White Rock Lake

While North Texas is home to many lakes, many of them are not open for swimming. Mariana Rivas with The Dallas Morning News joins NBC 5 to explain why.

Dallas is making plans to dredge White Rock Lake to remove 22 years of sediment that’s been deposited in the lake from White Rock Creek. A dredging feasibility study presented at a virtual meeting on the plan Thursday night shows more than half of the lake has a depth of fewer than ten feet.  The study found about 200 million…

Many people consider White Rock Lake the jewel of Dallas, but about half of the lake is so full of sediment, the water is less than 10 feet deep and in many places, there’s only two feet of water. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff tells us about new talk of dredging the East Dallas lake.

On the first Saturday since Dallas County’s “Stay Home Stay Safe” order went into effect, many of its trails were buzzing as though an pandemic was the last thing on everyone’s mind.

An attack at a Dallas dog park, caught on camera, sparked outrage online, and on Friday, the man at the center of it was booked into jail. Dallas Police say Dale Coonrod was taken into custody Friday. His victim says the attack was unprovoked. Chanise Condren captured cell phone video Monday, after she claims Dale Coonrod attacked her dog, and…

Dallas police on Friday arrested a man accused of assaulting two women and kicking their dog at a park earlier this week. The victim captured the incident on her cell phone camera.

The search at Dallas’ White Rock Lake for a woman missing since Feb. 5 is being suspended.

A cold wind whipped through Downtown Dallas Monday, making temperatures that hovered around the freezing mark feel more like they were in the 20s.

It’s been three months since the murder of her cousin, and Tamaya Lindsey says the wounds are still fresh. News of the indictment brings emotions to the surface.

Police have released new video of a missing Mesquite mother shortly before she vanished in Old East Dallas.

A Dallas County grand jury indicted a man Thursday in the death of Chynal Lindsey, a transgender woman found dead in Dallas earlier this summer.

The death of a South Arlington couple is being investigated as a murder-suicide after a woman’s body was found in a deep freezer and her husband’s body in a bedroom inside the couple’s home Monday morning.

As the weekend approaches, boaters who normally spend their time on White Rock Lake are left praying for rain.

As the weekend approaches, boaters who normally spend their time on White Rock Lake are left praying for rain.

City officials across North Texas are asking citizens not to release fireworks within city limits

A jogger discovered the body of a man floating in White Rock Lake early Tuesday morning, police said.

A jogger discovered the body of a man floating in White Rock Lake early Tuesday morning, police said.

Ruben Alvarado, 22, is charged with first degree murder in the killing of Chynal Lindsey. The transgender woman’s body was found in White Rock Lake on June 1.

Ruben Alvarado, 22, is charged with first degree murder in the killing of Chynal Lindsey. The transgender woman’s body was found in White Rock Lake on June 1.

A 22-year-old man is behind bars, accused of murdering a transgender woman in Dallas, police announced Thursday.