Rowlett installs Dallas County’s first Safe Haven Baby Box
Parents in crisis now have another option to safely and anonymously surrender a newborn baby in Dallas County. This week, the City of Rowlett dedicated the county's first Safe Haven Baby Box at Fire Station No. 1. The climate-controlled box provides a secure way for parents to surrender an infant under Texas' Baby Mose
Italianate Highland Park Mansion on Beverly Drive Abounds With Provenance
If you are looking for a luxury home in the Dallas area, one of the first names you will hear is Beverly Drive. There are a lot of lovely streets, but this one is as good as it gets, and that is by design. When John Armstrong, considered the father...
White Rock Lake, Trinity River affected by scourge of microplastic pollution
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Woman, child shot in Pleasant Grove area of Dallas; 20-year-old suspect arrested
A woman and a juvenile were taken to a local hospital in stable condition following an early Sunday morning shooting in the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas. Police arrested 20-year-old Jose Bacca Hernandez in connection with the case and charged him with failure to report a felony. Authorities have not...
Thousands of apartments going up thanks to new Texas housing laws. But resistance lingers...
DALLAS — An early proving ground for Texas to tackle the state’s housing affordability problem — and the pushback those efforts often generate — sits at an aging shopping center in North Dallas. Large stretches of storefronts at Pepper Square sit empty. Signs from a touring...
Dallas police investigating unexplained death of 60-year-old man
DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department are investigating after a 60-year-old man was found dead Sunday afternoon. According to police, officers were called at about 2:20 p.m. to the 3500 block of Wendelkin Street. Upon arrival, officers found the man, Moroco Conerly, unresponsive. After Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to t
Dallas-Fort Worth pitmasters fire up for Hill Country BBQ festival
The small Hill Country town of Brownwood is going big for its 2026 Feels Like Home Festival, a barbecue and country music event scheduled for Saturday, October 3. A first wave of 10 participating pitmasters has been revealed, including a few familiar names from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The local...
Box Truck Overturns After Collision With DART Train, Injuring Five and Disrupting Downtown Dallas...
Photo credit: AI-generated image created using CHATGPT. Illustrative only. A normal Wednesday trip through downtown Dallas turned into a rescue scene when a delivery truck and a DART light-rail train collided near the Pearl/Arts District Station. The impact knocked the box truck onto its side in the middle of Bryan Str
East Dallas Freeway Horror as Pedestrian Killed on U.S. 175 Near Buckner
A fatal crash involving a pedestrian shut down at least one lane of eastbound U.S. 175 at Buckner Boulevard on Saturday morning as traffic deputies with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office worked the scene. The agency shared photos of emergency vehicles, and investigators lined along the shoulder and warned drivers to e
Richardson Baptist Church Flips to Islamic Campus After $3.8 Million Legal Fight
A North Dallas church property that sparked a contract fight is now officially slated to become an Islamic education hub, according to its buyers. Authentic Ilm Mission says it has finished buying the longtime Richardson Baptist campus at 201 N. Plano Road and plans to convert it into a K–12 school, a dawah seminary an
