Richardson North Junior High, Canyon Creek Elementary and Prairie Creek...
UPDATE, 2:54 p.m.: Jeff said a few minutes ago that the lockdown is over. === According to Staff Writer Jeffrey Weiss, Richardson police say the lockdown is precautionary, because of a report of a...
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BREAKING NEWS: 3 Frisco schools locked down after fatal shooting
UPDATE 1:24 p.m.: More from Jessica: Roberto Chavez stared in disbelief at the line of caution tape. “I thought it was a fire when I heard the sirens,” said Chavez, a 14-year resident of the Preston...
View ArticleReports of heightened gang enforcement at NorthPark Center are a false rumor,...
You may have seen the e-mails, forwarded over and over, like links to one of those videos of a cat jumping rope or A-Rod being fed popcorn by Cameron Diaz: – There’s “a different crowd” hanging around...
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“This type of behavior is not acceptable. It won’t be tolerated, and it will be met with both termination and criminal charges if appropriate.” – Dallas Police Chief David Brown, on the firing of...
View ArticleDallas police spokeswoman gets reprimand over Allen road-rage complaint
Senior Cpl. Janice Crowther, one of the Dallas Police Department’s official spokespersons (spokespeople?) has received a written reprimand stemming from a claim that she waved a gun at another...
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SMU’s Ford Stadium vandalized by someone who spray-painted ‘TCU’
The SMU Daily Mustang, an online news site produced by students in the Division of Journalism at Southern Methodist University, reports that the school’s football stadium was vandalized over the …...
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SMU hopes to get stadium graffiti cleaned up today
From Staff Writer Tom Benning: Some mischievous fans of Texas Christian University may got away with an act of vandalism on the Southern Methodist University campus. But they’d better not attempt an...
View ArticleDallas police chief regrets public intoxication arrest of stroke victim
In a statement released today by Chief David Brown, the Dallas Police Department said it would seek dismissal of a public intoxication charge against an Oak Cliff woman whose stroke years ago left her...
View ArticleDallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway sues to block release of police records on call...
Staff Writer Steve Thompson has the details, including a copy of the lawsuit, over on our Dallas City Hall blog. Will we see amicus curiae briefs from Arthur and … [visit site to read more]
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“The neighbors said, ‘I’m not paying $1 million to live in this neighborhood … to have the police twiddle their thumbs…’ ” Unidentified University Park homeowner, on what some perceived to be the...
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“I got a city to run.” – Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway, refusing to comment on why he’s sued that … [visit site to read more]
View ArticleThis should be at least as interesting as most of the tweets from SXSW were
On Friday, the Denton Police Department will send out a tweet on every call it receives for eight hours, beginning at 8 a.m. The goal, the department says, is to give the public a feel for the variety...
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BREAKING NEWS: Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway loses bid to extend restraining...
UPDATE 3:58 p.m.: Dwaine Caraway has just taken the stand. === This just in from Staff Writer Steve Thompson: Dallas County District Judge Teresa Guerra Snelson has denied Dwaine … [visit site to read...
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“All right, let’s do this.” – Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway, accepting — finally — a judge’s ruling that the city must release records of a domestic-disturbance call to Caraway’s … [visit site to read...
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“I will not be discussing this issue further.” – Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway, after the release of the police tape and documents related to the disturbance call at his … [visit site to read more]
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Mrs. Caraway: No comment
Karen Brooks in our Austin bureau had the unenviable assignment of asking the Dallas mayor’s wife, State Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway, about the newly released police tape from a domestic-disturbance...
View ArticleRunner hit by motorist in University Park is granddaughter of Henry S. Miller
On our Park Cities blog, Staff Writer Lori Stahl reports that Jane Condon, 50, remains hospitalized after being struck Wednesday afternoon by a pickup at Hillcrest and Colgate. According to Lori,...
View ArticleDead Chihuahua found in Far East Dallas apartment, burned and tied to a chair
Over on our Crime blog, Staff Writer Elena Harding has the sad, gruesome tale of a small dog found tied to a patio chair with burns on its body at an apartment complex on St. Francis Avenue. The dog’s...
View ArticleMesquite officer stuns young students by pepper-spraying a baby squirrel
Staff Writer Erinn Connor reports: A Mesquite police officer outraged students at Kimbrough Middle School Wednesday afternoon when he doused a baby squirrel with pepper spray. According to school...
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“Mr. Sutton was an excellent police officer for 23 years. This was an unfortunate situation…” – Chris Knox, the attorney for David Sutton, a former Mesquite police officer who confessed to stealing...
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