The City Council on Wednesday approved more money for an estimated $100 million expansion of downtown Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park that will add a large pavilion, more green space and other features to the area. Construction of the new deck park west of St. Paul Street over Woodall Rodgers Freeway and other improvements are slated to start in December and be completed …

Attorney General Ken Paxton finds in a ruling that the Public Information Act would not apply to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, meaning documents, text messages, e-mails, and recorded phone calls about February’s deadly storm will not be released. Following an onslaught of records requests related to the winter storm and the ensuing power grid crisis, ERCOT attempted to …

Chicken Pullita is bringing its wood-fired rotisserie birds to Irving. The North Texas fast-casual chain opened a new spot this month on Airport Freeway in a former Taco Bueno, which closed in December 2018. Chicken Pullita serves half and whole chickens, paired with charro beans, salsa, grilled onions and tortillas. The chickens are cooked on rotisseries over natural pecan wood. Jose …

Dallas County reported two more COVID-19 deaths and 139 new coronavirus cases Wednesday. The latest victims were a Dallas man in his 60s and a Duncanville man in his 50s. Both had underlying high-risk health conditions.The county reported four cases of “variants of concern,” all in people who were not vaccinated. There have been 148 variant cases in Dallas County as of …

On her graduation day from Arlington’s Martin High School, Allie Shaffer texted her brother to tell her she wished he could be there. Triston Shaffer, a U.S. Marine, is stationed in California and was unable to make it. Or so she thought. After walking across the graduation stage at AT&T Stadium and posing for a picture, she heard a familiar …

One person was fatally shot Wednesday evening outside of Hurricane Harbor water park in Arlington, police said. The shooting happened about 7 p.m., closing time at the park, which is near Interstate 30 and East Lamar Boulevard. An Arlington officer who was working off-duty at the park was investigating the sound of vehicle horns in the parking lot just outside …

Three Dallas men who pleaded guilty in 2019 to kidnapping, attacking and robbing gay men by luring them through the Grindr social networking app were sentenced to prison Wednesday. They were among four charged in connection with the scheme, which occurred in 2017 and resulted in attacks on at least nine men ranging from 19 to 57 years old, according …

A Collin County grand jury decided this week that eight jailers didn’t commit a crime related to the in-custody death of Marvin Scott III. But the panel took an unusual step, urging that a group be formed to use lessons from Scott’s death to examine how to prevent similar tragedies. “We recommend that this work group consist of a diverse …

A grand jury declined to indict two officers Wednesday on charges related to the death of Diamond Ross, a 34-year-old woman who died of an overdose while in Dallas police custody in 2018. Ross’ family and attorney had called for disciplinary action for the two officers involved in the case, Sgt. Larry Moody and William Ortega, who has since resigned …

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