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At least five top city of Dallas officials knew that a raft of police evidence had been lost in a data transfer months before the mayor, district attorney and other elected officials were told, the city confirmed Thursday. Assistant City Manager Jon Fortune said in a prepared statement Thursday that he, City Manager T.C. Broadnax, Police Chief Eddie García and …

A 16-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were seriously injured in a car crash Saturday afternoon in Waxahachie, officials said. The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Shoreside Trail, not far from State Highway 77, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. The girl was driving a 2007 Honda Accord and didn’t turn before a curve, leading the car …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Officers from the METRO Police Department were responding to a scene where a man was reportedly hit by a METRORail train near downtown Houston. The incident happened on the Red Line on Main Street near McGowen Sunday night. According to METRO officials, the operator of the train saw the pedestrian on the tracks and attempted to …

A 27-year-old man died after being shot over the weekend in Oak Lawn, officials said. Dallas police were called about 2:40 a.m. Saturday to the 3700 block of Lemmon Avenue, near Oak Lawn Avenue, where officers found Kevin Li wounded inside a vehicle. Li, who had been shot in the head, was taken to a hospital. The Dallas County medical …

A Dallas firefighter was arrested Friday on suspicion of lying about his and his family’s COVID-19 diagnoses to get thousands of dollars in paid time off, according to court documents. William Jordan Carter, 38, was booked into the Dallas County jail on a charge of felony theft. His bail was set at $1,500, and he was no longer in custody …

Plano firefighters battled a house fire near Custer and Parker roads Friday evening, officials said. The fire was at a house on the1600 block of Cherbough Drive and began about 6 p.m., Plano Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Peggy Harrell said. The lone resident in the home was able to get out and was taken to the hospital for light smoke inhalation, she …

A rescue dive team recovered the body of a 63-year-old man in Grapevine Lake Sunday afternoon, more than a day after the man went missing, reported KXAS-TV (NBC5). The man had jumped off a pontoon boat about 12:30 p.m. Saturday to help someone who was swimming without a life jacket, according to NBC5. The man did not resurface, Flower Mound Fire …

The Grand Prairie Fire Department on Saturday said it had recovered the body of a 55-year-old man from Joe Pool Lake. A dive team for the city found the body around 8:15 a.m. Saturday, officials said. The Dallas County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released the man’s name. The Fire Department said it was notified about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday of a …

A woman, a teenage boy and one other person were found shot to death early Tuesday at a west Fort Worth apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said. Fort Worth police were dispatched about 12:15 a.m. to The Life at Westland Estates apartments in the 2900 block of Jonah Drive, not far from South Loop 820, where they found three …

Authorities say a man fatally shot two West Texas sheriff’s deputies and wounded a city employee Monday night during an altercation that began with a complaint about some dogs. Jeffrey Vincent Nicholas, 28, was arrested on two counts of capital murder of a peace officer. It was unclear whether he had an attorney. A spokesman for the Texas Department of …