Arlington police shared new details Wednesday in the investigation into a woman facing a murder charge connected to the death of a client who was living at one of her unlicensed assisted living centers. Following allegations of neglect, theft, fraud, and abuse, Arlington police opened investigations into the deaths of at least 20 people who had been living in five unlicensed group homes in …

The director of Dallas’ Office of Homeless Solutions, tasked with providing services and permanent housing to the city’s growing homeless population, plans to resign, elected officials confirmed Thursday. Monica Hardman gave her notice to city officials this week, City Council members Chad West and Cara Mendelsohn said. Mendelsohn said Hardman would be moving to California for personal reasons. Her departure will …

MESQUITE — Bernie Sanders on Friday said he will win Texas on the strength of a multigenerational movement, and then oust President Donald Trump from the White House. “We’re going to win the state of Texas,” Sanders told several thousand supporters in Mesquite. “We’re going to beat Trump. We’re going to transform this country.” Sanders said Trump had steered the …

A Fort Worth woman is in custody after authorities say she took sexually explicit pictures of a toddler. Hannah Nicole Edwards, 24, faces one federal count of sexual exploitation of children. According to court documents, an undercover officer was using the Kik app when a member of a message group began sending private messages that detailed sexual abuse of two …

A jury will hear testimony next week in the death penalty trial of a man accused of ambushing Richardson police with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, killing one officer. “I wanted to go to war with the police,” Brandon McCall, 28, said from jail in February 2018. McCall is accused of shooting Richardson police Officer David Sherrard and one of his …

Authorities are referring the case of an elderly motorist who fatally struck a Carrollton boy in December to a grand jury to determine whether the driver should face a charge of criminally negligent homicide. Carrollton police also have asked the state to revoke 78-year-old Andrew Hewett’s driver’s license. Hewett, a Dallas resident, was driving a van on South Josey Lane …

A former Princeton ISD employee was arrested in Collin County on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Larry Latham(Collin County Sheriff’s Office) Larry Latham, 69, was accused of having sexual contact with an 8-year-old boy, according to a release from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office. Latham worked for the school district from 1979 to 2002, …

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday charged education and workforce leaders to identify specific strategies to help more students complete college or career programs that lead to high-paying jobs. Abbott wants the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative — whose members are the commissioners of the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission — to look across …

WASHINGTON — Neither Sen. John Cornyn nor Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday joined a bipartisan effort in the Senate to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran unless he first gets authorization from Congress. The opposition from the Texas senators didn’t stop the Senate from voting 55-45 to approve the war powers resolution, with eight Republicans voting in the …

WASHINGTON – Clarendon Rep. Mac Thornberry, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, on Thursday criticized President Donald Trump for planning to shift $3.8 billion in military funding to pay for a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Texan, who’s retiring at the end of this term, said in a news release that the “re-programming announced today is contrary to …

A hard freeze is likely Friday morning with low temperatures in the 20s. Be sure to cover those plants and protect your pipes and animals. After a cool end to the work week, a nice warm up is in store over the weekend as south winds return with highs in the 60s Saturday and 70s Sunday. Mild conditions will continue …