Dallas Police responded to a disturbance call at 5850 Beltline Road around 6:45 p.m. on Friday. According to their preliminary investigation, a man had committed aggravated assault involving family violence with a knife. Upon arrival, officers found a woman inside a tent and a man holding a knife beside the tent in a wooded area behind an apartment complex. Despite …

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Beth Van Duyne, the former mayor of Irving, has secured the biggest endorsement any Republican congressional candidate can hope for. President Donald Trump, in a tweet Wednesday, said Van Duyne had his support in the March 3 primary for Texas’ 24th Congressional District. Van Duyne “did Great things as Mayor of Irving, Texas, with my Administration. She is a Strong …

An effort to publicly display the bronze statue of Adelfa Callejo, a civil rights champion believed to have been the first Latina to practice law in Dallas, overcame a major hurdle Wednesday. The Dallas City Council approved the donation in a unanimous vote with the intent to place it in Main Street Garden — a downtown park across from the University of North …

EL PASO — Shackled, handcuffed and sporting a blue blazer, gray tie and fresh haircut, a noticeably thinner Patrick Crusius was arraigned before a federal judge Wednesday. His legal team entered a plea of not guilty to charges that he killed 22 people and injured dozens at a Walmart here last August in the largest massacre of Hispanics in modern …

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 …

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who stole several Apple products and money from a dental office in Pleasant Grove last week. Surveillance-video images of a suspect who police said broke into a Pleasant Grove dental office on Feb. 4, 2020, and made off with several Apple products and cash.(Dallas Police Department) Dallas police released surveillance …

Police are seeking a man they say exposed himself to a 15-year-old girl as she walked to school in Vickery Meadow Wednesday morning. The incident took place about 7:45 a.m. in the 5800 block of Pineland Drive. Police said that after exposing himself to the victim, the suspect then reached out and touched the girl’s left buttock before entering a …

The storm system that brought rain to North Texas since Sunday has finally moved away. Clouds will decrease overnight, and sunshine will be the rule for Thursday. Despite the sun, Thursday will be chilly with high temperatures only in the 40s. A hard freeze is likely Friday morning with low temperatures in the 20s. The weekend will bring a nice …

A reinforcing shot of dry and cooler air is entering the region today. Clouds in the morning, will clear out by early afternoon, but despite the sun, today will be chilly with high temperatures only in the 40s. A hard freeze is likely Friday morning with low temperatures in the 20s. After a chilly end to the work week, a …

Widespread and steady rain continues across North Texas Wednesday morning. It will be heavy at times, but the heaviest is likely to be south and southeast of the DFW metro area. The bottom line: keep the umbrella nearby. Also, you might want to give yourself more travel time, ponding on roads and spray could be a problem during the morning …