• Studies show Dallas apartment growth second highest in nation

    Approximately 320,000 new apartment units are expected to hit the housing market this year, and more than 7 percent of those units are going to pop up in the Dallas metroplex.According to a report by RentCafe, 23,159 apartments are expected to be delivered to the Dallas area in 2016, behind only Houston, which is expected to see 25,935 apartments delivered this year.“DFW apartment performance remains among the strongest and steadiest in the nation,” said Jay Denton, senior vice presi
  • Sexual Assault Parolee Re-Arrested; Accused Of Stalking Children

    Sexual Assault Parolee Re-Arrested; Accused Of Stalking Children
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    THE COLONY (CBSDFW.COM) – A sexual assault parolee was re-arrested in the Colony after he was accused of taking inappropriate pictures of underage girls.
    Little Elm police say Jerry Carpenter, 54, was taking pictures of the teens, who were wearing shorts and beach attire, without their knowledge at the beach at Little Elm Park. One of the girls took his picture before he took off in his Chevy Malibu.
    After an investigation it w
  • 28th Zika Case Confirmed in Dallas County

    28th Zika Case Confirmed in Dallas County
    Another Dallas County resident has contracted the Zika virus while traveling, public health department officials say. This most recent case was contracted while the person traveled in Mexico.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  • Duncanville Police Looking For Robber Suspects

    Duncanville Police Looking For Robber Suspects
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    DUNCANVILLE (KRLD) – The Duncanville Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding two robbery suspects.
    The first incident occurred on Monday at a Quick Trip convenience store located at 102 East Camp Wisdom Road. Witnesses told police that a black male, 40-45 years of age, measuring 5’7”-6’, weighing approximately 220 lbs. and wearing a camouflage Ford hat, stole a tub of cigarettes from behind the counter
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  • Gas Leak Closes Santa Fe Drive in Weatherford

    Gas Leak Closes Santa Fe Drive in Weatherford
    A construction company boring under a busy Weatherford roadway struck a gas line Thursday, prompting the evacuation of several businesses and closing the road.
  • Life's Precious Jewels

    Life's Precious Jewels
    There's a jewelry line in North Texas that's making a huge impact here at home and across the world.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Helmet Recall Gives Local Schools a Headache

    Helmet Recall Gives Local Schools a Headache
    A popular football helmet has recalled three of its styles a week before the Texas high school football season begins.Photo Credit: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • One Killed In Crash On I-35 In Burleson

    One Killed In Crash On I-35 In Burleson
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    BURLESON (CBSDFW.COM) – A deadly crash in Burleson closed down the the southbound lanes of I-35 south of Alsbury Thursday afternoon.
    The crash involved a truck and an 18-wheeler.
    One person was killed and at least one other rushed to a hospital according to Burleson Police.
    Traffic is being diverted to the shoulder.
    Deadly crash in Burleson (Chopper11)
    This is a developing story.
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  • Ex-Boyfriend Violates Protective Order; Kidnaps Dallas Woman

    Ex-Boyfriend Violates Protective Order; Kidnaps Dallas Woman
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    PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – Detectives rescued a woman this morning who was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, Jerumille Antar Johnson, 23, and held against her will at a hotel.
    Both were found at the hotel in the 19000 block of Preston Road in Dallas. When police arrived, Johnson leapt out of the third floor window and fled on foot.
    The woman was treated for non-life threatening injuries at the scene and released.
    Plano Police Officers, along with
  • Klyde Warren Park Expansion Discussed

    Klyde Warren Park Expansion Discussed
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    DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Chairman of the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park Foundation, Jody Grant, presented a new vision to the Dallas Park and Recreation Board Thursday.
    The plans call for making the children’s park bigger, building a large fountain at Pearl Street, and creating space for a skating rink.  Developers also want to expand over the freeway, creating a sky deck overlooking the roadway and building a three-level building
  • Dallas County Confirms 21st, 22nd Cases of West Nile of 2016

