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The rollout of Dallas County’s new payroll software system — which has left employees and vendors unpaid or inaccurately paid for months — has been deemed “one of the worst that I’ve encountered” by an independent consultant. The consultant, former DART interim president/executive director and ex-CFO David Leininger, told county commissioners at the Continuous Improvement Committee meeting on Monday that …

McKinney’s City Manager is proposing a $849 million total budget for fiscal year 2024 which includes $202.6 million in the general fund and a decrease in the city’s property tax rate by 3 cents — from $0.457485 to $0.427513 per $100 valuation. The proposed budget also includes increased water and wastewater rates, new public safety jobs and funding for some capital …

David Thompson looked out over his front pasture at the end of July and saw two young men placing stakes in the path where he was planning to bale hay later that day. “What are y’all doing?” he asked The surveyors were marking the proposed right-of-way — which allows individuals to travel along a specific route on property belonging to …

Today we are benefitting from a weak summertime cold front that passed through Monday. In fact, morning temperatures in the 70s are in place for the first time this month! We will heat up into the middle 90s later this afternoon, but no triple digits are expected. Unfortunately the heat will return by Thursday. Highs will be record or near-record …

A man died nearly a week after being hit by a suspected tow-truck thief, according to Dallas police. He was hit Aug. 6 around 10,:30 p.m. The suspect, Osahon Mike-Irabor, tried stealing a tow truck from the 7000 block of South Central Expressway and hit the victim, police said. The victim, who wasn’t immediately identified, was taken to a hospital …

A 26-year-old was arrested Saturday after police found a dead person in a Fort Worth apartment, records show. Marshall Lambert faces a murder charge and was booked into the city jail about 10:30 p.m., according to jail records. Bail was set at $100,000, and it was unclear whether Lambert had an attorney. Officers responded about 4:40 p.m. to the 6500 …

Authorities have arrested a man who is accused of at least one armed in Denton last week, police said. Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to a robbery at a convenience store in the 400 block of Coronado Drive, according to police. Someone reported that “an unknown suspect” entered the store, showed a gun and demanded money before …

Dallas may have a short reprieve from the weeks-long heat wave Tuesday before temperatures warm back up to triple digits. A front moving through North Texas during the day Monday will bring cooler temperatures, according to the National Weather Service. The heat in Dallas broke a record Sunday afternoon as the temperature rose to 106, slightly warmer than the previous …

A person died Sunday after a vehicle crashed through a house in southeast Oak Cliff, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue. About 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded to a motor vehicle crash in the 6300 block of South Lancaster Road, said Jason Evans, a spokesman for the department. Dallas police officers were also dispatched to the location. Emergency crews at …

A break in the heat comes in the form of a summertime cold front on Monday. This frontal boundary will drop highs into the mid to upper-90s and lows into the 60s and 70s for the first half of the week. This break will be brief as dangerous heat returns to North Texas from Thursday afternoon into next weekend. This …