We’ve got a lot of systems failing at City Hall right now — construction permits and affordable housing, to name two. For people like me, who are paid to stay on top of these issues, for quite a while it’s felt that none of these critical city services are improving — nor that sufficient urgency is even being applied to …

Two paramedics who were in the ambulance when a Black transgender woman became unresponsive in authorities’ care last month have had their credentials temporarily suspended pending an investigation. The woman’s family says her treatment by first responders who handcuffed her, used a spit hood and briefly kneeled on her was inhumane and discriminatory. Body-camera footage released Wednesday shows officers and Dallas …

Among the seven Texans who were among the members of the white supremacist Patriot Front group arrested while trying to disrupt a pride event in Idaho, one hhas a pending felony case in Dallas County and another is a founder of the group, according to court and police records and research by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Authorities in Idaho arrested 31 …

WASHINGTON — Trevor Reed, the Marine veteran and Fort Worth native who spent nearly three years in a Russian gulag after his 2019 arrest, filed a petition with the United Nations on Monday in an attempt to hold Russia accountable for the poor treatment he said he received in prison. According to a press release from Reed family spokesman Jonathan …

An armed man was killed by police officers Monday morning after he fired at least twice inside the Duncanville Fieldhouse during a youth summer camp, officials said. During a news conference, Duncanville Assistant Chief of Police Matthew Stogner said officers responded within minutes of the call for help. No children, camp staff members, counselors or police officers were hurt. Here’s what we …

Dallas officials recommend a new city ordinance that bans residents from feeding wildlife, and carries a fine, as part of a plan to manage coyotes. Dallas Animal Services and the Dallas Park and Recreation Department presented a draft of their coyote management plans to residents at the Lake Highland Recreational Center Monday evening. The plan also calls for a public …

At least a dozen Texas Department of Public Safety troopers waited in the hallway of an elementary school while a gunman was locked inside a classroom with children last month in Uvalde, according to state Sen. Ronald Gutierrez. The San Antonio Express-News reported Monday that Gutierrez was told by DPS Director Steven McCraw in a recent exchange that as many as 13 troopers …

A new poll shows Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson is ahead of Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa by nine points in a hypothetical bid for mayor, but with the election almost a year away, a third of voters don’t yet have an opinion on whether Johnson should keep his job. A Suffolk University poll of 500 Dallas residents showed more support for …

MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) — A new video shows moments before a fatal crash when a dump truck went over a highway railing in Missouri City. Deputies said that the driver lost control and went over the barrier when their tire blew out on the South Beltway. The driver was trapped inside the truck as it caught on fire below …

HOUSTON, Texas — The organization behind America’s most prestigious culinary awards will host an event featuring some of Houston’s top chefs. The James Beard Foundation’s Taste America Culinary Series will kick off in Houston on June 29. Houston is one of only five cities nationally that will host a tasting event, which is designed to celebrate chefs and independent restaurants with …