    Dallas County Confirms 21st, 22nd Cases of West Nile of 2016
    Dallas County health officials confirmed the county's 21st and 22nd human cases of West Nile virus in 2016 on Thursday.Photo Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  • Deadly Crash in Burleson, Traffic Backed Up for Miles

    Deadly Crash in Burleson, Traffic Backed Up for Miles
    Breaking news from NBC 5. Police are on the scene of a fatal crash in Burleson.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Police Investigate Kidnapping in Plano

    Police Investigate Kidnapping in Plano
    A man is in police custody after they say he kidnapped his former girlfriend Thursday morning in Plano.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Welcome To Texas: Kimbell Art Museum

    Welcome To Texas: Kimbell Art Museum
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    FORT WORTH (CBS11) – From experts to the novice, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has something for everyone.
    “The only Michelangelo painting in the Americas is here,” said the director of the museum, Eric Lee. “[There are] works by major artists — from the renaissance to the mid-20th century, to Picasso and Matisse”
    While the Kimbell Art Museum didn’t opened in 1972, the planning started decades e
  • Metroplex Piano Warehouse selected as exclusive Bösendorfer retailer for North Texas

    Metroplex Piano Warehouse has been selected as the official Bösendorfer piano retailer for the North Texas market. Metroplex will transform its Keller store location into a luxury piano hub which will feature premium Yamaha pianos in addition to Bösendorfer pianos.“Since its inception, Metroplex has strived to carry instruments for every type of consumer, regardless of the price point,” said Hale Ryan, the director of marketing and sales for Metroplex.Yahama Corporation&rsq
  • American, Southwest Airlines’ employee counts climbing

    Airline employment is climbing, and North Texas-based Southwest and American Airlines are in on the trend.U.S. passenger airlines employed 3 percent more workers in June 2016 than in June 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported today.Fort Worth-based American Airlines (Nasdaq: AAL) employed 98,664 full-time workers as of June, more than any other U.S. airline. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) employed 52,301 full-timers, making
  • FC Dallas' Dan Hunt: Shooting for $39M budget for Hall of Fame Museum

    For FC Dallas CEO Dan Hunt and his brother Clark, the development of the National Soccer Hall of Fame Museum has been a labor of love for the two brothers to honor their father Lamar Hunt, who championed the sport and brought Dallas its first soccer team.That's why the Hunt brothers are committed to bringing the museum and improvements to Toyota Stadium to fruition even though construction costs have skyrocketed, making the Hall of Fame Museum's expected budget of $39 million a difficult number&
  • Suspect Wanted For Double Murder In DeSoto

    Suspect Wanted For Double Murder In DeSoto
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    DeSOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – DeSoto Police investigators have secured a capital murder arrest warrant in connection with two men found dead at the Days Inn at 1401 N. I-35E Service Road on August 10.
    Police are trying to find Uriel Rendon Martinez, 21, of Dallas who may be driving a black Dodge Charger.
    Back on August 10, officers arrived to find two deceased men inside one of the guest rooms. The victims have been identified as John Paul
  • Incoming TCU Baseball Player Killed In Crash Off Chisholm Trail

    Incoming TCU Baseball Player Killed In Crash Off Chisholm Trail
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    FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A former Fort Worth High School baseball star is dead after a crash off Chisholm Trail.
    Drew Medford, 18, was killed when officials say the Volkswagen Pasat he was driving, for an unknown reason, failed to make a turn and slammed into a divider at around 2:45 Thursday morning.
    The star pitcher had just graduated from Paschal High School and was set to play at Texas Christian University this coming year.
    Mat
  • Man Gets 20 Years For Role In 2013 Murder At Southlake Town Square

