Dallas Killer's June Execution Delayed
The June 6 execution date for 39-year-old Bobby Lee Hines, for the slaying of a Dallas woman at her apartment more than 20 years ago, has been delayed.
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The June 6 execution date for 39-year-old Bobby Lee Hines, for the slaying of a Dallas woman at her apartment more than 20 years ago, has been delayed.
Authorities have identified skeletal remains found in a rural creek near Dallas as those of a 10-year-old boy allegedly starved to death by his father and stepmother.
A jury has found a man guilty of capital murder in the fatal shootings of two brothers during a March 2009 Dallas home-invasion robbery.
Driving through Sunnyvale it's hard to miss the orange cones. Construction projects are well underway and the town is proud of it's recent growth, but it's still a small town.
A 28-year-old woman is jailed on a murder charge after a man was found stabbed to death and castrated in a motel room east of downtown Dallas.
It had been almost 30 years since James Williams and Raymond Jackson appeared before a judge in a Dallas County courtroom. On Monday, however, they were exonerated.
Two men will be formally exonerated of a nearly 30-year-old rape and shooting after DNA tests in Dallas County implicated others in the attack.
Check out how North Texas road construction (and there's a lot of it) is expected to impact your weekend and your daily commute next week.
Dallas County's Department of Justice director is defending ankle monitors, saying few clients tamper with them and it saves the county up to $125,000.
North Texas is reeling on Wednesday morning after tornadoes destroyed hundreds of homes on Tuesday and left about 10,000 people without power.
The mayors of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and Irving are considering making watering restrictions permanent as part of a conservation plan.
Check out how North Texas road construction is expected to impact your weekend and your daily commute next week.
Medrano is a member of a politically driven family, which includes three generations of elected city council, school board and county government representatives.
On Friday, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins commented on a statement he made declaring that his great-grandfather was executed by the state of Texas.
The prosecutor leading an aggressive push to free wrongly imprisoned inmates is calling for a review of the capital punishment system.
Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker says she won't perform marriage ceremonies until homosexuals can marry.
Deputy Johnny Quarles Junior was indicted Tuesday. Last week Deputy Derce Kirby was indicted for allegedly tampering with government records.
A court ruled that an accused killer's MySpace page was properly used as evidence by prosecutors to convict the Dallas-area street gang member of murder.
It's easy to access trails in the DFW area! For example, there are over 300 city parks in Dallas and more than 200 city parks in Fort Worth, five Texas state parks within a 60 mile radius, and trails available through Dallas County.
Currently, black women make up 22-percent of the population in Dallas -- yet, according to county health officials, the group accounts for 71-percent of all female HIV cases.
A North Texas jury has sentenced a man to life in prison over an aggravated sexual assault committed 23 years ago.
Dallas County authorities responded to a farm Monday where a man is accused of hoarding nearly 300 starving horses and found about a tenth of that number.
New state laws now give more protection to not only victims of domestic abuse, but their pets, as well.
The upcoming remake of the hit CBS television show "Dallas" is already bringing in some big money for the Dallas area.
A North Texas judge has been removed from presiding over a death penalty case after ruling that the state law allowing the penalty is unconstitutional.
