohio, city attorney’s office will not prosecute Dallas Cowboys rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott for domestic battery. Tiffany Thompson, Elliott’s ex-girlfriend, had accused the former Ohio State star of injuring her on at least five previous occasions. Early on the morning of July 22, Thompson called Columbus police. Elliott,…
After 20 troubled months on the job and repeated stays at treatment centers to deal with depression, Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk resigned Tuesday afternoon. Her replacement will be named by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, and will serve through the 2018 general election. “It’s been an honor and a…
Eventually, Texas’ Open Carry movement was going to respond to the “Cocks Not Glocks” protests that lampooned campus carry at the University of Texas at Austin. There, a couple thousand dildos served as stand-ins for the handguns that can now be carried on public college campuses throughout the state. Brett…
Every fall, the battle for bragging rights among Texas cities begins. The winners don’t have the best high school football teams, no, they’ve got the worst roads for traffic in the whole state and the rights to complain that comes with it. The Texas Department of Transportation’s new 100 Most…
For almost everyone outside Dallas City Hall, David Brown’s Thursday announcement that he would be stepping down as Dallas police chief next month came as a complete shock. For Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and City Manager A.C. Gonzalez, however, the announcement came as no surprise. Brown, they said Thursday, had…
Dallas Police Chief David Brown is retiring from the Dallas Police Department. His last day on the job will be October 22, according to letter from Brown posted on DPD’s DPDBeat.com blog. “After much prayer, I am announcing my retirement from the Dallas Police Department after 33 years as a…
Jeremy Jeffress is headed to Houston for rehab and will likely miss the rest of the regular season. The Rangers relief pitcher has been on the MLB restricted list since Friday, when he was busted for DWI after leaving the Sisu nightclub in Uptown. Conveniently, Jeffress should be home just in…
Lawyers for Ethan Couch, the drunk-driving teen who killed four and injured 11 in a 2012 accident, are trying to get their client out of Tarrant County Jail. In April, Couch was ordered to serve almost two years in jail by Judge Wayne Salvant for violating the terms of the…
Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor has seen the lowest of lows and the highest of highs. He’s been a Twitter scapegoat and a social media super hero. He’s made Adrian Beltre slap him playfully on the cheek for his second baserunning mistake in one night and sent Rangers fans home…
There are a lot of the recommendations contained in the report the Boston Consulting Group regarding the loose dog problem in southern Dallas. To a member, the city council members at Tuesday’s specially called meeting voiced approval for all seven of the recommendations made in the BCG report. What became…
The online reviews for Dallas’ Doll House Massage Parlor are heavy on acronyms. Once you decode things, you end up finding stuff out you probably could’ve gone without knowing. The Doll House, according to those reviews and the U.S. Department of Justice, was offering out more than just rubdowns. Late…
One of the most fascinating things about the Dallas Police Department’s blog, DPDBeat.com, are the action-packed photos and videos the department posts to try to solve unsolved crimes. So far, DPD Beat has featured hammer-wielding thieves busting up an ATM, a massive counterfeit bust and employees fighting back when their…
On Monday, the battle for the future of Fair Park began in earnest. Dallas’ fight over handing the park over to the Walt Humann-led foundation had been a proxy battle at the park board level. Those skirmishes ended earlier this month when the board signed off on the proposed management…
Finally Oak Cliff’s streetcar actually goes somewhere. Monday, after nearly 18 months of ferrying riders from downtown’s Union Station to the El Fenix at the intersection of Colorado and Zang Boulevards in Oak Cliff, the city of Dallas and DART joint project will begin taking people all the way from…
