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Lobo is a tiny windswept ghost town in West Texas, some 60 miles northwest of art mecca Marfa. Little remains of the abandoned desert city: an old grocery store, a vacant motel and a boarded-up gas station. The town is now in the market for a new owner, drawing attention in Texas and beyond. About two decades ago, a group of friends from Germany …

Dallas police are struggling to access physical and digital evidence amid an ongoing ransomware attack that is disrupting trials, according to defense lawyers who are exasperated after more than three months of pervasive evidence storage issues. The consequences played out Thursday in a murder trial, where a man was found guilty despite evidence being unavailable to jurors or lawyers. Last …

A suspended Fort Worth police officer was booked into Ellis County jail on Wednesday after being indicted on an aggravated assault charge, according to the department. Officers responded to a Love’s Travel Stop in Midlothian on September 19, where a woman told police Kouame Kouassi, 42, had taken a handgun from his pocket and pointed it at her, according to …

AUSTIN — Homeowners across the state would save more than $1,000 a year under a plan for tax relief that the House advanced on Thursday. The state-required homestead exemption on school taxes would be $100,000, up from $40,000 now, under a tax package the House sweetened. In the Dallas school district, which offers some optional exemptions on top of what the …

Texas House Democrats are attempting to run out the clock on a bill that professors across the state say threatens academic freedom at public universities. Related:Fight over tenure has Texas professors fearing loss of academic freedom, job security Rep. Ron Reynolds, D-Missouri City, raised a point of order — a procedural tactic that aims to thwart proposed legislation — against …

AUSTIN – It’s big business versus bigger business in a fight over power grid legislation in Austin that advanced Thursday, which could have major impacts on residential electric bills. Depending on which power grid proposals are ultimately approved, some Texas residents could pay between 2% to 75% more in monthly electricity costs, according to experts, regulators and industry groups. And …

Cardinal Kevin Farrell was back in Dallas, the city he calls home, to accept the Chicago-based nonprofit Catholic Extension’s “Spirit of Francis Award,” at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on Wednesday. “It is such a great joy for me to return to Dallas,” Farrell said. Catholic Extension, which helps low socioeconomic Catholics nationwide, has been doing this work, including …

The Cho family settled around a table near the kitchen at Eddie’s Diner, not far from the giant American flag on the wall. The chocolate chip pancakes, dusted with powdered sugar, were their weekend ritual. They opened a pack of crayons for William, who’d just turned 6. Some 25 miles away, Mikael Garces needed to help her fiancé buy an …

Today is expected to be a warm and humid day across North Texas. There’s a slight chance of spotty showers to the north of DFW around mid-morning. Otherwise, dry weather is expected for the metroplex. There is an Air Quality Alert for the DFW and surrounding area for ozone pollution. The next chance for widespread showers and thunderstorms will be …

When neuroscientist Andrea C. Gore received a perfect score in her latest research grant application, she felt honored. Only four scientists every other year are awarded the $7.5 million grant by the National Institutes of Health. Gore will spend the next eight years conducting research on how chemicals in food, personal care products and other items that are part of …