Eva Parks is the producer for both NBC 5 Investigates and NBC 5 Responds As the resident watchdog, she covers a variety of issues fighting for consumers in North Texas and beyond.
Eva is right at home at NBC 5. She grew up in Richardson and is proud to call North Texas home.
As part of NBC 5 Investigates Eva helped uncover mistreatment of wounded soldiers at the Army’s Warrior Transition Units, institute change in police policy, and exposed safety concerns and corruption inside Dallas County Schools.
Eva has been nationally recognized with multiple journalism awards including a 2017 Peabody Award, five Edward R. Murrow Awards, IRE Award Finalist, two national Society of Professional Journalist awards and a National Emmy.
When she’s not covering the news, Eva enjoys hot yoga and discovering hidden trails to hike across DFW with her family.
The Latest
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Could cutting Dallas Police overtime cost taxpayers more?
NBC 5 Investigates found that 40 officers each collected more than $100,000 in overtime last year, but reducing some of the department’s biggest overtime bills could cost the city grant funding it receives.
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Councilmember, residents push back on AI ‘blight scores' given to thousands of homes
Chad West is raising concerns about whether camera-aided code enforcement could burden lower-income neighborhoods.
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Does your home have a ‘blight score'? AI cams on trash trucks look for code violations
Dallas’s new AI trash truck cameras have detected more than 21,000 potential code violations, now some homeowners have concerns
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U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents
Two Fort Worth teenagers, suddenly on their own, one raising the other after their parents were arrested and deported by ICE.
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FBI: World Cup drone seizures included real estate photographers, roofing inspectors
The FBI says some drone pilots accused of violating World Cup flight restrictions claimed to be flying for work, others to get a glimpse of the action.
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World Cup semifinal puts Dallas-area security teams under brightest spotlight yet
A senior White House official overseeing World Cup security says the biggest concern ahead of Tuesday’s semifinal in Arlington is not a known threat.
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More Texas communities join cellphone emergency alert system after Central Texas floods
More communities in Texas and across the country are signing up to use the nation’s most powerful emergency alert system after deadly flooding in Central Texas exposed gaps in how warnings reach people in danger.
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Eight arrested after repeated attempts to enter World Cup matches without tickets
Arlington police say eight people have been arrested for trying to enter World Cup matches without tickets at Dallas Stadium.
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Four arrested without tickets, one slips away in Dallas Stadium World Cup security breach
Police are reviewing security at Dallas Stadium in Arlington after several people entered Monday’s World Cup match without tickets and escaped.
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Meet the explosive-detecting dogs protecting World Cup crowds in North Texas
Among the many security measures surrounding World Cup matches in North Texas, some of the most critical are working on four legs.
