Dallas News

A person was killed and another was wounded in a shooting late Saturday in west Oak Cliff, Dallas police said. Officers were called just before midnight to the 2000 block of Keats Drive in a field near Texas Drive, near South Westmoreland Road and West Illinois Avenue. Responding officers found 22-year-old Isarel Martinez in the field with multiple gunshot wounds. …

With changing public health priorities and a shrinking willingness to take COVID-19 tests at a health care clinic, it could seem as if trying to get an accurate picture of local case counts is a futile exercise. But public health experts say that collecting case data is critical to understanding community health needs, even if it requires reworking North Texas’ …

  Mubeen Siddiqui, father of Nasir Siddiqui CEO Hiba Entertainment, was laid to rest at a cemetery in Farmersville, Texas. Dallas (Report: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada) Mubeen Siddiqui, the father of Haba Entertainment CEO Nasir Siddiqui and a well-known figure in the Pakistani community, passed away this morning.  His funeral prayer was offered today at IANT Masjid after Asr prayer …

A man who shot a woman in the neck died on Saturday after the same bullet that injured the victim struck his leg, Dallas police said. Police did not release details about what led up to the shooting. It is unclear whether police believe the shooting was an accident or intentional. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, was …

The summertime cold front that brought a few showers on Saturday lifted back north into Oklahoma as a warm front, ending our rain chances for North Texas, and causing temperatures to rise once again. DFW reached a high of 103 Sunday afternoon. And even along the Red River, where there was a bit of a break from the heat on …

A woman was stabbed to death in Far East Dallas early Sunday, according to police. The stabbing was reported about 5:40 a.m. near Hunnicut Road and St. Francis Avenue. Police found a woman lying in the street with “deep cuts to her neck and chest.” The woman, who authorities have not identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said …

A man was shot and killed Sunday afternoon in West Oak Cliff, Dallas police said. The shooting happened shortly before 2:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of Moulin Rouge Drive, near Westmoreland Road. Police officers found a man in his late teens or early 20s with a gunshot wound to the back. He died at a hospital. The victim’s name …

The sizzling dog days of Texas summer aren’t stopping Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke from mobilizing voters in the hot race for governor. The summer before a fall election season can be slow for grass-roots politics as candidates try to raise money and marshal resources for the unofficial stretch run that starts after Labor Day. But Abbott and O’Rourke have already …

Texas is undergoing its first major rewrite of social studies curriculum in more than a decade and the proposed changes could majorly reshape how students learn history. The last time the state reworked its standards was in 2010, although educators say the framework has remained largely unchanged since the early 2000s. What is the biggest proposed change? Work groups reporting …

A North Texas man who evaded law enforcement for 12 years after police said he killed his two teen daughters will stand trial in Dallas this week. Yaser Said, 65, faces a charge of capital murder and an automatic life sentence if convicted of killing 18-year-old Amina Said and 17-year-old Sarah Said on New Year’s Day 2008. Their bullet-laden bodies were found inside his taxi parked …