After more than two decades in Sundance Square, Fort Worth’s beloved Reata restaurant bid farewell to its longtime location on Sunday night, marking the end of an era while looking forward to new beginnings on Throckmorton Street. “It’s a little bittersweet. We’re excited about the future and moving to the tower,” said Mike Micallef, president of Reata Restaurant. Following the …

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating how the Methodist hospital shooting suspect acquired a handgun as both a felon and parolee, officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News on Thursday. Sara Abel, a spokeswoman for the ATF’s Dallas division, said the agency is tracing the firearm police said 30-year-old Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez used Saturday, when Jacqueline Ama …

PLANO — A single bagpiper clad in a red jacket and plaid kilt slowly walked through a sea of men and women dressed in black formal police uniforms to the tune of “Amazing Grace.” In unison, the officers slowly raised their right hands, some in white gloves, to a salute It was the final ceremonial honor for Carrollton Officer Steven …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP legislative leaders on Thursday shifted nearly $775 million into border security and school safety, plus $100 million to cover bills from Texas’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paying for National Guard soldiers to help erect fences and apprehend migrants at the Texas-Mexico border requires a $340 million cash infusion, the leaders said. And Abbott’s busing of migrants …

One man is dead and another is in custody after a shooting in Tarrant County late Wednesday. About 11:50 p.m., Saginaw police were called to a home in the 600 block of Oak Hollow Trail, where they found a man a single gunshot wound. The victim, identified by the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office as 20-year-old Daniel Higuita Baquero, was …

AUSTIN – With less than two weeks until Election Day, the Libertarian candidate running for attorney general has come out with an unusual suggestion: Voters should consider Democrat Rochelle Garza. In a column published Wednesday in The Amarillo Pioneer, Mark Ash wrote that Republican incumbent Ken Paxton must be ousted from office “in order to save our liberties.” “The stakes are now simply too …

Gerson Hernández thinks people must preach their faith not only in churches but also when it comes to politics. Yohana Mantrana has no political affiliation and she votes for whomever she considers the best candidate on Election Day. Susana Pérez offers her vote to candidates with policies that protect people’s rights. These three approaches offer a glimpse of the “Latino …

WASHINGTON — Watchdog groups have decried a rash of noncompliance among sitting members of Congress when it comes to personal financial disclosures, so it’s perhaps not shocking to see missing reports among those running for the office. Individuals running for a U.S. House seat are required to file federal financial disclosure reports within 30 days of their campaigns raising or …

Carrollton police are looking for the driver they say left the scene of a fatal crash involving three vehicles Monday afternoon. A 43-year old woman was driving north in a grey Toyota Sequoia about 5:40 p.m. near the 2500 block of Marsh Lane when the driver of a red Chevrolet Camaro driving south lost control and crossed into the northbound …

OMAHA, Neb. — A second railroad union rejected its deal with the major U.S. freight railroads on Wednesday, reflecting workers’ increasing frustration with the lack of paid sick time in the industry and adding to concerns about the possibility of a strike next month that could cripple the economy. The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen said nearly 61% of the workers …

The man accused of gunning down two hospital employees at Methodist Dallas Medical Center was moved to jail Wednesday, four days after he was hospitalized, according to jail records. Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez, 30, was shot in the leg by a Methodist police officer Saturday, moments after he fatally shot Jacqueline Ama Pokuaa and Katie Annette Flowers inside the hospital in north …