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 …

A group of North Texas Methodist Ministers contend Texas abortion laws violate their religious freedom because provisions penalizing those who aid some seeking an abortion could infringe on their ability to counsel their congregations. United Methodist Church ministers Katie Newsome, Phil Dieke, Rachel Baughman and Sheron Patterson sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, explaining that the state law prevents …

A man was fatally shot Friday afternoon at an Arlington apartment complex, police said. Officers were called about 4 p.m. to the 2100 block of Cypress Club Drive, near East Pioneer Parkway and Sherry Street, and found a man with a gunshot wound lying on the ground. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the …

A 36-year-old Fort Worth man who admitted to sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl at an Irving hotel room was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in federal prison. Curtis Vance Mathis pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of children in June 2021. He was sentenced to 135 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade. According to court documents, …

A federal court in Fort Worth on Thursday struck down a Texas prohibition that limited adults under 21 from carrying handguns. Texas law bars most 18- to 20-year-olds in the state from obtaining a license to carry a handgun or carrying a handgun for self-defense outside their homes. Two plaintiffs, who fall within that age range, and the Firearms Policy …

A family has filed suit against Proper ISD, alleging a former bus driver abused their two daughters on more than 100 occasions during their kindergarten and first-grade years. The suit, filed Thursday in Collin County, says the district and its employees didn’t do enough to protect the sisters, who were 5 and 7 at the time. It seeks more than …

A woman who was caught on video verbally berating a group of South Asian women was arrested Thursday in connection to the assault that Plano police are investigating as a hate crime. In a video shared on Reddit, a woman confirmed by police to be Esmeralda Upton is seen verbally berating a group of women in a parking lot, saying “I hate …

A former leader of a prominent Texas anti-abortion group was arrested earlier this month on a charge of online solicitation of a minor. Lucas Dane Bowen, former political director of Texas Right To Life, was arrested Aug. 3 in Conroe, Texas, about 40 miles north of Houston. His defense attorney, E. Tay Bond, told The Courier of Montgomery County Bowen was out on …

A 29-year-old woman is behind bars after a man was fatally shot in Red Oak Tuesday. Holly Brooke Daugherty faces a charge of murder. It’s unclear whether she has an attorney. Ellis County sheriff’s deputies were called around 3:41 p.m. to a shooting in the 300 Block of Josey Lane. The 911 caller said Daugherty was the shooter, and that …

AUSTIN — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers will be able to loosen their belts a notch under relaxed physical fitness standards an oversight board approved Thursday. The department’s controversial physical fitness and command presence policy now allows an extra inch of leeway on waist measurements, increasing to 41 inches for men and 36 inches for women. The Public Safety Commission also …

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is attempting for the second time to intervene in a legal fight over gender-affirming medical care at two Dallas hospitals. In an appeal filed this month, Paxton said that a lower court judge erred in ruling the state could not intervene in Dr. Ximena Lopez’s lawsuit against Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Lopez sued in March to reverse the decision …