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All lanes of northbound Interstate 635 at Old Seagoville Road in Balch Springs will be closed Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. due to an emergency bridge repair, the Texas Department of Transportation said.

Police are looking for a man they’ve accused of exposing himself to a 13-year-old boy at a Cedar Hill park last month. Jonathan Amaud Adams (Cedar Hill Police Department ) Jonathan Amaud Adams was identified as a suspect after the June 27 incident at Crawford Park, in the 400 block of Straus Road. A teenager said he and friends were approached by …

A DeSoto City Council meeting Tuesday nighterupted in shouts for government transparency and calls for councilwoman Candice Quarles to resign in the wake of disclosures that she benefited from her husband’s theft of tax funds. Residents packed city hall, some carrying small red placards that read, “RESIGN,” while others grabbed the lectern to scold council members for keeping her gains …

The woman who gave birth in a dormitory bathroom and abandoned the newborn pleaded guilty Wednesday to a second-degree felony charge of manslaughter and a state charge of abuse of a corpse. In exchange for the plea, 21-year-old Natalie Weaver was sentenced to five years confinement for the manslaughter charge and 400 days confinement for the abuse of corpse charge. …

Two separate investigations will review Child Protective Services’ handling of a Dallas toddler’s case after the child was found dead Thursday in a landfill, a day after his aunt and caregiver reported him missing. Police believe they found 18-month-old Cedrick Jackson’s remains Thursday morning in a landfill on the Garland-Rowlett line. The Dallas County medical examiner had yet to positively …

A bystander was killed in the crossfire and a second man was wounded as two groups exchanged gunfire in downtown Dallas on Friday evening. Dozens of officers were called to Elm and North Griffin streets, near the Crowne Plaza hotel, just after 6:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found one man dead and a second man who had been wounded by gunfire. …

A Fort Worth man was arrested after police say he took a picture under a woman’s skirt on an escalator at the Hulen Mall on Thursday night. Weldon R. Howard (Fort Worth Police Department) Police were called to a report of a disturbance at the mall in the 4800 block of Overton Ridge Boulevard just before 8:45 p.m. The woman told …

Members of a family were severely burned Thursday night when a road-rage shooting ignited fireworks inside their pickup in Houston. Two children, ages 1 and 2, were in critical condition after the 9 p.m. attack at a convenience store in the 1800 block of West Mount Houston Road, in northwest Houston. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a dispute between …

Joe Landers turned his lifelong love for horses into a lucrative business, first by breeding them on his Texas ranch and then running a pharmacy catering to their race performance needs. But it was the Weatherford man’s love of money, federal authorities say, that made him part of a growing problem in the horse racing industry that is putting profits …

Garland police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint last month. Police say this man robbed a Garland Texaco on June 21. (Garland Police Department) Police released surveillance footage Friday showing the man walking into the Texaco Food Mart in the 700 block of West Walnut Street, near Glenbrook Drive, around 7:30 p.m. June 21. The …