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Dallas News
January 28, 2018
Johnny Manziel never saw the inside of a Dallas County jail cell — the former NFL quarterback was freed minutes after turning himself in on a domestic ... Four nonprofits filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the Dallas County jail's cash bail system unfairly harms poor people and violates the Texas andÃÂ ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
January 27, 2018
Denton County health officials reported two flu-releated deaths Friday morning. The North Texas death toll from the flu this season now stands at 81 with 21 deaths in Tarrant County, six in Collin County and five in Denton County. In addition to Dallas County, there have been eight reported deaths in TarrantÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 26, 2018
School administrators on Thursday made the decision to close after counsel from the Diocese and Dallas County Health and Human Services, according to a letter from the school's president and principals. Other schools in North Texas and the state have closed their campuses or altered schedulesÃÂ ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
January 26, 2018
Dallas City Councilman Dwaine Caraway Received Thousands From Man in Dallas County Schools Corruption Investigation ... For more than a century, the beleaguered DCS provided buses to North Texas schools until voters – aware that the agency had squandered millions of taxpayer dollars in itsÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 26, 2018
Johnson wrote to the judge Wednesday, saying she "cannot join the proceeding," because an elections administrator is not subject to the statute that Koch cited in his lawsuit. Johnson said the Dallas County Elections Commission and the Dallas County Commissioners Court have the authority to suspendÃÂ ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
January 25, 2018
The quake was recorded at 8:28 a.m. with the epicenter located near Sandy Lane off Loop 12, north of State Highway 114. No damage reports have been received. The Irving-area recorded an unusual cluster of quakes from October 2014 until December 2015. Most of the quakes in that cluster rangedÃÂ ...
CBS DFW
January 13, 2018
“There's a high number of emergency room visits that are not for emergencies,” said Dr. John Carlo, president of the Dallas County Medical Society. “It's a huge drain of resources, absolutely.” Dr. Carlo says there are a few reasons why Medicaid patients choose the ER over a primary care physician orÃÂ ...
D Magazine
January 13, 2018
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spun his wheelchair around and reached up to shake hands with State Sen. Don Huffines, whose district includes part of Dallas County. “Welcome back to Dallas,” Huffines said to the governor. “Are we in your district now?” Abbott asked. “Yes, sir—the heart of it,” Huffines replied,ÃÂ ...
CBS DFW
January 13, 2018
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas County grand jury has indicted the adoptive parents of Sherin Mathews for her death. On Friday, Wesley Mathews was indicted by the grand jury for capital murder, also injury to a child and child endangerment. His wife, Sini Matthews, was indicted for endangeringÃÂ ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
January 12, 2018
Dallas County health officials say Thursday that three more people have died from the flu, raising the toll for this flu season to 26 deaths in Dallas County. Dallas County Health and Human Services said that one of the most recent deaths involved an 87-year-old resident of Irving, the second was aÃÂ ...
CBS DFW
January 11, 2018
DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – Five more people in North Texas have died due to the flu according to health officials. According to Dallas County Health officials, those five people all lived in Dallas County. Tarrant County has also reported three deaths due to the flu, making it almost 30 people who have diedÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 11, 2018
Tarrant County Public Health reported three adult flu deaths late Tuesday, and five more deaths were reported in Dallas County on Wednesday, bringing the county's total to 23. All the deaths in Tarrant County involved people 55 and older with previous medical conditions. Their names and ages were notÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 10, 2018
Seven more people in Dallas County have died from the flu, and North Texas may not have seen the worst of the deadly season yet, health officials said Tuesday. Dallas County Health and Human Services officials said it is too early to know if local cases have peaked or if they're still on the rise. Flu casesÃÂ ...
Dallas News
January 4, 2018
Three more flu-related deaths were announced Thursday, bringing the total to nine for the season in Dallas County. The seventh patient was a 37-year-old, the eighth a 69-year-old and the ninth a 78-year-old. All three were Dallas residents with underlying health conditions and died after complicationsÃÂ ...
Dallas News
December 28, 2017
Both died after complications from the seasonal flu, Dallas County Health and Human Services said Thursday. Additional details, including the dates of ... This flu season is on track to be one of the worst in years nationwide, and flu cases are on the rise across Texas. The state led the nation in a ranking ofÃÂ ...
HuffPost
December 31, 1999
Civil rights groups have filed a suit against Dallas County, Texas, over allegations that officials are running an unconstitutional judicial system that forces defendants, including a transgender woman who has struggled with homelessness and unemployment, to spend days or weeks behind bars before trialÃÂ ...
ACLU (blog)
December 31, 1999
Shannon Daves is a 47-year-old transgender woman who has been homeless in Dallas County, Texas, since last August. On January 17, she was arrested for an alleged misdemeanor and taken to the county jail. Hours later, she was brought before a judge who told her she could go home — but only ifÃÂ ...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price also pointed to the county's efforts to reform its bail system, touting a decrease in the county jail population. As of December, there were about 5,000 inmates in the jail, which has a capacity for about 8,700, according to the Texas Commission on Jail StandardsÃÂ ...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
"Though we are taking this case seriously, the Republican Party's lawsuit is not supported by Texas law. We will fight to ensure that all Democratic voters in Dallas County can participate in a fair Primary election." Donovan and other Democrats portrayed the lawsuit as Republicans resorting to the courtÃÂ ...
