Edith Jones O’Donnell, who played a pivotal role in advancing educational and arts endeavors in her adopted city — so much so that one executive describes her as belonging on “a Mount Rushmore” of Dallas philanthropists — died at her home Saturday night. She was 94. “Edith lived a purpose-driven life,” said Peter O’Donnell Jr., 96, whom she married in …

A 57-year-old man was found fatally shot Saturday night in the driver’s seat of a car in east Oak Cliff, Dallas police say. Officers were called about 9:10 p.m. to South Beckley Avenue and West Clarendon Drive, near Interstate 35E, where they found Kenneth Jerome Hamilton wounded. He died at a hospital. No one has been arrested in connection with …

The victim of a fatal shooting was found Saturday night in Stemmons Corridor, Dallas police say. Officers were called about 8:30 p.m. to the northbound service road of Interstate 35E near Empire Central Drive, where the victim, who had been shot repeatedly, was found. Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene. The Dallas County medical examiner’s office identified him …

Firefighters in Lewisville are crediting a special member of the Grand Prairie Fire Department for helping solve a series of car arsons that stretch back to July 2019. Molly, a K9 officer assigned to the department by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, played a key role in this week’s arrest of a 63-year-old man now charged with five …

Relatives of Atatiana Jefferson are suing the city of Fort Worth and a former police officer over the 28-year-old woman’s fatal shooting by the officer in her home last year. Atatiana Jefferson(File / AP) The wrongful-death lawsuit was filed in a federal district court last week and seeks unspecified damages. It lists Jefferson’s biological father, Jerome Eschor, her aunt Venitta …

Dallas saw its deadliest weekend of 2020 with seven gun deaths in 24 hours — an alarming trend that police said also seemed to mark a shift in what they had been seeing earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. Police officials in a virtual news conference on Monday said the surging violence demanded an “all-hands-on-deck approach.” Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé …

For most of 2008, Shawana Carter, her husband and three of her four children lived together in a motel. When it was time to start school, they didn’t have enough money to buy uniforms, and the school assistance program couldn’t help because Carter’s eighth grader was already wearing adult sizes. Today, Carter is the founder and executive director of Carter’s …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …

Dallas police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing teenager. Sara Herrera, 14, was last seen on foot about 4 p.m. Monday in the 4800 block of Elsie Faye Heggins Street, near Spring Avenue in South Dallas. Sara is described as a Hispanic girl who is 4-8 and about 105 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She …

Vance is an Alaskan Husky mix. Ruben is an Australian Shepherd. And Lola is a terrier-pit bull. All three are among the animals that will be free to adopt Saturday at the Irving Animal Care Campus. Irving Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for animals one and older for the day as part of a Thanksgiving-themed event that aims to pair potential pet …