Dallas has Banned Vaping with a New City Ordinance
Vaping has become a popular substitute for smoking cigarettes. It's also become just as bothersome as smoking a cigarette.
AI Trash Trucks Spill the Dirt on City Code Violations
Dallas is giving its sanitation trucks a tech upgrade — with a pair of digital eyes. The City Council has approved $850,000 to install AI-powered cameras on 50 brush and bulk trash trucks by 2026. The goal, explained code compliance director Chris Christian at a City Council budget briefing, is to spot code...
Wells Fargo denies claim after 83-year-old Dallas woman’s check is altered
DALLAS — Billie Young wrote a check to pay off her car loan. “$14,952.52. Never will forget it,” Young said, taking a deep breath. The check was cashed — but not by the finance company. The 83-year-old Dallas resident said her bank later notified her that she...
Police standoff in Downtown Dallas ends with suspect dead, no officers hurt
The suspect died from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
‘An accident waiting to happen’ | Renter of unit where Dallas apartment fire began...
DALLAS — Firefighters instructed an apartment tenant to put out his balcony fire pit less than two weeks before a fire that began on the same balcony destroyed a 30-unit apartment building, Dallas Fire-Rescue officials confirmed to WFAA. Everyone survived the fire at the Garrison Apartments in Lake Highlands...
Grand Prairie couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
A man and a woman were killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Grand Prairie. Their adult son was also injured by the gunfire. And an officer who responded to the scene was hit by a ricochet bullet during a shootout with the suspect.
Domestic violence incidents permeate North Texas Christmas holiday
Four crime scenes frame a familiar foe in North Texas for police and those who want it to end.
Family of man detained by ICE is demanding his release after son suffers two...
ARLINGTON, Texas — The family of a Jordanian man arrested by ICE last October is demanding his release following two allegedly near-fatal health scares suffered by his son, for whom he serves as the primary caregiver. Maher Tarabishi was arrested by ICE on Oct. 28 during a routine check-in...
South Dallas resident launches campaign pushing for more H-E-B locations
A resident in South Dallas is pushing for an H-E-B store to open in his neighborhood after the chain announced it was opening in North Dallas.
A Texas Scratch-Off Just Turned an Arlington Resident Into a Millionaire
A new Texas millionaire emerges as an Arlington resident wins $1 million on an Extreme Multiplier scratch-off ticket. See the details here.
