Irving TX

Ever wonder just how big a city can get without a fixed-route transit system? So has YouTuber Classy Whale, who recently visited Arlington, Texas — the largest city in the United States without a public transit system — to find out. Streetsblog USA published Classy Whale’s video account of the journey, including some...

A Dallas County jury has convicted 21-year-old Jamarion White of murder for the June 9, 2024 killing of Kevin Hernandez, sentencing him to 80 years in prison. Prosecutors said White and a juvenile co-defendant targeted Hernandez for his purple Dodge Charger, a car outfitted with a high-performance “scat pack”...

If you don’t think to yourself, “This has got to be the worst road in America,” every time you drive the stretch of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway between West Dallas and U.S. 75, we would recommend you do a sanity check. It doesn’t matter the time of...

Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins is running for a fifth term. He filed the paperwork Monday morning asking voters to allow him to continue serving. Jenkins says he’s seen a number of improvements in Dallas County in this term alone.

Southfork, A Legendary Texas Tradition, Serves As The Venue For Thousands Of Attendees. THE SCENE: What began in 1974 as a backyard Texas-style barbecue has grown into a record-breaking philanthropic tradition. This year’s legendary Cattle Baron’s Ball, the largest single-night fundraiser for the American Cancer...

Seventy years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama — an act that sparked a boycott and a movement for civil rights from the 1950s and onward. Standing next to a statue of Parks, Texas state...

When Dallas resident Bradley Williams lived in the Briarwood neighborhood, his trash bins drove him nuts. Because he didn't have a front driveway, he kept the bins jammed by the side of his house until it was time to wheel them out over rocks to the curb. He sometimes struggled to roll them out in the pouring rain —...

The search for Charles Hosch, a Dallas attorney and Southern Methodist University adjunct law professor who went missing in Georgia, has shifted into a new phase with the involvement of specialized project managers. The family is preparing for today's meeting with Union County officials to discuss further strategies...

A Saturday night shootout in southeast Dallas ended with one man both injured and arrested, according to police. Officers were called around 9:15 p.m. to the 4000 block of Urban Avenue, where a preliminary investigation found that two people exchanged gunfire across multiple nearby spots. Dallas Fire-Rescue took the...

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The city of Grapevine is making room for its dozens of holiday events by closing its Main Street to cars starting this weekend. The "Christmas Capital of Texas" will close down its Historic Main Street to cars every weekend through Christmas, the city announced. Drone shows,...