Dallas Violent Crime Drops for Fifth Straight Year as Data Undercuts Safety Claims
Dallas is getting safer, and the numbers back it up. According to Dallas Police Department data, violent crime fell 12% in 2025, with reductions in murders, aggravated assaults, and robberies. That marks the fifth straight year of declining violent crime in the city, even as the department continues to operate...
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX: Arctic Air May Bring Wintry Travel Impacts
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas – Arctic air is expected to move into North and Central Texas late this week, raising concerns about wintry travel impacts. According to the National Weather Service office in Fort...
Local South Dakota Police Need Help Finding Missing Texas Woman
Molly Richards was reported missing in early December of 2025. She was last seen in the "Old West Town" of Deadwood
FBI Dallas Issues $15,000 Reward for Fugitive Who Attacked Agents
While our hardworking law enforcement with the Texas Department of Public Safety is working hard to keep Texas safe and fugitives off the streets, so are other agencies. Those agencies include the FBI. The FBI in Dallas is currently asking for help in apprehending a criminal wanted for assaulting federal...
Dallas police: 5 arrested after crowd allegedly assaults officers during crash investigation
DALLAS — Dallas police arrested five people after a crowd allegedly assaulted officers and interfered with a crash investigation overnight in Oak Cliff, according to the Dallas Police Department. Officers were called to an assist officer call around 12:05 a.m. Jan. 19 in the 500 block of North Zang...
North Texans are urged to prep now for winter weather with step-by-step home and...
North Texas residents are being urged to get ready for winter weather hazards that can quickly turn routine days into power outages, burst pipes and dangerous road conditions.
Another Major Retailer Winds Down at Plano’s The Shops at Willow Bend
North Texas shopaholics will have another legacy retail institution to mourn before too long as the Dillard’s at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano lives out its final days this month, marking one of the mall’s last chapters ahead of its inevitable redevelopment. The Shops at Willow...
Cirque du Soleil New Show, Echo, Opens in Grand Prairie
Cirque du Soleil returns to North Texas with ECHO, a story of connection, intention, and the symbiotic unions between humans and the animal kingdom. Fueled by the power of change, the hope of the youth, and the value of empathy, ECHO opens April 9 and runs through May 9 at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie.
The Wait is Almost Over: Dallas’ Massive New Deck Park Set To Open Phase...
As highlighted recently by the New York Times, Halperin Park is one of the most anticipated concepts opening in Dallas this year. Spanning I-35E between Marsalis Avenues and Ewing, Halperin Park is a landmark project to bring five acres of green space, a rooftop garden, pavilion, and more to Southern Dallas.
7-year-old loses leg after New Year’s crash flips car
A seven-year-old boy suffered a leg amputation after an alleged drunk driver struck his family’s vehicle on a Dallas highway on New Year’s Day.

















