Lancaster News

Five North Texas towns have lost a big piece of their community, all in one day.

A San Antonio man accused of killing his wife and one of her co-workers is being held on capital murder charges in Dallas County.

Originally published July 1, 2009 at 3:40 p.m., updated July 1, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. LANCASTER, Texas a ' A standoff between Dallas County authorities and a man suspected in a San Antonio double murder has ended.

Today Newspapers, a family of community newspapers serving the southern Dallas suburbs, is succumbing to the pressures of the economic downturn and will print its last editions today.

Alonzo Mendoza, 31, was arrested last night for the murder of his girlfriend and another man at the Dollar General store on Perrin-Beitel Road following a five hour standoff at a gas station on I-35 south of Dallas, 1200 WOAI news reports.

Authorities were in a standoff Wednesday afternoon with a suspected murderer at a Lancaster gas station.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 3:34 pm US/Central LANCASTER A standoff between a murder suspect and Dallas County Constables shut down a Lancaster gas station Wednesday afternoon.

Dallas County commissioners are scheduled tomorrow morning to vote on whether to rejoin a regional planning effort for development in the southern inland port that despite its enormous potential still lacks needed roads as well as water and sewer service.

If it appears the early portion of the summer for four-star cornerback Tyler Stephenson of Lancaster, Texas has been a blur, well that's because it has.

The Trans-Texas Corridor is not dead, and neither is Loop 9, the 12-lane toll road sister-project that is slated to cut through parts of Glenn Heights, Oak Leaf, Cedar Hill, Lancaster, Red Oak and DeSoto.

The Cities of DeSoto and Lancaster invite you to join us at Grimes Park beginning at 5 p.m on July 4th for live music featuring the Buster Brown Band and Stop Six, local artists - Jeff Aycock and Malcom Hampton, kid's activities, food and fun.

This 6' 160 cornerback prospect from Lancaster, TX is looking for a school where he can compete at the highest level in both football and track.

Volunteers from around the state gathered Thursday at The Salvation Army building to help those who help others in the community.

The Lancaster Airport at the southern edge of the Dallas area is revving up to become the next North Texas cargo and business destination.

June 17, 2009 Tomas Cordero aka Tomas Alcoser was arrested by officers of the U.S. Marshals Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team today.

The decomposed body of a woman was found today in South Oak Cliff, according to the Dallas County medical examiner's office.

June 2, 1989, was a perfect day to be young. It was the day before high school graduation, a day of cliches and naivete, of blithe entitlement, of old friends and new beginnings.

The dynamic Dallas-area grocery market is about to get more interesting, especially in the city's southern half where fewer chains have ventured.

City, North Central Texas Council of Government and Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials met recently to kickoff the University of North Texas Dallas Area Transportation Study that will help facilitate the development of the region surrounding the schoola s 264-acre campus.

May 21, 2009 2:48 pm US/Central Selena Hernandez NORTH TEXAS Countdown graphic to June 12, 2009, the date when television stations nationwide must switch from the old method of transmitting TV signals known as analog to digital television .