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After more than three decades with the Dallas Police Department, Chief of Police David O. Brown announced his retirement Thursday, ending a six-year tenure.

The effort to remove McKinney City Councilman La’Shadion Shemwell continues, with a group turning in a petition to city hall asking for a recall election.

A mother whose child was yanked from her arms at the hands of NYPD officers in Brooklyn has been awarded a $625,000 settlement from the city

Late Wednesday night, NBC 5 obtained a portion of the much-anticipated review of Fort Worth’s Panther Island project.

Fort Worth City Council has some concerns over the number of dollar-type stores popping up. That’s why the council passed a new law placing restrictions on any new ones coming in.

New federal charges have been filed against Ruel Hamilton, the prominent Dallas real estate developer accused of bribing two former City Council members.

A new review of housing deals is underway at Dallas City Hall in the wake of Friday’s guilty plea on Federal bribery charges by former City Council Member Carolyn Davis.

Denton Mayor Chris Watts declared a public disaster for the Green Tree Estates neighborhood Wednesday.

Two weeks after a tornado ripped through North Dallas and left a swath of damage, Dallas City Council members are set to learn more about the cost and response.

Sleeping on public sidewalks or streets may soon not be an option for homeless people in Las Vegas, NBC News reports. On Nov. 6, the City Council is slated to vote on an ordinance that would make it illegal to camp or sleep on the streets in parts of the city. Drafted in September, the ordinance would make it a...

The city of Dallas honored legendary Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki Wednesday when they renamed a street in front of the American Airlines Center in his honor.

Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90. Conyers, among the high-profile politicians topped by sex harassment allegations in 2017, died at his home on Sunday, said Detroit police...

Former U.S. Rep John Conyers, who represented part of the city of Detroit for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 90.

Fort Worth’s city manager says a third-party panel reviewing the city’s policing practices and policies could be assembled by Nov. 19.

City officials in Fort Worth are responding to a list of demands set by a coalition on oversight after a woman was shot and killed in her home by a city police officer.

New York City lawmakers moved a step closer to closing Rikers Island, a massive jail complex notorious for violence and dysfunction that is increasingly seen as a relic.

Ella Burton hopes when the new Como Community Center opens this fall, her neighbors will be able to walk there, preferably on sidewalks.

The new Chairman of the Dallas Civilian Police Oversight Board Wednesday said all future meetings will include public input.

The new Chairman of the Dallas Civilian Police Oversight Board Wednesday said all future meetings will include public input.

The city of Charlottesville is preparing to appeal its defeat in a lawsuit over two Confederate monuments.