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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Monday, August 29, 2022

State Fair of Texas announces winners of annual Big Tex food competition

Hungry patrons will have plenty of tasty options to choose from at this year’s State Fair of Texas, thanks to creative savory and sweet opti...
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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Dallas one of five areas to see flash flooding that has been an historically rare event

AccuWeather reported the flooding shouldn’t have been expected, but could become more common due to climate change. from Dallas https://if...
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Sex trafficker gets more than 11 years for selling 13-year-old Fort Worth girl in Irving

“Those who exploit minors for the commercial sex industry have no regard for human decency,” said Jesse Woods with Homeland Security Investi...
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Gunman identified after Dallas man shot to death during catalytic converter theft

Police are searching for a man accused of shooting to death a Dallas resident in December 2021 during a catalytic converter theft. from Da...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

‘Everybody liked her.’ Friends, family remember woman, 60, killed in Mesquite flood

Jolene Jarrell, a wife, mother and grandmother who also worked as an Uber driver, was heading home Monday when flood waters swept her car of...
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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Former Dallas attorney sentenced for laundering $380,000 for undercover agent

A North Texas attorney told an undercover agent he could “clean” the agent’s “dope money,” according to court documents. from Dallas https...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Dallas Asian community advocate ID’d as driver shot to death after Fort Worth car accident

A man from Dallas died from gunshot wounds during an argument following a minor traffic crash on South University Drive in Fort Worth. fro...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Texas teen shot Louisiana boyfriend 4 times because pepper spay didn’t stop him: warrant

A 19-year-old Mesquite, Texas woman faces a charge of murder in the shooting death of a Louisiana man she was dating, police said. from Da...
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Monday, August 15, 2022

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

‘Game of Thrones’ themed pop-up event coming to The Whippersnapper bar in Dallas

Dallas bar to celebrate “Game of Thrones” with a pop-up event with themed drinks and food. Opening coincides with launch of spinoff series o...
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No, that wasn’t a tornado in North Texas on Tuesday. It was a gustnado, NWS says

The wind event may be what residents of Prosper, Texas, saw during the thunderstorm Tuesday. So, exactly what is it? from Dallas https://i...
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Jury now deliberating in trial of Yaser Said, accused of shooting, killing daughters

“All signs point to Yaser Said, period,” prosecutor Lauren Black said in her closing argument. “Justice is not convicting an innocent man,” ...
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Friday, August 5, 2022

17-year-old was shot 9 times, her sister twice, doctors say at Texas father’s murder trial

Doctors testified that the gunman who killed two teenage sisters in 2008 was close to the victims. Their father is on trial in a Dallas cour...
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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Ex-wife testifies Yaser Said threatened daughters with gun before 2008 Texas killings

“I didn’t think anything would happen,” Patricia Owens, the former wife of murder suspect Yaser Said, testified in a Dallas courtroom. fro...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

North Texas father killed 2 daughters because he couldn’t control them, prosecutor says

“He got extremely dangerous,” prosecutor Lauren Black said in the opening statements of Yaser Said’s capital murder trial in Dallas.. from...
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Monday, August 1, 2022

Trial begins for father accused in 2008 ‘honor killings’ of two teen daughters in Irving

Jury selection begins on Monday in Dallas for Yaser Said, who was a fugitive for about 12 years after the shooting deaths of his two teenage...
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