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Hauling truant students out of a classroom in handcuffs is certainly on our list of things that shouldn't happen, but that's not a reason to toss Dallas County's truancy courts.

There have been no human cases of West Nile virus in Dallas County and health officials are urging cities to begin spraying for mosquitoes that carry the disease.

Soul icon Mary J. Blige has been hit with a lawsuit over a cancelled 2012 concert.

Dallas police and FBI agents on Monday broke up multiple suspected brothels and arrested numerous people as part of an investigation that dates back at least two years, according to police documents.

Dallas Police Officer Edward Antunez, charged with one count of sexual assault, turned himself in to the Mesquite Police Department Tuesday, June 18. According to a statement from the Dallas Police Department, the arrest stems from an incident that occurred in Mesquite on March 13 involving someone he knew.

Officials said the victim was someone one the officer knew, but refused to release any further details about the case.

At first glance, the ads proclaiming last week's grand opening of the JJ Health Center might have appeared to suggest something more than a massage.

An investment group led by Dallas real estate exec Jonas Woods is trying to swing a deal to purchase downtown's 50-story Thanksgiving Tower.

Pop sensations Queens of the Stone Age will play Verizon Theatre on October 5. Tickets for the show, which range from $42.50 to $49.50 before fees, go on sale this Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m. If you missed this announcement when it came through, you're forgiven: The show still isn't listed on the QOTSA web site or in several other generally-reliable ... (more)

Rolando Rodriguez, who pastors the Latino congregation at High Pointe Baptist Church in Cedar Hill, personifies the importance of immigration legislation.

Dallas police expressed an interest in this black car near the Hooters restaurant on Belt Line Road in Addison on June 17, 2013.

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 39-year-old man who they say killed his girlfriend in April by running her over with a car.

Dallas police officers arrested an off-duty Dallas Fire-Rescue officer for allegedly punching another man early Sunday morning at a Downtown club near the West End, according to police documents.

Health authorities in North Texas will begin spraying for West Nile virus after detecting a "significant" increase in the type of mosquito that primarily carries the virus.

Lately, Dallas dining has had a harder edge . I think I noticed it first at Carbone's Fine Food and Wine , which critic Leslie Brenner recently bumped up to four stars .

The city of Dallas recently sent out a survey to a few thousand lucky residents asking them to assess the state of the city.

When Buddha said life is suffering and suffering was the path to nirvana, I'm pretty sure he was talking about fried chicken.

The two-alarm blaze broke out about 11 a.m. at the restaurant in the 5400 block of Harry Hines Boulevard.

"I've been shot," she told a 911 dispatcher after last year's attack outside Dawson State Jail in Dallas.

This morning, Karl Zavitkovsky, the head of the city's Office of Economic Development, briefed the council on that so-called Klyde Warren Park Public Improvement District, which, as he explained, will be "superimposed over two others" - the Uptown Public Improvement District and the Downtown Dallas Improvement District - in the hopes of raising six ... (more)