Black Academy of Arts and Letters move to Fair Park initiates renovation project
Plans are moving forward to overhaul Dallas' Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. The Black Academy of Arts and Letters is included in the multibillion-dollar project and will temporarily relocate while improvements are made. At the corner of Canton and South Akard, major changes are on the horizon. Curtis King,...
In Vickery Meadow, Community Success Isn’t Measured in Square Footage
Most neighborhoods in Dallas are known for the style of home that makes up the neighborhood. Hollywood Heights, for instance, is known for its Tudor and Craftsman style homes while Junius Heights has Prairie style homes with the loveliest of porches. But what about those neighborhoods without single-family home...
Ben Click, former Dallas PD chief who championed community policing, dies at 84
Bennie R. “Ben” Click, who led the Dallas Police Department for six years and was credited with steering the agency toward a more community-focused approach to law enforcement, died Sunday afternoon in Mississippi, where he had retired. His son, James Click, said Monday that his father died peacefully...
Dallas Cop Caught in 4K in Apple Store Theft Spree
A Dallas police officer who also worked off-duty as security at three Dallas Apple Stores has turned himself in after a warrant was issued, accusing him of stealing merchandise from the three stores. CBS News Texas reports that Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Le Chau worked overnight security at Apple’s...
Man accused of trying to cash check with 86-year-old woman’s ID
RANDOLPH COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - A Texas man is being held in the Randolph County Detention Center after sheriff’s investigators said he tried to pass a forged check using an 86-year-old Georgia woman’s identity. Derek Matthew Aikens, 23, of Coppell, Texas, is being held on a $50,000 cash/surety...
Dallas family blames sheriff’s office for overdose death of 21-year-old jail inmate
Quinnetta Brinkley's grandmother said jail officials have not contacted her. A fellow inmate is charged with murder.
East Texans condemn Dallas millionaire’s plan to pump 16 billion gallons of their groundwater...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. A Dallas millionaire is seeking permission to drill into the massive Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer to explore how much water is available. His...
Dallas Community Shaken as Rafael Baez Yanez Charged with Murder in Military Parkway Homicide
Yesterday, the Dallas neighborhood around 6200 Military Parkway became a crime scene, as officers were summoned and subsequently discovered a life brought to an untimely end. The Dallas Police Department received a call around 3:30 a.m., and upon arrival, they found an unresponsive individual. Despite the rapid...
Why So Many Louisianans Are Flocking to These 4 Texas Cities
(KNGT-FM) - Louisiana is a great place to live if you've grown up in the Cajun culture, and this is what you know. There aren't a ton of people who up and leave from wherever they live to move here. According to a report, more and more people from Louisiana are hitting the road, and they’re all heading to the same...
Fentanyl deaths decline in Dallas County as prevention efforts expand
Fentanyl-related deaths in Dallas County have dropped by more than half, signaling potential progress in the ongoing opioid crisis, according to the newly released 2025 Threat Assessment by the Texoma High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA).
