The fatal collision occurred on Friday, June 14th, in the 1200 block of W. Division Street in Arlington. Shortly before 7 p.m., Arlington Police were called to the scene following reports of a crash involving a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze CZT and a Ford bus. According to witnesses, the driver of the Cruze, an adult man, was observed speeding westbound along …

Officials in southeast Texas have enhanced charges against a former police cadet in connection with a shooting that wounded three other cadets last month. Police are no longer sure 21-year-old Clayton Whatley accidentally fired his gun during training April 25, according to the Galveston County Daily News. The shooting happened at College of the Mainland Law Enforcement Training Academy in Texas City, about 35 …

A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday, accused of killing a University of New Mexico baseball player from North Texas. Darian Bashir faces a murder charge in the shooting death of 23-year-old Jackson Weller, a Keller native. Police found Bashir in an apartment Friday night, and arrested him shortly after midnight, officials said. Police said he was caught on surveillance video shooting Weller …

: Revised to include the victim’s identity. Dallas police are investigating after a passerby spotted a man’s body floating in southeast Oak Cliff on Friday afternoon. A water-rescue unit from Dallas Fire-Rescue was sent to the area near Interstate 20 and Bonnie View Road around 3 p.m. after a motorist stuck in traffic saw the body. Authorities found 26-year-old Hilario Lopez Jr. floating face down …

More than 20 years after she was convicted of murdering her young son, a Rowlett woman on death row remains hopeful her conviction will be overturned. Darlie Routier is now 48 years old. She was found guilty of murdering 5-year-old Damon but never tried in the death of her 6-year-old son Devon. DNA evidence in her case is being tested this year, some …

Dallas Police say they are looking for the man accused of robbing a 95-year-old man. Investigators say a man and a woman robbed the 95-year-old at gun point inside a home in the 1100 block of Hartsdale Drive. The 95-year-old man suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. Officers later arrested 38-year-old Danielle Lozano. The man, identified as …

Editor’s note: This story was originally published June 3, 2016. We are bringing this back in conjunction with the 20/20 documentary special. If it hadn’t been for that crazy Silly String, Darlie Lynn Routier might be a free woman today. At least, that’s what many people believe about the notorious Rowlett woman now on death row after savagely stabbing her …

A Dallas man turned himself in to authorities Friday and admitted to killing his father at the east Oak Cliff home the two of them shared, police say. Gary Wayne Bynum (Dallas County Sheriff’s Department) Garry Wayne Bynum, 45, was arrested on a murder charge. His bail had not been set Friday night. Officers were called to a home in …

Confederate icons not relevant Re: “Emotional debate over monuments — Bill toughening criteria to remove Confederate icons advances in Senate,” Wednesday Metro & Business story. This issue is still being debated? The process is taking too long. In this present time, I consider Confederate icons to be obscenities. Stated in the article, Texas joined the Confederacy solely on the basis of …

Updated at 7:37 p.m.: Revised to clarify where the shooting occurred and additional information from police that states the shooting had nothing to do with the bank. Two students at Mesquite High School were taken into custody Thursday afternoon after reports of gunfire nearby put the campus on alert. Police responded about 2 p.m. to a shooting call at the parking lot …

The leader of more than 1.3 million North Texas Catholics on Thursday spoke in support of the Vatican’s new rules that require all priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups to church authorities. Bishop Edward J. Burns, who leads the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, said Pope Francis’ new rules establish “a clearer set of universal procedures for …