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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said he was surprised and dismayed that the former board president of Dallas County Schools is not going to prison for his role in the DCS criminal conspiracy. “Now I’m not a lawyer and I don’t understand this. But so many people question the equity in our criminal justice system. This is Exhibit A,” Rawlings said in an …

A man was killed early Monday when a driver he’d been arguing with plowed into him in a Fort Worth mall parking lot, police say. A caller told police that the victim was hit about 2:15 a.m. in a parking lot outside La Gran Plaza mall on Interstate 35W and Seminary Drive. The victim’s name has not been released. First responders took …

Activists and community leaders have demanded law enforcement charge Austin Shuffield with a hate crime after he was caught on video pummeling a black woman in Deep Ellum last month. The white bartender’s attorney says there’s no proof of racism in the case. But even if prosecutors decide to make a case for a hate crime, history suggests it may not have much …

A second teenager has been charged with capital murder in the Jan. 12 robbery and slaying of a 30-year-old man. Christopher Reyes of Justin was found dead of gunshot wounds to his head and torso at Titus Paulsel Park on Binkley Street near Avenue M. Jylilla Redwine, left, and Daevon Roberts. (Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office) Jylilla Redwine, 17, and Daevon Roberts, 19, …

A teenager wounded when someone opened fire on his Dallas home last month is getting back on his feet while his mother searches for a new place to call home. Police investigating the March 18 shooting on Concordia Lane, near the University of North Texas Dallas campus, said they found nearly two dozen shell casings scattered across the road in the neighborhood. …

One person was arrested after a SWAT incident Sunday night at a Fort Worth motel. Officers responded about 10 p.m. to the Landmark Lodge Motel at 7501 Camp Bowie Blvd. for a barricaded person call. Police believe the person may have been involved in a theft before the SWAT team was called, police said. SWAT obtained a search and arrest …

Police are searching for two women allegedly involved in a deadly hit-and-run that followed an altercation at a mall in Fort Worth, police said. The two women, one of whom was driving, were in the vehicle and allegedly ran over a man twice, police said. Police responded about 2:15 a.m. to the mall parking lot near Las Ranitas, police said. …

  Two people are hospitalized after a shooting in South Dallas early Sunday morning, police say. The shooting happened at 1:56 a.m. Sunday in the 5200 block of South Lamar Street, according to the Dallas Police Department. Police said their initial investigation revealed two people were shot, and both were driven to hospitals by “private means.” One person was taken …

Fans celebrating Texas Tech’s Final Four win poured into the streets around the school’s Lubbock campus, shutting down traffic and lighting fires. The City of Lubbock said that after the win Saturday night in Minneapolis against Michigan State, “the crowd engaged in extremely dangerous, and disappointing behavior including vandalizing property.” Lubbock police on social media just after midnight Saturday said multiple officers …

Police in Ennis say they’re asking for help identifying a woman accused in alleged thefts at a Walmart in recent weeks. Video posted on the Ennis Police Department’s Facebook page showed several clips of the woman walking in view of a security camera. Each clip showed her pushing a shopping cart loaded with items. She is suspected of stealing more …