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According to the complaint, since December 2008, more than 500 hoax letters were mailed from the North Texas area to cities across the U.S. and to U.S. Embassies abroad.

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In its 75th year, Texas' iconic small-town drive-in chain is back, promoting itself as "better than you remember."

A man charged with sending hundreds of hoax letters containing a mysterious white powder was arrested in Texas by U.S. law enforcement on Monday.

Ask just about anyone in Everman, and they can tell you exactly where the birds are.

The former Lamar Elementary in Grand Prairie is one of three sites that may be selected to house immigrant children when they come to North Texas.

The men went in to the store in the 3500 block of South Carrier Parkway, near the President George Bush Turnpike and Interstate 20, at 10:05 p.m. They tried to purchase beer without valid identification.

In further evidence that Americans are dialing up the fun factor this summer, Six Flags Entertainment Corp. says its second-quarter revenue grew 4% to a record $377 million.

The Focus on Excellence Awards for best financial institution and best mortgage company was claimed for 2014 by Texas Trust Credit Union.

Groups on both sides of the immigration issue took their messages to the streets on Saturday, as plans move forward to locally house children who have been caught unaccompanied at the Mexican border.

"She was 19, she was mentally challenged, she was going to work and these two guys kidnapped her and brought her out here and murdered her," she said.

Rebekka Ramirez watched her three children play in a Grand Prairie park and thought of the tens of thousands of children fleeing their homes in Central America and taking the dangerous journey to the U.S. "I wouldn't want to see my kids like that," said Ramirez But just down the street from the playground, is one of three potential Dallas County ... (more)

Living across the street from Lamar School for the last 30 years, Diana Gorski wonders how her view will change in the next couple of weeks.

At Grand Prairie Independent School District's board meeting Thursday, the board heard public comment on the proposal to house unaccompanied migrant children in its vacant Lamar Alternative School.

A woman used a cellphone tracking device to lead police to a purse snatching suspect and Wednesday a Tarrant County jury sentenced him to 40 years in prison.

Grand Prairie residents will soon learn more about Dallas County's plan to house undocumented children in one of the city's schools.

After lengthy negotiations, Parkland Memorial Hospital leaders approved a 25-year rental agreement Wednesday that allows private construction of a community clinic in South Dallas.

After a hellish year of surgeries, two formerly conjoined twins from Texas celebrated their first birthday this week - with a cake fit for kings.

With Central American kids streaming across Texas' border and nothing but partisan posturing on the horizon, Dallas County, under the leadership of County Judge Clay Jenkins and in partnership with the feds, is preparing to shelter thousands of unaccompanied minors from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, starting as soon as this summer.

Lamar Alternative Education Center will soon house unaccompanied Central American kids, provided the district and city first work out logistics with neighborhood residents.