Colleen Barrett, president emeritus of Southwest Airlines, has died, the company announced Thursday. Barrett, 79, was considered the prime force behind the Dallas-based carrier’s “LUV culture” and was instrumental in the company’s founding and the early strategies that the carrier still uses today. “Colleen passionately guided generations to do the right thing, and often cited The Golden Rule—insisting that everyone treat each …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman who is suspected in three bank robberies in the last month. The woman walked into the Comerica Bank in the 2700 block of Fort Worth Avenue, between North Westmoreland and North Hampton roads in west Oak Cliff, about 11 a.m. Oct. 22. After she gave a teller a …

A man was shot by police and faces charges after authorities say he pointed a rifle at McKinney officers early Sunday. McKinney police were called to a home in the 2300 block of North Ridge Road, near Virginia Parkway and U.S. Highway 75, just before 3 a.m. for a report of a domestic-violence incident. A woman was able to leave …

A Garland man will spend 50 years behind bars after being convicted on four counts of sexually abusing a young girl. Jesus Mejia(Collin County Sheriff’s Department) A Collin County jury found Jesus Mejia, 31, guilty last week of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 6 and two counts of indecency with a child by sexual …

A Denton attorney was arrested Friday after firing a gun in the law office where she’d lost her job earlier that day, police said. Petrina Thompson was booked into the Denton County Jail with bail set at $150,000.(Denton County Jail) Petrina Thompson brought a handgun to Martinez Legal P.C. in the 400 block of South Carroll Boulevard, said Khristen Jones, …

Six months after Dallas police raided Dallas Catholic Diocese offices for records related to allegations of sexual abuse by priests, the investigation appears stalled. Attorneys for the diocese and the city of Dallas are sorting through the records seized in the May 15 raid on diocesan property to determine which ones involve the five priests named in the search warrant, according to …

A woman was fatally shot early Sunday near the border between Dallas and Irving, police say. Dallas police were called about 1 a.m. to the 1700 block of California Crossing Road, where a woman had been in a vehicle with two other people when four men pulled up in a tan Chevrolet Tahoe, got out of the SUV and started …

A woman was wounded in a carjacking early Sunday in West Dallas, police say. The woman’s head was grazed by a bullet as two men confronted her about 4 a.m. in the 3300 block of Weisenberger Drive in the Ledbetter area, police said. She was taken to an area hospital and is expected to survive, police said. The carjackers have …

A 19-year-old man accidentally shot himself in a vehicle Saturday evening in Pleasant Grove, Dallas police say. Police said someone who had been in the vehicle with him in the 8600 block of Tonawanda Drive, near Bruton Road and Loop 12, said he’d been playing with a gun. The man was taken to the hospital in critical condition. His name …

A 16-year-old Allen High School football player was fatally shot at a Plano home late Saturday, according to police and school officials. Police and the school district identified the victim as Marquel Ellis Jr., a sophomore. Allen Eagles Football@alleneaglesfb Marquel Ellis – Eagle for Life! 1,387 11:39 PM – Nov 17, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 434 people are …

Dallas police are working to find whoever is responsible for a “violent attack” earlier this month that led to a woman’s death. Officers had been responding to an unrelated call about 3:30 a.m. Nov. 1 when they found 39-year-old Charity Crim suffering from serious injuries near the 5500 block of Maple Avenue, close to Inwood Road in the Love Field …