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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned a man’s conviction after false claims were made by a former HPD officer who is facing murder and organized crime charges in a yearslong scheme involving fake drug buys. After serving nearly six years of a 25-year sentence for possessing a controlled substance, Frederick Jeffrey walked out a free …

A Dallas County court approved a new temporary restraining order against the owners of Hillcrest Apartments on Friday afternoon after the city of Mesquite demanded the complex remedy the widespread heat outages that have plagued residents for years. The judge’s ruling expands the conditions of a previous temporary restraining order, which the city filed late last month after inspectors documented …