When Honu Management Group pitched itself to run a major coronavirus testing site for the city and county of Dallas, the company listed impressive experience. Testing for a national healthcare company. Working with the Indian Health Service. Even gaining White House approval for its testing program. The problem: One reference said Honu overstated the scope of its work. A South …

Life often produces unpredictable twists. Take, for instance, the irony of a Confederate cemetery smack in the middle of a predominantly Black middle- to low-income Dallas neighborhood. That’s exactly the situation in one South Dallas/Fair Park community. Residents are just beginning to pay attention to a long-standing burial ground with an arched entry gate displaying the name Confederate Cemetery. Until …

The North Texas Food Bank will be returning to Fair Park on Tuesday, Aug. 11 for its fourth free food distribution there as the agency continues to address food insecurity during the coronavirus pandemic. While the food bank’s previous distributions at Fair Park have used a strictly drive-through format, Tuesday’s will have a new walk-up option for people without cars. …

Tarrant County authorities say an elderly couple reported missing in Fort Worth has been found. Jay Harry Brown, 85, and Shirley Horton Brown, 82, had been last contacted about 6 p.m. Monday near Hemphill Avenue and Interstate 20 before they were listed as missing on Tuesday. According to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, the two were trying to get back …

Mesquite police Chief Charles Cato says his officers are pulling over fewer drivers on the road during the coronavirus pandemic, but the number of citations are keeping pace as officers have changed their strategy. Mesquite officers have made 13,220 traffic stops so far this year and issued 13,209 citations, according to data Cato presented to the City Council on Monday …

WASHINGTON – Having railed for months against protesters he depicts as violent Marxist anarchists, Sen. Ted Cruz led a hearing Tuesday that exposed a deep schism between Republicans impatient with unrest in U.S. cities and Democrats who see heavy-handed police tactics as a far bigger threat. As the Texan painted Democrats as antifa sympathizers, they hit back, condemning him for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man with disabilities who went missing for several days last week was found dead at a METRO bus stop, according to his sister. The body of Rory Beck, 59, who suffered from dementia, was found at a bus stop near Memorial Hermann’s Southeast campus, according to Cynthia Ejimadu, Beck’s sister. Beck likely died on Friday, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced staff at the SHAPE Community Center to cancel some events and meetings, but the center, which aims to help and educate the African American community, is still providing valuable resources. “People need help with their stimulus. They need help with their unemployment,” explained executive director Deloyd Parker. “We have a computer …

Police are investigating after a 32-year-old man was found fatally shot on a sidewalk in east Oak Cliff early Tuesday. Officers found Anthony Williams while responding to a call of random gunfire just before 2 a.m. in the 1300 block of Strickland Street, near South Denley Drive and Morrell Avenue. Williams, who was found near the middle of the block, …

Authorities have arrested a suspect in a hit-and-run that left a 17-year-old boy dead last week. Arlington police said Monday evening that Keshawn Sims, 22, had turned himself in to authorities in Hopkins County in connection with the death of Knoah Harlan. Police said earlier in the day that they had obtained a murder warrant for Sims. He also faces …