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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 …

WASHINGTON — After months of meetings and deliberations, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot will hold its likely final hearing Thursday. It’s been more than a month since the last televised event, and it’s still unclear exactly what the committee will do as it wraps up its probe. The final public hearing is slated to …

An impressive warm up is on tap for North Texas today. A southwest wind and sunshine will help push temperatures into the upper 80s and low 90s. However, a cold front will move in late in the day, causing the wind to shift to the northwest. The cooler air won’t fully push in until tonight. This front is not expected …

Gunfire exploded into the front passenger seat of a truck on Dallas’ C.F. Hawn Freeway. Then, silence fell as a 14-year-old boy bled from his head, arm and torso. “They shot Gabriel!” his sister, Natalie Zamora, 20, screamed to her husband, who’d accelerated to catch the license plate of a Chevy Silverado as it sped away. They weren’t fast enough. …

Road rage and aggressive driving has appeared to climb in recent years, amplifying the need for more enforcement on freeways and roadways, experts and Dallas police say. Statistics about road rage are difficult to record because many police agencies don’t track them or only recently started, according to The New York Times. Dallas police began to track them in 2021, …