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DALLAS (AP) — Law enforcement will beef up its presence in a Dallas entertainment district where several deadly shootings occurred over the weekend, federal authorities announced Monday as they joined elected officials nationwide in decrying gun violence in popular public places. Across the country, numerous mass shootings on Halloween left at least eight people dead and dozens more injured. In Dallas, three shootings in Deep Ellum, a neighborhood of music and restaurants, left four people dead

Chefs For Farmers started in 2010 as one farm dinner for about a hundred people. This week it takes over Dallas for the 16th time, and the idea hasn’t changed much. Iris Midler founded it, and every chef still gets a stipend from the festival to buy from local farms, then cooks something worth the trip.

Popular restauranteur Fernando Barrera, founder and owner of Latin Deli and Josefina’s Cocina, died last month. He was 51. Barrera was born in La Moncada, Guanajuato, and raised in Toluca, Mexico by a devoted single mom. He named his restaurant in Richardson to honor her. “She raised her children...

Former UFC fighter Kevin Lee is planting his roots in Dallas.

At Dallas Dog Rescue.Rehab.Reform, 14-year-old Addison arrived at the rescue organization this past weekend after she had been surrendered by her family because she had not eaten in two days. One can only imagine how Addison has been feeling after losing everything and everyone that had been familiar in her...

Two victims have been identified after three separate shootings killed four people and injured 15 others in Deep Ellum early Sunday. The violence took place across three scenes on Elm Street, Main Street, and South Crowdus Street over roughly 75 minutes. Police have questioned several individuals, but motives remain unknown...

Members of the former Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas who voted to leave the United Methodist Church gathered Sunday for their first worship service since the vote.

The rapper, whose legal name is Markies Conway, is accused of ordering the killing of rival artist MO3.

E. R.L. Thornton Freeway & Bank St. — Approximate Pursuit End And Crash Site. A routine traffic stop in Seagoville turned into a 45-minute, high-speed ordeal that tore through three Dallas neighborhoods before ending with a driver cornered in a backyard shed. Seagoville police said the Ford Mustang topped 100 mph westbound on U.S. Highway 175 after its driver fled the stop, eventually limping along on three tires and a heavily worn wheel before crashing through a fence.

Texas leads ICE’s expanding 287(g) program, with hundreds of local police agencies signing on, more officers gaining federal immigration powers and new funding fueling growth.