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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner briefed the public on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall and brought torrential rain to Houston and the surrounding region.

Garland Mayor Scott LeMay says he received questions about a fundraising letter landing in North Texas mailboxes this week from a nonprofit group called the National Police Association.

The Milwaukee Police Department’s chief apologized Wednesday as footage showing the tasing and arrest arrest of Bucks guard Sterling Brown.

Colleyville’s amended order on patio dine-in at restaurants will remain in place until Friday when some businesses will be allowed to reopen with capacity under new state orders.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asked residents not to panic Friday, but urged them to take the threat of coronavirus seriously following Thursday’s declaration of a public health emergency.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asked residents not to panic Friday, but urged them to take the threat of coronavirus seriously following Thursday’s declaration of a public health emergency.

In South Windsor there’s a celebrity who spends his days at a Paulie’s Professional Barber Shop. Just below the front door bell of the barber shop, there is a doggy in the window — he’s a star named Teddy.

Stubbs, the honorary feline mayor of the Alaska town of Talkeetna, has died at the age of 20. The animal’s owners announced the cat’s death late Saturday in a statement.

Three people were killed, including a 6-year-old boy, and 12 others were wounded Sunday after a gunman cut through a fence to avoid security and opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California. A suspect was shot and killed by police.

Two of the top officials who pleaded guilty in the Dallas County Schools bribery scandal may not be sentenced to prison until this summer.

Former Dallas Mayor Pro-Tem Dwaine Caraway will face sentencing in April. Caraway’s attorney had asked a judge to push back the date, citing medical issues the attorney is dealing with and concerns that prosecutors will be busy with an unrelated trial. But federal judge Barbara Lynn denied that request.

The fall from power for Dwaine Caraway is complete after the former Dallas City Councilman and mayor pro tem was sentenced to 4.6 years behind bars Friday for his role in the $100 million criminal conspiracy that shut down school bus provider Dallas County Schools.

Larry Duncan, the former board president of Dallas County Schools, is sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years of probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion in the Dallas County Schools criminal conspiracy.

Larry Duncan, the former board president of Dallas County Schools, is sentenced to six months of home confinement and three years of probation after pleading guilty to tax evasion in the Dallas County Schools criminal conspiracy.

Former Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway is scheduled to report to federal prison Tuesday morning.

Texas legislators passed SB2018 this week, the final chapter in shutting down Dallas County Schools.

As he awaits his sentencing, just the mention of Robert Leonard, a central player in a scandal that rocked Dallas City Hall and killed a once-reputable school agency, continues to stir the anger from the people hurt by corruption.

As he awaits his sentencing, just the mention of Robert Leonard, a central player in a scandal that rocked Dallas City Hall and killed a once-reputable school agency, continues to stir the anger from the people hurt by corruption.

Slater Swartwood Sr. was sentenced Tuesday to federal prison after pleading guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge in December 2017.

Despite efforts to delay its release, NBC 5 Investigates has obtained the full 90-page report that is critical of how the billion-dollar “Panther Island” project is being managed in Fort Worth.