Erin England’s Dallas garage serves double duty as a place to park a car and start a small business. “I started Diaper Concierge out of necessity and desperation,” England said. She was out at a restaurant with her 6-month-old daughter when she reached into her diaper bag and realized it was empty. “I remember looking over seeing the tampon dispenser … and …

Two heat advisories issued by the National Weather Service are expected to be extended throughout the week. The NWS issued an advisory for dozens of counties in North Texas and Central Texas due to dangerously hot temperatures and high humidity. Counties from Cooke, Denton, Tarrant and Johnson to the east are under a Heat Advisory until Tuesday at 7 p.m. …

A Waco man suspected of gunning down two store clerks in two separate robberies in North Texas last week has been arrested and booked, police say. Davonta Mathis, 21, is charged with capital murder, murder, and evading arrest in the shooting deaths of 60-year-old Muhammad Hussain of Carrollton and 32-year-old Gopi Krishna Dasari. The first deadly robbery happened on Thursday, …

A Dallas committee recommends selling a downtown property once used as a homeless shelter. The Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee voted to recommend to the City Council selling the property at 711 S. Saint Paul Street. The city of Dallas purchased the property in 2020 with the intention of allowing a shelter provider to operate there. Family Gateway vacated the shelter in …

Ahead of the November election, the Biden Administration announced executive actions to “keep families together,” specifically U.S. citizens married to undocumented migrants vying for legal status. According to the White House, an estimated 500,000 spouses stand to benefit. The Ayala-Granados family of Rockwall is among those who may qualify. Attorneys with The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration describe the …

A 21-year-old woman remains in the hospital after she fell out of her mother’s truck and was hit by oncoming traffic in North Texas on Sunday morning. According to a news release from the Mansfield Police Department, at about 1:14 a.m., they received a call from the victim’s mother in the 800 block of Farm-to-Market Road 917. “When she fell …

The rising cost of childcare is forcing many working parents to make tough choices. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states that childcare is considered affordable when it costs families no more than 7% of their household income. However, a national database shows they take up an average of 8% to 19% of a family’s annual income. NBC …

The community is invited to participate in a panel discussion in Fort Worth on Tuesday, June 25, to discuss public safety concerns. The Fort Worth Tarrant County NAACP and the Fort Worth Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity are hosting the event. Organizers said it will be a safe space to discuss community safety issues and work toward solutions. …

What would you do if your boss texted you to ask you to buy gift cards for a client? The message could be part of a scam dubbed the “boss scam” or the “CEO scam” that begins with a text message sent to your phone. Two NBC 5 employees received text messages on their personal phones from someone posing as …

The “summer slide” is in full swing. Also known as “brain drain,” learning loss is something families fight every summer as kids lose academic progress when they’re not in school. For parents, it’s a juggling act to help kids retain what they’ve learned in school without losing out on the fun and freedom of summer. For some students like Rubi …