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Dallas County taxpayers will foot the bill for District Attorney John Creuzot’s legal fees in his contempt of court case that stems from comments he made regarding the trial of Amber Guyger, the off-duty police officer who murdered Botham John, an unarmed black man, in his own apartment. The Dallas County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved up to $30,000 for a high-priced …

WASHINGTON — Rick Perry ends his stint as energy secretary showered with praise by his boss and fellow Texas Republicans. President Donald Trump turned to the former governor to open a Tuesday morning Cabinet meeting — Perry’s last — with a prayer in which Perry said all the officials in the room were there because they had been “ordained” to …

Work on software to help operate the Dallas County jail continues to be on hold after the commissioners court failed to take up the issue at its Tuesday meeting. Dallas County staff is still developing a menu of options for the commissioners to consider as it decides whether to move forward with the software being developed with TechShare, a multi-county …

ATLANTA – Ten Democratic presidential candidates will mix it up Wednesday night for two hours on national television. San Antonio’s Julián Castro won’t be one of them. Shut out of the debates for the first time, he arrived in Atlanta ahead of the event hoping to nab a modicum of attention—enough perhaps to keep his shoestring effort alive. It’s the …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman who is suspected in three bank robberies in the last month. The woman walked into the Comerica Bank in the 2700 block of Fort Worth Avenue, between North Westmoreland and North Hampton roads in west Oak Cliff, about 11 a.m. Oct. 22. After she gave a teller a …

A man was shot by police and faces charges after authorities say he pointed a rifle at McKinney officers early Sunday. McKinney police were called to a home in the 2300 block of North Ridge Road, near Virginia Parkway and U.S. Highway 75, just before 3 a.m. for a report of a domestic-violence incident. A woman was able to leave …

A Garland man will spend 50 years behind bars after being convicted on four counts of sexually abusing a young girl. Jesus Mejia(Collin County Sheriff’s Department) A Collin County jury found Jesus Mejia, 31, guilty last week of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 6 and two counts of indecency with a child by sexual …

Plano police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the fatal shooting of an Allen High School football player late Saturday. Kemond Smith(Plano Police Department) Kemond Smith of Forney was taken into custody Monday on one count of murder. He was arrested at the Forney Learning Academy, an alternative campus in the Forney ISD, inForney.com reported. Smith was being held in …

A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday for sending homemade explosive devices to former President Barack Obama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials. Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty to the offenses over the summer, but Monday in a courtroom in Houston, she burst into sobs and said she had done nothing wrong. “I don’t …

A Denton attorney was arrested Friday after firing a gun in the law office where she’d lost her job earlier that day, police said. Petrina Thompson was booked into the Denton County Jail with bail set at $150,000.(Denton County Jail) Petrina Thompson brought a handgun to Martinez Legal P.C. in the 400 block of South Carroll Boulevard, said Khristen Jones, …