Texas isn’t responsible for Dallas County’s mentally ill inmate backlog, courts say
The Texas Supreme Court declined to take up Dallas County’s appeal to revive a lawsuit over wait times for mentally incompetent inmates Friday, leaving a lower court’s dismissal of the case in place. Dallas County and Sheriff Marian Brown sued the Texas Health and Human Services Commission —...
Dallas fentanyl overdose leads to first murder conviction, 20-year prison sentence
Destin Scott, 31, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, marking the first fentanyl-related murder conviction in Dallas County under a 2023 Texas law. Investigators used cellphone and social media records to prove Scott sold the lethal mix of ecstasy and fentanyl that caused a woman's fatal overdose. Under the...
Austin Airport Welcomes DFW Diversions With Bonjour Post
A little North Texas chaos turned into Central Texas comic relief on Friday, when Austin-Bergstrom International Airport greeted a wave of diverted Dallas-Fort Worth flights with a breezy post: “Bonjour, DFW diversions 👋.” The timing lined up with operational disruptions at DFW that pushed some Dallas-bound planes to A
Dallas-founded On the Border to close all locations in Texas by the end of...
Dallas-founded On the Border restaurants are permanently closing company-owned locations today, June 12. Independent OTB restaurants remain open.
Houston’s Kirby Ice House to expand to Irving and Plano, permits reveal
These would be the bar's first locations outside the Houston area.
Report: Dallas-Fort Worth Ranks No. 3 in the U.S. for Tech Job Postings
Dallas-Fort Worth had the third-most tech job postings of any U.S. metro in May, trailing only New York and Washington, D.C., according to CompTIA’s latest monthly Tech Jobs Report. DFW logged 10,840 postings in May, up 273 from April, extending a run of growth for a regional tech base...
Classic Surroundings Converge with Cutting-Edge Style in This Lochwood Meadows Listing
Like so many neighborhoods surrounding White Rock Lake, Lochwood Meadows is as charismatic a community as you can imagine. With tree-lined avenues, heritage homes, and a close-knit feel, this Dallas enclave draws significant demand. Here, unique outdoor attractions meet an ensemble of cultural, dining, and shopping sta
Dallas Animal Services reaches critical capacity, city asks for community help
DALLAS - Dallas Animal Services is asking for the community to help after it surpassed critical capacity this week. The animal shelter says it has far surpassed the 80% capacity it typically expects to operate at. Dallas Animal Services said this week it has taken in animals from three separate...
Why America’s Homeownership Shrank in 2025 and What That Means for Houston, Austin, and...
For the first time since 2016, the number of homeowner households in the United States...
Dallas crash: 1 dead, 1 hospitalized after rollover on Northwest Highway
A two-vehicle crash at West Northwest Highway and Marsh Lane in Dallas just after 10 p.m. Thursday left one driver dead and another hospitalized. Investigators believe an eastbound red Ford Focus turned into the path of a westbound white van, causing a broadside collision that rolled the van onto its side.
