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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Dallas, Texas – A wetter and increasingly mild weather pattern is expected to develop across Texas between Saturday, Feb. 8, and Wednesday, Feb. 12, increasing the potential for rain and occasional snow in...

If you did not know what Tortilleria La Sabrocita was, you would probably drive right past it. Tucked into a strip mall on Bruton Road in southeast Dallas, it keeps a low profile, but the packed parking lot tells the real story. I came because locals would not stop talking...

Each month brings a new wave of restaurants debuting with bells, whistles, and enough glamour to command the city’s attention. At the same time, Dallas loses some of its most thoughtful kitchens—places built on technique, precision, creativity, and care. Most recently, Michelin-recognized Rye announced its closure....

Carrollton’s food scene reflects the city’s diversity and rapid growth. Beyond long‑standing Tex‑Mex and barbecue favorites, you’ll now find inventive pubs, serious coffee shops, and some of the best Korean and pan‑Asian food in the Dallas suburbs. These five restaurants highlight the newer side of Carrollton dining.

DALLAS, Texas — In a place long filled with light and song, the silence now is loud. Church leaders walked the aisles of St. Paul Lutheran Church this week, days after a fire ripped through the building in South Oak Cliff. “It’s heartbreaking, isn’t it?” said Paul Jones, the...

Adiah Roberson, 19, pleaded no contest in the 2024 killing of Daniel Shrewsbury at a San Antonio Sonic Drive-In

Nearly 70 years after he was executed for a crime he did not commit, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black teenager sent to death row by an all-white jury in Jim Crow–era Dallas, has been formally exonerated. On Jan. 21, 2026, Dallas County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution clearing Walker’s...

HUTCHINS, Texas — Hutchins Mayor Mario Vasquez says the city has not received any official confirmation, paperwork, or contact from the federal government regarding reports that a large warehouse in the community could be converted into an ICE detention facility. These comments came up during a Monday evening city...

DALLAS, Texas — The parents of a 12-year-old girl who drowned during a scuba certification training dive in North Texas have filed a sweeping wrongful death lawsuit against multiple dive shops, instructors, and two of the world’s largest scuba certification organizations. Heather and Mitchell Harrison filed the...

In West Dallas, a small cohort of working-age adults is about to get a shot at hospital and clinic careers, no tuition required. Goodwill Industries of Dallas and Workforce Dallas are teaming up on a 20-week Certified Clinical Medical Assistant training program that aims to move adults into full-time roles across...