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Steve Fuentes conducts a presentation during the Dallas Police Department's Citizens Police Academy.

I recently had to have a large dead branch removed from a red oak. The wound is about 12 inches in diameter.

Your yard may look like a disaster zone with its broken limbs and drooping shrubs, but now is not the time to start sawing things off and ripping things out, say North Texas arborists and horticulturists.

DALLAS The Dallas City Council voted 9-6 Wednesday to block gas drilling within 1,500 feet of a home, business or church.

DALLAS The Dallas Police Department is asking the public for help identifying three Hispanic men who were seen fighting with another man who was later found killed.

You remember Anna Merlan, right? The Dallas Observer staff writer who specialized in writing about norm-bucking local subcultures Well, she's doing the same thing in New York and just published a feature on the ladies fighting to defend their legal right to go topless in public .

This was certainly an exciting year for craft beer in North Texas. With a few more brewery openings, new laws and shiny awards, there was a lot to crow about in the local craft beer scene, and it's not all hangover related .

An automatic fire alarm sounded at about 8:15 a.m. at Forest Dale Senior Citizen Apartments in the 11800 block of Highdale Drive near Forest Lane.

Just because our Observer staff's hearts are made of artificial ice doesn't mean we're immune to the hypnotic power of glowing things.

In September, on the heels of the landmark Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Windsor , which entitled legally married gay and lesbian couples to the same federal perks as their heterosexual counterparts, the Obama administration declared that the opinion encompassed military veteran's benefits .

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess , or seasonal music at the Meyerson. It's a very Arts District day.

The Dallas dining scene famously is chaotic and hydra-like. Every week sees news of restaurants failing, but for every one that closes it seems two more spring up to take its place.

Federal prosecutors say 16 people have been arrested in the investigation of an East Texas drug trafficking ring with ties to Mexico.

For a long time, the zeppole at Cane Rosso were the only versions of the Italian doughnuts I'd tried here in Dallas.

Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, smiles as he bangs the gavel closing Sine Die on the 83rd Legislator held at the State Capitol on Monday, May 27, 2013, in Austin, Texas.

State Sen. John Carona , R-Dallas, is the subject of a sworn ethics complaint about businesses he allegedly failed to disclose as required, including a company tied to the warehouse where he has been keeping his vintage car collection.

Last night, Beyonce not only brought the house down in Dallas, Texas, she may have revealed something a little more than those rockin' legs.

Update at 5:50 p.m., Dec. 10, by Tristan Hallman: Dallas police said in a statement that an independent witness told investigators that the shooting victim was reclining in the passenger seat with both hands in the air.

Look at the two little white dogs in this picture on the shoulder of the ice-covered Dallas North Tollway.

The inspiration for Chanel's Metiers d'Art traveling fashion show this year will come from Dallas, the Texas city where Coco Chanel was once given a warm welcome that included being picked up at the airport in a white Rolls-Royce and being feted at a Western-themed party complete with a catwalk featuring cows.