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Dallas’ latest plan to address its affordable housing crisis is slated to go to the City Council in April, according to the city’s top housing official. But he says it’ll take years and hundreds of millions of dollars from the city alone to make a dent. “I don’t like to put too much on any plan, particularly for a city …

Chunta Scott, 30, said that talking about finances was a taboo in her community. “It’s not talked about, you’re not supposed to ask questions about your mom’s or dad’s money,” Scott said. “A lot of people from the area start off with financial trauma that they’re trying to work through as adults.” The Oak Cliff native knew early on that …

A man died and two others were wounded in a West Dallas shooting early Saturday, police say. Officers responded about 2:05 a.m. to the 600 block of Fabrication Street, near Sylvan Avenue, and found the three men. Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to the scene. One man died, and two others are in stable condition, Dallas police said. Police did not identify …

Mixed emotions — including, grief, frustration and relief — were on display Saturday at Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, where hundreds of delegates gathered to approve the departure of dozens of local churches from the denomination. Forty-one churches received approval from the North Texas Conference to leave the United Methodist Church during a special session Saturday morning. The move comes as …

A Fort Worth police officer shot and wounded a man Saturday morning who appeared ready to draw a weapon on them, police said. A little after 7 a.m., a person in a field was yelling for help and for someone to call 911 in the 13000 block of Park Vista Boulevard, near Keller Haslet Road, according to a police call …

Three children were killed at a home in the Ellis County city of Italy Friday afternoon. Two more were wounded, and a woman is in custody in connection with the slayings. The community was left reeling after the horrific incident in the city of about 2,000 people, about 40 miles south of downtown Dallas. Italy is what they describe as a quiet little town …

Dallas police say they arrested a man accused of fatally stabbing another man in east Oak Cliff on Friday afternoon. Darrel Aclese, 58, was arrested on a murder charge and booked into the Dallas County jail about 2 a.m. Saturday, according to jail records. His bail was set at $500,000 and it is unclear if he has an attorney. Officers …

Bright sunshine and mild temperatures will continue for Sunday as highs climb into the upper-70s. Also, watch for gusty southerly winds during the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will continue to warm as we kick off the week. Highs on Monday afternoon will soar into the lower-80s. An unsettled pattern will return to North Texas by midweek with multiple shower and …

A woman is accused in the killing of three school-aged children at a home in the Ellis County city of Italy on Friday. The slayings happened after a Child Protective Services investigator decided to remove the children from the home before they were killed, the Ellis County sheriff’s office said Saturday. Two other children were also found wounded in the home. Shamaiya …

The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she said she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow.” She didn’t think much of it at first. But by the end of the school day, the eighth-grader couldn’t stop turning those words over in her head. After all, her childhood has been punctuated by shootings: Newtown when …