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Firefighters from across Texas remembered Dallas firefighter Stanley Wilson, who leaves behind a wife and two sons.]]> Sat, 25 May 2013 20:50:59 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/veterans-flags-052413.jpg
A Cleburne-based group has gathered 70,000 flags to place on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day.

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The family of a man killed in a drunken-driving crash last Memorial Day weekend gathered in Dallas on Friday to remember him.

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State park leaders are asking everyone heading out to the lake for Memorial Day weekend to take extra precautions and help stop the spread of zebra mussels.

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A lucky Northwest ISD student is starting her Memorial Day weekend with a new car.

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Three months after Fort Worth's famous pianist, Van Cliburn, lost his battle with cancer his international piano competition returns with 30 new competitors.

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Hundreds of Dallas Independent School District teachers will be fired along with the two principals after a school board vote late Thursday night.

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Last week's tornado isn't keeping Ennis from dancing. The 47th annual National Polka Festival begins Friday night.

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A Collin County commissioner and longtime Boy Scouts of America volunteer is resigning from the organization after Thursday's vote to end the group's ban on gay youth members.

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About 30,000 people are expected to pack the parks surrounding Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie over the Memorial Day weekend -- and some are getting there early to beat the rush.

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Greenville police say a child was accidentally shot and killed inside a home Friday morning.

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A man wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child led Fort Worth police on a chase into Dallas County Friday afternoon.

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A man suspected of armed robbery is in custody after being shot by a store clerk following an early-morning robbery near a Dallas elementary school.

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If you're in the market for a new appliance, you could save money if you buy during Memorial Day weekend.

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An overturned 18-wheeler snarled traffic on US 75 in Richardson Friday morning.

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NBC 5 Entertainment Reporter Bobbie Wygant talks with Wade McCollum, star of "Priscilla Queen of the Desert," now playing at Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas.

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Health care providers are encouraging a renewed focus on heat safety on Friday.

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There are plans to redevelop a rundown former hospital near Baylor Medical Center in Garland that has been empty for years.

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Hundreds of parents and teachers from the two schools hit hard by this week's twister in Moore, Okla., were reunited Thursday.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 19:10:23 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/population_influx.jpg
Numbers released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show Collin County cities are once again leading North Texas and the nation in population growth.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 21:37:29 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/ipad2_040811.jpg
Denton police say tracking software on a stolen iPad led them to three suspects.

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The Dallas ISD board deliberated Thursday night before voting on Superintendent Mike Miles' plan to not renew the contracts of dozens of principals.

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The man gunned down execution-style at the Southlake Town Square Wednesday was an attorney linked to a major Mexican drug cartel, NBC 5 has learned.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 13:13:00 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/drowning_prevention.jpg
A new low-cost program in Fort Worth will teach kids what to do in case they get into trouble in the water.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:54 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/reporter_scream.jpg
Reporter Jeff Smith, of NBC 5 in DFW, really doesn't like thrill rides. Watch after he is assigned to take a trip 400 feet into the air on Six Flags Over Texas' new ride, the Texas SkyScreamer --...]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:12 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/southlake_shooting.jpg
NBC 5 has learned federal agents are investigating possible drug cartel connections to a Wednesday shooting at Southlake Town Center.]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 07:51:48 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/web_ebel.jpg
A Montague County deputy who was shot by a wanted Colorado man says he only remembers bits of what can be seen in video from his dashboard camera.

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One person is dead after a shooting at Southlake Town Square on Wednesday.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 20:02:12 -0500 http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/213*120/colonial-052213.jpg
The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club is ready to tee off in Fort Worth.

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