Wednesday afternoon’s Dallas police memorial ceremony downtown, despite the contentious debates currently embroiling the Dallas Police Department and the city, wasn’t about politics, pensions or retention. Instead, the services held in front of the city’s monument to officers killed in the line of duty focused on the past the 84 Dallas…
A former Baylor University volleyball player sued the school this week, claiming that the university failed to act on her report of a vicious sexual assault at the hands of Baylor football players. The Baptist university’s inaction to curb similar behavior, the woman claims, left her at risk for the assault…
When it comes to pivotal figures in Dallas, Robert Decherd is both iconic and unknown. He served as the president and CEO of A.H. Belo Corporation, owner of The Dallas Morning News, from 1987 to 2013, devoting himself to philanthropic public park projects after he left the company. This has led…
Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner calls the weeklong, multi-agency investigation that led to 15 arrests May 15 “Operation Medusa.” The charges included possession of child pornography, invasive visual recording, online solicitation of a minor and possession with the intent to promote child pornography. One of the people arrested is fairly…
The Dallas City Council will decide next week whether the city of Dallas should join with the city of Austin in its legal battle with the state of Texas over the state legislature’s recently signed “sanctuary cities” bill. The bill, set to go into effect Sept. 1, threatens sheriffs, constables and…
Adan Salazar, arrested on April 26 when he tried to roll through the security checkpoint at the Dallas Police Department’s Southwest Patrol Division wearing a Guy Fawkes mask while in possession of marijuana and two 9 mm handguns, now faces federal charges for possessing a firearm while using a controlled…
Over the last four years, Atmos Energy, the company that provides natural gas to residents of the city of Dallas, has come to the city for more than $18 million in rate increases. On Monday they aske for another $7.8 million from the city, an amount they say represents a…
U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn sentenced Guadalupe “Sleepy” Segovia, part of a 19-member methamphetamine conspiracy operating out of Pleasant Grove, Seagoville and Balch Springs, to 20 years in federal prison last week. Segovia, 44, pleaded guilty in October 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Federal…
Guest columnist Terry Maxon worked as an airlines reporter in Dallas for more than two decades, covering the major carriers headquartered in North Texas. Here, he offers his take on the airline’s recent run of negative attention — deserved and otherwise. If you’re like most people, you may be wondering…
The National Trust for Historic Preservation issued a list on Wednesday of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, a list that they want to serve as a catalyst for the preservation of threatened historic sites around the country. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately-funded nonprofit organization based…
Late Thursday, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater canceled one of North Texas’ most anticipated trials of the summer when he pulled the plug on Exxxotica’s lawsuit with the city of Dallas, dismissing the suit just before the trial’s slated June kickoff date. Fitzwater didn’t rule on the case’s central issue,…
Compared to the test of Texas, the Dallas Police Department is a paragon of transparency when it comes to police shootings. Whenever a DPD officer fires his or her weapon, data from the shooting, including a description of the incident, is readily available on the department’s website. As the incident moves…
Former Dallas City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill died Saturday at 65. Federal authorities released Hill from prison Friday, commuting his 18 year sentence on bribery charges, due to his terminal prostate cancer. Hill is survived by two daughters, Erika and Kristin, and his wife Sheila Farrington-Hill…
Just before 9:00 a.m. Monday, Dallas Police shot a man in the stomach after he grabbed an officer’s taser during a fight with police officers. The shooting is the fourth involving Dallas Police Department officers this year. Dallas police officers responded to the 8300 block of Reva Street in Pleasant…
The suspects of an Oak Cliff crime spree, Dallas police say, tried to cover their tracks. Just not very hard. Between robbing four the four fast food restaurants between 10:15 p.m. Wednesday and 6:00 am the next morning, the suspects switched hoodies and shirts but used the same same green Ford…
The city of Dallas and Texas Legislators have reached a tentative deal to fix the city’s floundering police and fire pension system. The deal, announced at separate press conferences by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas- based Texas Senators Royce West and Don Huffines, makes several key concessions to the…
On Thursday, after four days of waiting, the Dallas County Elections office updated the totals in last Saturday’s District 6 city council race to include 387 of the 426 that were sequestered on election day. The new ballots changed some totals but not the outcome: Incumbent Monica Alonzo, credited with…
Robots are walking, crawling and flying into the future. And Dallas has opened the doors of the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center to them for Xponential, a three-day event put on by the Association of Unmanned Vehicles International. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich entered the stage for the event’s first keynote…
Don Hill is getting out of prison more than eight years early. Federal prosecutors moved this week to commute Hill’s 18-year sentence on bribery charges, allowing the subject of Dallas’ largest successful corruption case to live out what prosecutors say could be the last 18 months of his life in…
Former Dallas City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in 2010, is getting out of jail. Hill is dying of prostate cancer and is expected to live fewer than 18 months, according to a motion filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Chad…
Earl Wayne Humphries decided to rob Alejandro Morales-Martinez, according to Dallas Police, because he thought it would be an easy target. Now Humphries faces capital murder charges. Morales-Martinez, according to DPD, was waiting in his white Chevrolet mini-van for his co-workers to arrive at 4700 Colonial Avenue, just before 8:00…
Last Sunday I went down to Dealey Plaza, not so much to have Kennedy assassination author Robert Groden solve the mystery of the assassination for me as to have him solve the mystery of life. That’s the one that gets me. It was a gorgeous day. The sun was soft…
