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A Dallas dog owner is speaking out after her pet was fatally mauled over the weekend by another dog at a boarding facility in West Dallas. In a Facebook post Monday, Heather Heflin said her dog, Drake, was killed the previous day while he was under the care of Smart Dog Dallas. Heflin said her 6-year-old terrier mix, which she …

Michele Williams didn’t understand what her daughter’s fiancé was telling her when he called unexpectedly. It was June 9, 2019. He pleaded with her to meet him at an area hospital. He wouldn’t say anything about her daughter, Kiersten Smith. As Williams put on her shoes, her husband questioned Smith’s fiancé. There had been an accident, the fiancé finally said. Smith …

Four men were arrested earlier this week and are facing drug and weapons-related charges following a multi-agency operation in Cedar Hill, according to police. On Tuesday, officers from Cedar Hill and Duncanville arrested the men during traffic stops and DeSoto police officers carried out a search warrant at a Cedar Hill home in the 400 block of Kimmel Drive, according to …

A slow-moving cold front could serve as a catalyst for large hail and damaging winds in North Texas, according to the National Weather Service. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning that lasted until 3:30 p.m. Thursday for Rockwall County and parts of Dallas, Collin and Hunt counties. The advisory had cautioned of winds up to 60 mph, which can damage roofs …

Would college sports be impacted by a Senate proposal to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education? Some Democratic senators argued that the NCAA could ban the state’s beloved college athletic programs from participating in its games if Texas moved forward with attempts to do away with DEI efforts. The Senate voted 19-12, along party lines, to pass a …

Building an exceptional hike-and-bike network — a task Dallas is well on the way to accomplishing — is only half the challenge. Once those trails are built, people must feel safe using them. Otherwise, they may never give these recreational assets and transportation alternatives a second chance. That’s why I’ve devoted several recent columns to where the city’s trail network — despite …

An elementary school teacher at Lewisville ISD was arrested Wednesday and is accused of sexually assaulting a child, according to police. John Collett, a teacher at Camey Elementary School, was arrested by officers from The Colony Police Department and has been accused of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child, according to a Wednesday news release. The Colony is …

HIGHLAND PARK – Before gaining fame as Clarence Thomas’ biggest benefactor, Harlan Crow wasn’t particularly well-known outside Dallas or real estate circles. He liked it that way. His father, Trammell, billed by Forbes as America’s largest landlord, was once called “an outsider in his hometown” by Texas Monthly. Growing up, Harlan told The Dallas Morning News in an interview, it made for a normal life, then and now. …

FORT DAVIS — To sit under the vast expanse of stars is to imagine swimming across shining, stellar rivers, creeks and tributaries. But to sit here also is to feel that lump in your throat and skip in your heart, realizing everything you know is far smaller than the majesty of the universe. You could sense all of that during …

The city of Dallas is teaming up with Dallas ISD to hold a forum in Spanish this Saturday on fentanyl overdoses among North Texas teenagers. The event will be at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, 1201 E. Eighth St., from 8 a.m. to noon. The forum will be in Spanish because at recent meetings held by DISD about the fentanyl crisis, …