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Some Dallas City Council members say they support restoring the Kalita Humphreys Theater but want cheaper options than a recently proposed $308 million plan that also includes redeveloping the 10-acre park it sits in. Several elected officials who are part of the city’s Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee said during a meeting Tuesday that the price tag for a master plan …

Parking meter rates in areas such as Deep Ellum and downtown could soon have a $1 minimum, up from as low as 5 cents in some areas, if Dallas transportation officials get their way with proposed new city rule changes and more parking regulations. That’s what they want to do in an effort to free up on-street parking spots in heavy …

An arrest-warrant affidavit offers new details about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a Collin County woman missing for more than a week. Ocastor Ferguson, 32, who also goes by the name Kevin Brown, was arrested Saturday in connection with the disappearance of 33-year-old Kayla Kelley. He faces one count of kidnapping, and it is unclear if he has an attorney. …

WASHINGTON — Social media lit up after news this week that embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos had landed spots on two U.S. House committees, one focused on science and another on small business. Santos has come under fire for making false claims about his college education, work history and other qualifications. So online critics had fun with his committee …

A Lancaster man pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally selling more than 50 firearms. Armani Morris, who was arrested in July following an undercover operation, faces up to five years in federal prison, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas. His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to plea papers, Morris …

The storm system that brought spotty showers to North Texas Wednesday morning has moved off to the east. Tonight will be mainly clear, breezy and cooler. Temperatures will fall into the lower 40s. Chillier air is set to return Thursday with a high back down into the 50s to lower 60s. There will be sunshine so Thursday and Friday will …

AUSTIN — School property tax cuts, border security and pay raises for state employees are among items that should have first call on the state’s nearly $33 billion revenue surplus, according to initial budget plans introduced in the two chambers Wednesday. A Senate proposal first aired by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick a day earlier — to increase homestead exemptions on …

In the early hours of Feb. 11, 2021, an illuminated highway sign on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth offered a stark warning: “ICY CONDITIONS EXIST/PLEASE USE CAUTION.” Less than three hours after that message appeared, more than 130 cars and semi-tractors had skidded across the ice-coated toll lanes in one of the deadliest crashes in U.S. history. With nowhere to go, …

Authorities found a woman’s body in Grand Prairie on Wednesday evening near the home of the man suspected of kidnapping a Collin County woman reported missing last week. Investigators from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Rangers found the body in a field, the sheriff’s office confirmed. The search area was near the intersection of Kingswood and Prairie Oak …

AUSTIN — As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered his third inaugural address, Democrats prepared for another four years of resistance. For the party out of power, an inauguration is more wake up call than celebration. “We have to be engaged and listen to what they are saying. And if that doesn’t move you to action, I don’t know what else …