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A man has been arrested in connection with the slaying of a 29-year-old man in west Oak Cliff almost a month after Dallas police mistakenly arrested a husband and wife who were later released. Bernadino Delgado, 47, was booked into Dallas County jail Wednesday. Dallas police say he faces a murder charge, and his bail has not yet been set. An …

Clouds will clear out of North Texas tonight. Temperatures will respond by falling into the upper 20s to lower 30s. While this will be a light freeze for our area it won’t be cold enough to require dripping of faucets. Sunshine will be back in full force Thursday and Friday, along with some milder air. Highs will briefly return to …

Ian Pearce was driving to work early one morning in September 2021 when he spotted flashing police lights behind him. Pearce, who worked as an Arlington teacher at the time, realized he was absentmindedly speeding and pulled into a parking lot along Pioneer Parkway in Pantego. To his surprise, the officer let him go with a warning. But he was unsettled by what followed. …

A capital murder suspect was shot and killed and a Dallas officer was shot Wednesday in west Oak Cliff, Dallas police said. Dallas police said the suspect shot at police and officers returned fire. The officer was shot in the foot, taken to the hospital and then released, police said. Multiple officers responded to the shooting that occurred in the …

One splashy idea for Texas is to spend some of its surplus on $15,000 raises for all teachers. The Democrat-led proposal may not have legs in the GOP-controlled Legislature, but it could fuel conversations as state leaders say they want to address concerns about an educator exodus. Already, the Senate’s starting point state budget for 2024-25 pledges “to provide increased compensation and …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Wednesday its new border policies are working, even as a coalition of Republican-led states challenges them in court. President Joe Biden announced Jan. 5 the United States would start turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the southwest border illegally. That builds on a similar approach initiated last year for migrants from Venezuela. New penalties …

WASHINGTON — The five new Texas Republicans in Congress all skipped a reception with President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening, some citing schedule conflicts, others boycotting over objections to the White House requirement for COVID-19 tests. The two freshmen Democrats from Texas did attend, Reps. Greg Casar of Austin and Jasmine Crockett of Dallas. Casar said the Republicans missed a …

The president of a North Texas school district’s board of trustees has been accused of indecency with a child. Drew Wilborn, 43, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Dallas police, Prosper ISD confirmed. “To the best of our knowledge, this situation does not involve any Prosper ISD students,” the district said in a statement. Wilborn was being held at the Dallas …

Irving police are looking for additional people who may have been sexually abused by a man accused of abusing multiple young children. Police said Wednesday they have found four people who say they had been abused by Averil Drew Cardwell, a longtime Irving resident who now lives in Cedar Hill, dating back to 1986 — and believe there are more. …

Residents who will be affected by the Texas Department of Transportation’s recommendation for the U.S. 380 bypass alignment shared their opposition with Collin County Commissioners on Monday, stating that the new recommendation will destroy houses, livelihoods and a forest with 100-year-old trees and displace wildlife. The final draft of an environmental impact study will be discussed during two public meetings …