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 …

Determined to reduce the possibility of collisions caused by wrong-way drivers, Irving transportation officials in July installed wrong-way detection systems at 10 intersections along state highways 183 and 161. In the first two months, four wrong-way drivers were detected in Irving, according to the Irving City Spectrum newsletter. The 20 new cameras are positioned along SH 183 at Valley View Lane, North …

Warmer weather is on tap for Saturday with highs into the lower-90s. Expect a breezy southerly wind throughout the day. It will be mostly sunny to start the weekend before clouds and rain chances roll in. Our next cold front is expected to arrive Sunday. Along with cooler temperatures, it will also bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms. A …

A former Dallas schools auditor is suing the district, alleging that she was fired after reporting grade and attendance manipulation at a high school. The lawsuit escalates Andrea Whelan’s ongoing whistleblower fight against the district, coming a month after Dallas ISD trustees denied her request to be reinstated. “Dallas ISD does not comment on pending litigation,” district spokeswoman Robyn Harris said …

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 …