Dallas Judge Removed After Ruling Executions Illegal
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.
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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.
A group that monitors capital murder cases in Texas says there may be a shift in public attitude. According to The Texas Defender Service (TDS), there were a record number of death sentences and executions carried out in Texas this year.
The U.S. Supreme Court may have put state redistricting plans on hold, but Dallas County residents are a big step closer to being able to vote in a primary election in 2012, at least for county offices such as commissioner or Justice of the Peace.
The Dallas County Commissioners Court is ready to honor everyday people who go the extra mile to help out others in need, even with simple things.
In offices across North Texas, and the state, more and more people are lining up to try and get help feeding their families. Applications for SNAP, or food stamps, are up 70-percent in just two years.
The last time Margaret Keliher served as Dallas County Commissioners Court Judge was 2006. But to her surprise, she says she just got a bill from the NTTA for nearly $200 -- claiming she was still driving a car with the official county judge license plate.
According to a new report, the number of Dallas County children living below the poverty line is enough to fill Cowboys Stadium – more than twice!
Nearly one-third of Dallas County children live in poverty. But just last week, the City of Dallas declared that it would be a 'no kid hungry' zone.
The U.S. Justice Department said that its supervision of the jail has ended after various improvements were made at the facility.
Prosecutors will ask a judge in Dallas to exonerate a man convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and imprisoned for 14 years.
A negligence lawsuit filed by the family of an 89-year-old North Texas woman says she died after eating cantaloupe allegedly tainted with listeria.
After only 15 months as Dallas County's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Director, Lisa Chambers was fired Tuesday.
Major construction on LBJ, like what is expected this weekend, is really cutting into the bottom lines of some North Dallas businesses.
Dallas County Commissioners are slashing budget items, as the county sees less tax revenue coming in.
Two Dallas County judges engaged in a terse exchange during Tuesday's meeting while discussing a well-intentioned health insurance plan for the underemployed that never caught on.
A Dallas hospital says it will enter into an agreement with a federal agency to avert the loss of millions of dollars in Medicare funding.
Even though North Texas is still seeing summer temperatures, the time has come to start thinking about flu season.
The rapidly moving wildfires burning across Texas prove just how quickly entire neighborhoods have to evacuate. But for the intellectually or physically disabled, it's not easy.
After 30 years, Dr. Ron Anderson is out as chief executive officer at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. The hospital board made the decision Tuesday night.
A federal judge has blocked Dallas County's plan to save money by laying off a number of deputy constables.
When DART set out to replace their radios back in 2006, Engineer Ray Trott thought his company could do the work. But Trott's firm, Trott Communications Group, didn't get the job. "This thing kind of upset me."
Dallas County Commissioners are now looking into the role of constables after a deputy refuses to follow the man who had kidnapped and later drowned two of his children on Monday.
It is a new era. Schools in the cities of Wilmer and Hutchins are reopening on Monday after being forced to shut down six years ago.
CBS 11 News requested information about an investigation into John Wiley Price. But prosecutors asked that the information not be released.
There will be no criminal complaints brought in the altercation Wednesday between Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price and local reporters.
