Dallas city leaders are actively seeking solutions to address the ongoing pension crisis, with one potential option causing concern among public transportation officials and drawing criticism from a county commissioner. Approximately 220,000 individuals rely on DART transportation services daily, highlighting the significance of any discussions regarding funding reductions. DART spokesperson Jeamy Molina emphasized the critical role public transit plays in …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden named three U.S. attorneys for Texas on Friday, including career federal prosecutors in Dallas and Houston, and a former El Paso district attorney who sought the death penalty in the 2019 Walmart mass shooting. All three are backed by the state’s GOP senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. The El Paso pick could end up …

After grocer Kroger announced it will be acquiring rival Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal, some customers are wondering how the merger could affect their shopping habits, for better or worse. In Dallas Fort-Worth, the supermarkets operate a combined total of 195 stores, making their share bigger than Walmart. And the merger could drastically alter the grocery landscape, which is already changing after Texas …

CIUDAD JUAREZ — Two days after the Biden administration announced Mexico agreed to take Venezuelan migrants expelled from the United States, some saturated shelters along Mexican border cities feared human smugglers would salivate over the newest opportunity for customers. Many of the Venezuelans interviewed after they were expelled Thursday night said they had been given two weeks to leave Mexico, sending them …

Southern Methodist University police arrested a driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger on campus early Friday. Anselmo Amil Contreras, 50, was booked into the Dallas County jail on a sexual assault charge. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. About 2:20 a.m. Friday, university police responded to a report of sexual assault in the 3100 block of Daniel …

Dallas Police found that no shots were fired at The State Fair of Texas on Friday night after receiving information about a shooting at Fair Park. Dallas police said at about 8:50 p.m., officers responded after receiving information about a shooting at Fair Park. But it was found that no shots were fired and there are no reports of any …

A gun was “accidentally discharged” at a Dallas ISD elementary school Thursday morning, according to the district. The shooting happened in the cafeteria at John W. Carpenter Elementary School in central Oak Cliff before classes started, district spokeswoman Robyn L. Harris said in an email, calling it an accident. No injuries were reported. Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said a student at …

A man and a woman dressed in all black exited the Dallas Police Department’s Northwest Patrol Division office Thursday afternoon. They quietly spoke to each other as they approached a squad car parked on the sidewalk. A couple bouquets and several other flowers laid along the car’s windshield in memory of the department’s officer, 25-year-old Jacob Arellano, who died Wednesday after a …

A former Denton police officer was sentenced to more than a decade in federal prison Thursday for trading explicit photos and videos of children on social media. David Schoolcraft, 39, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in December. He was sentenced to 10 years and one month. According to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Texas, court proceedings …

AUSTIN — Three former North Texas Republican lawmakers endorsed Democrat Mike Collier in his race to unseat Republican incumbent Dan Patrick in the lieutenant governor’s race, Collier’s campaign announced Thursday. Former Dallas Mayor Steve Bartlett, Corsicana state Rep. Byron Cook and Rep. Bennett Ratliff of Plano are the latest in a growing number of Republicans supporting Collier, a moderate Democrat. …

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday that the COVID-19 public health emergency will continue through Jan. 11 as officials brace for a spike in cases this winter. The decision comes as the pandemic has faded from the forefront of many people’s minds. Daily deaths and infections are dropping and people — many of them maskless — are returning to schools, work and grocery …