Texas Tribune
December 31, 1999
“Together, we need to build something new — a new Texas," former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez told a crowd of supporters in Dallas, where she ... DALLAS — Lupe Valdez, the former Dallas County Sheriff, formally launched her Democratic bid for governor on Sunday, touting a campaign aimed atÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
November 28, 2017
A Central Texas man has been sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison — on top of two life terms — after being convicted of sexually ...
Dallas News (blog)
November 28, 2017
Unless it can get $90 million more in federal funding, though, Texas will end ... Dallas County alone has more than 50,000 children and 5,800Â ...
Dallas News
November 28, 2017
After more than two decades of serving her southern Dallas County district, Helen Giddings is retiring from the Texas House. The Democrat ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
November 28, 2017
4 Hog Hunters Lost in Dallas County Rescued After Search ... A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter also helped communicate the ...
KERA News
November 27, 2017
Top Stories: 'Cite And Release' Begins Friday In Dallas County ... The former special education director with the Texas Education Agency is still ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
November 27, 2017
Attorneys and activists gathered outside Dallas County District Attorney ... The Texas State Trooper who posed for a photograph with rapper ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
November 25, 2017
Late Thursday night, the Texas Department of Public Safety identified the fallen State Trooper as 41-year-old Damon Allen, a married father of ...
WLS-TV
November 14, 2017
A Texas prosecutor was fired after going on an expletive-laden rant against her Uber driver. The driver called 911 and recorded Dallas County ...
Texas Tribune
November 6, 2017
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez told the Tribune Monday she is "in the ... the Dallas County Democratic watch party in Dallas, Texas, on Nov.
Odessa American
October 15, 2017
It's clear Texas needs to do more to shore up the gaping holes in the deed ... Dallas County Clerk John Warren laments that his office can't do ...
EverythingLubbock.com
October 14, 2017
LUBBOCK, TX - A man wanted for murder in Lubbock was arrested this ... It said in part, “Ware was arrested in Richardson, Texas on Tuesday, ...
Dallas News (blog)
October 14, 2017
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, top center, was excused from having a towel draped around him when his mug was shot at the Collin ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
October 9, 2017
The Eastern New Mexico News reports (https://goo.gl/HjCPGq) a grand jury in Dallas County returned a no-bill vote last month against Paul ...
Dallas News
October 9, 2017
The Dallas County Republican Party says President Donald Trump will ... at AT&T Stadium as part of a University of North Texas lecture series.
Dallas News
October 9, 2017
Dallas County sheriff's deputies responded about 11:30 p.m. to the Pecan Lake mobile home park in the 2800 block of S. Belt Line Road.
Dallas News
October 6, 2017
Charter growth has been booming across Texas since the Legislature first .... Torkelson said IDEA has no plans yet to reach into Dallas County.
D Magazine
October 2, 2017
Join me, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, Dallas' new police chief ... Sheriff Lupe Valdez was elected Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, on ...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
September 26, 2017
The SPCA of Texas is offering free veterinarian services this week for certain zip codes around Dallas County. Services offered included free ...
CBS DFW
September 25, 2017
COM) – It's a massive problem in North Texas and it's driving by you ... It's called the Dallas County Clean Air Task Force — a misleading name ...
WFAA
September 20, 2017
... of a Russian hack attempt was confirmed to the entire North Texas ... But WFAA has obtained internal Dallas County emails indicating the ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 18, 2017
Dallas County sheriff's deputies found the victim about 5 a.m. in the ... He remained in the Dallas County Jail Monday with bail set at $75,500.
Dallas News (blog)
December 31, 1999
After an exhaustive, frustrating search for someone of substance to top the ticket in the 2018 general election, Democratic operatives have ...
FOX 4 News
December 31, 1999
It happened in the southeastern part of Dallas County at the Pecan Lake Mobile Home Park on south Belt Line Road, near CF Hawn Freeway.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
December 31, 1999
Now NBC 5 Investigates has discovered it's not just Dallas County Schools ... for the daily transportation of 75,000 North Texas students.NBC 5Â ...
Dallas News
September 26, 2017
One person has died after a crash a involving an aircraft Monday evening in Cleburne, law enforcement officials said. The pilot was the onlyÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
September 26, 2017
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals late Monday temporarily blocked a lower court's ruling that voided the prosecutors last paycheck, whichÃÂ ...
Dallas News
September 26, 2017
Princeton police, the Collin County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Rangers continue to investigate. Anyone with information about the case isÃÂ ...
Houston Chronicle
September 26, 2017
The website, http://www.sos.state.tx.us, is devoid of voter information, ... after North Texas media outlets reported in June that the Dallas CountyÃÂ ...
Dallas News
September 26, 2017
A 24-year-old man suspected in the slaying of a 28-year-old woman in Georgia was arrested Monday in Dallas County. Brian Marsh Semrinec.
CBS DFW
September 26, 2017
It's called the Dallas County Clean Air Task Force — a misleading name ... After Texas stopped requiring two stickers, investigators say paperÃÂ ...
