Article The order 4-year-old Araiya Pruitt was left on a bus for 7 hours on Tuesday The preschooler, who cannot speak and is autistic, was taken to the hospital and released the same day. Dallas ISD says they are investigating the incident DALLAS – The parents of a Dallas ISD preschooler are outraged that their […]
Man allegedly shot two-year-old girl According to police, a family making a delivery for Door Dash turned onto a street where a man was riding his motorcycle. They swerved to avoid him and honked their horn. According to police, he then turned around, pulled out a gun and fired at their car, hitting a 2-year-old […]
DALLAS – A familiar face has been appointed to lead the Dallas County Juvenile Justice Department at a critical time, as the agency is under two state investigations into allegations of abuse. “We need to restore our credibility not only with our youth welfare office and the youth court, but above all with society,” said […]
Dallas County’s chief medical examiner and director of the county’s Institute of Forensics – whose responsibilities include autopsies of the county’s dead and DNA testing – will retire this fall, county officials said Wednesday. Jeffrey Barnard, who joined the department in 1987 and has led it since 1991, told county commissioners he would retire on […]
The new head of the Dallas County Juvenile Justice Department says he is taking steps to have an outside party examine every aspect of the juvenile justice system in an effort to restore public trust. The juvenile justice system in Dallas County is currently undergoing a change that many observers believe is long overdue. Rev. […]
Dallas County government on Tuesday launched a $30 million plan to bring high-speed internet service to residents across the county. It’s estimated that about 24,000 households across the county don’t have internet access. To fix that, the county will use $28 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to fund a plan it calls the […]
Project in Dallas County expands home internet access Dallas County wants to bring high-speed internet to more homes. FOX 4’s Paige Ellenberger shares details on the project that aims to bridge the digital divide. DALLAS – Dallas County is working to expand its digital presence by providing high-speed Internet access to thousands of low-income households. […]
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: What we know about the Grand Prairie plane crash victims A 13-year-old girl, her 6-year-old brother and their parents were killed over the weekend by a driver who police say was street racing in Grand Prairie. A 16-year-old boy was the only survivor. GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – A teenager who survived a plane […]
A man incarcerated in Dallas County for forcing a teenager to make sexually explicit videos has been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas said. Obadiah Fraser, 26, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in May 2023. U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr on Wednesday […]
City grants approval despite violation of building regulations The city issued 19 building permits in violation of Elm Thicket’s zoning restrictions, but now that the city is ordering a halt to construction, the developers may face huge financial setbacks. DALLAS – A mistake by the city of Dallas is frustrating homeowners in a historic neighborhood […]
