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Spotty light rain or drizzle will be possible at virtually any time into the weekend, but a washout is not expected. Otherwise, expect a mostly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. By Sunday, highs will return to the 70s with a chance of thunderstorms by Sunday night, some could be severe. After the chance of thunderstorms, the start of next week will …

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said on Thursday that his office wasn’t made aware of thousands of digital police files that were improperly stored by officers until the issue was covered in news reports this week. Creuzot said in his first public statement about the Dallas Police Department files that he’s been in “constant dialogue” with police Chief Eddie …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of assaulting some of his nine adoptive sons is facing more charges. Hayim Nissim Cohen, 38, is facing eight new charges with five new victims, which are all Cohen’s foster sons. The allegations came to light when Cohen’s 17-year-old son called into a podcast and admitted to the abuse he and his brothers faced at their …

Dallas plans to start giving up to $50,000 in forgivable loans to longtime residents who are being or have been pushed because of rising costs due to gentrification. The City Council on Wednesday approved dedicating $1 million to create a new anti-displacement homebuyer assistance program. Eligible participants must have lived in Dallas for at least 10 years, are trying to …

A man was found fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in far northeast Dallas, police say. Officers responded about 1:30 p.m. to the 8200 block of the LBJ Freeway access road and found a man unresponsive on the ground, police said Thursday. Dallas Fire-Rescue responded and the man died at the scene. Police did not identify him. Detectives determined that someone shot …

AUSTIN — Texas would cut its sales tax haul by 8%, starting Oct. 1, under a new proposal to cut the sales tax rate by a half cent by a bipartisan duo of North Texas state senators. The plan by Dallas Democrat Royce West and Edgewood Republican Bob Hall signals a desire to broaden tax-cut discussions in this year’s legislative …

The Dallas County district attorney’s office is working with Dallas police to audit all files belonging to a detective whose failure to share hundreds of pieces of evidence with lawyers threw a high-profile murder case into jeopardy this month. The review spans Detective Christine Ramirez’s investigative work whether she was the lead investigator or a contributor, District Attorney John Creuzot …

Dallas police found a man’s body floating in water Wednesday in Pleasant Grove. Officers responded to the 1500 block of North Prairie Creek Road about 2:50 p.m. Wednesday. Police did not specify whether the body was found in Prairie Creek. The department’s homicide unit responded to the scene, authorities said. The deceased has not yet been identified by the Dallas …

Fort Worth police have arrested a man in connection with the death of his 4-month-old son last week. Alfred Jerome Williams, 21, was taken into custody in the days after police responded to a call about an unresponsive infant the night of Feb. 16, police said. The baby, A’zari Jai’shuan Williams, sustained blunt force injuries at a southwest Fort Worth apartment …

The widow of the Euless police detective who was killed in 2021 when a drunken driver struck his vehicle filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that multiple people and companies share responsibility in the death. Alejandro “Alex” Cervantes, a seven-year veteran of the Euless Police Department, died Nov. 27, 2021, when Dylan Molina, 27, ran a red light at the intersection …