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Teachers in Frisco with at least 10 years of experience are top earners, with their district ranking in the top 10 out of 48 others in North Texas, according to a 2022-23 teacher salary comparison released by the United Educators Association. Frisco ISD pays teachers who hold a bachelor’s degree and have 10 years of experience a base salary of $63,750 per …

Why restaurants are so important to Texas politics Everybody eats, right? Even politicians. And restaurants often play a huge role in how people get elected in Texas and beyond. Dallas Morning News political reporter Gromer Jeffers joins the food team this week to chat about the big midterm election on Nov. 8 and why food is so important on the campaign trail. …

With the goal of raising $1.2 million for 19 area nonprofits, the 37th annual Dallas Morning News Charities fall campaign launched Wednesday. Every year the campaign raises money for charities that focus on homelessness and hunger. This year, the fundraising will go directly to organizations in North Texas working to keep people and families out of economic crisis as the cost …

CEDAR HILL — Asia Womack’s obituary is divided into four quarters, like those of a basketball game. First quarter: Asia Janae Womack is born on February 15, 2001, in Fort Worth. She goes on to graduate from James Madison High School in Dallas, then heads to college at Texas A&M at Commerce, and she’s a devoted member of Gospel Tabernacle …

A former communications director for the Los Angeles Angels was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in federal prison for giving a fatal dose of painkillers to pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Skaggs, 27, was found dead in a Hilton hotel in Southlake on July 1, 2019, shortly before a four-game series against the Texas Rangers was set to begin.In February, a jury …

A man on Texas’ death row for the brutal rape and murder of a Southern Methodist University student died Saturday of natural causes, prison officials said. Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said the prison system told his office Donald Andrew Bess died from a heart attack. Bess, 74, was admitted to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice medical facility Sept. 1, communications …

STRAWN — Just hours after an early-morning downpour, the two-lane farm road is caked with fresh mud. Thick clouds have settled over the tree-covered hilltops of the Palo Pinto Mountains. Nearby, a gleaming lake with a rugged shoreline is tucked into a narrow canyon. About 75 miles west of Fort Worth in the tiny town of Strawn, this sprawling swath …

An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for a man accused of fatally shooting a 21-year-old woman over a basketball game in South Dallas last week. Dallas police said they are searching for 31-year-old Cameron Hogg in the death of Asia Womack. Dallas police issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for 31-year-old Cameron Hogg in the death of Asia Womack.(The Dallas Police Department ) …

An Irving man was arrested Tuesday morning over accusations of abuse at a Southlake day care. Thaddaeus Andrew Davidson(Southlake DPS / Southlake DPS) Thaddaeus Andrew Davidson, 33, faces two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact. It is unclear whether he has an attorney. A warrant was issued Monday for Davidson’s arrest after police learned of possible abuse …

McKINNEY — The father of a man on trial accused of fatally shooting his sister and her boyfriend testified Tuesday the siblings fought over money they stood to inherit leading up to the slayings. Blake Ryan Richards, 30, is charged with capital murder in the deaths of Brittany Richards and Ross Escalante last October. If convicted, Blake Richards faces an …