    Man Gets 20 Years For Role In 2013 Murder At Southlake Town Square
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    FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) –  One of the Mexican citizens convicted for his role in the May 2013 murder of Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa at Southlake Town Square was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison.
    Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Campano pleaded guilty in March 2016 to one count of interstate stalking and testified for the government at trial.
    Two co-defendants in the case, his father, Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Cepeda, a/k/a “Chu
  • Man Charged With Murder in Carrollton 'Rideshare Stabbing'

    Man Charged With Murder in Carrollton 'Rideshare Stabbing'
    Carrollton police arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man who thought he was getting into the car of a rideshare driver.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Plano Police Capture Suspect After Report Of Kidnapping

    Plano Police Capture Suspect After Report Of Kidnapping
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    PLANO (CBSDFW) – Plano police have detained a suspect in an alleged kidnapping.
    Police reports say a an emergency call was received early Thursday morning from the father of a 20-year old woman – who he believed was kidnapped by his daughter’s ex-boyfriend.
    Police said the father had video of his daughter being forced into a vehicle by her ex-boyfriend.
    Reports say the suspects vehicle was located later this morning at t
  • Carrollton Police Involved In Stand-Off With ‘Possibly Armed Man’

    Carrollton Police Involved In Stand-Off With ‘Possibly Armed Man’
    CARROLLTON,TX (CBSDFW.COM) — Carrollton Police say they are involved in an “ongoing SWAT operation” with a what they describe as a stand-off with a “possibly armed man.”
    From Chopper 11, a SWAT vehicle could be seen in front of the house where the man is said to be barricaded. Several officers were behind the vehicle.
    A small police remote vehicle could be seen on the walkway up to the home.
    There is no word on if anyone else is in the home with the barricaded
  • Police Investigating Kidnapping in Plano

    Police Investigating Kidnapping in Plano
    Breaking news from NBC 5. A man is in police custody after they say he kidnapped his former girlfriend Thursday morning in Plano.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Neiman Marcus restructuring leads to less than 100 layoffs

    High fashion retailer Neiman Marcus confirmed Thursday the layoff of fewer than 100 workers as it restructures its information technology department.A spokeswoman for the Dallas company said with the launch of NMG One, a merchandising system set to debut on Aug. 28, the company has been able to "complete our omnichannel transformation and design a complementary merchant organization.""Over the last 18 months we have successfully transitioned our buying teams to align them to omnichannel," the&he
  • Two Questions With Governor Greg Abbott on the state of women in Texas

    A content plan for the upcoming Women in Business special section, which highlights 30 women in North Texas, proved challenging. Exceptional honorees were certainly not the barrier. The trouble became setting the right tone as the wage gap and other glass ceiling-related issues continued to permeate conversations.They're the type of conversations that leave you wanting to see a plan for a way-out, and a decision maker for Texas at-large seemed like a good place to start for finding that silver-l
  • ​Hunting mortgage trades, Hilltop brings in former big bank staffers

    Dallas-based Hilltop Securities has hired several traders staff who had been at large banks like Goldman Sachs and Lehman Bros. to expand its mortgage desk.The company has consolidated its broker-dealer subsidiaries since its merger with First Southwest at the beginning of the year and is now expanding. Its hires highlight how money can still be made in a tricky mortgage market that is still limping along some eight years after the collapse that triggered a global financial meltdown.The company&
  • Police Arrest Accused Murderer Who Posed As LYFT Driver

    Police Arrest Accused Murderer Who Posed As LYFT Driver
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    CARROLLTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Carrollton police have arrested the person they say killed a Garland man after he and his girlfriend mistakenly got into a car that they thought was from a ride-share service.
    Officers from the Carrollton Police Department and U.S. Marshals arrested Donaldo Velasquez at his home in The Colony Wednesday night. Officials say the 44-year-old has a criminal history for minor offenses.
    It was in the early mornin
  • Investor to put $20M into Verizon's Irving campus as firm hires hundreds

    After acquiring Verizon's 51.2-acre, 1.15-million-square-foot campus in a deal valued at $344 million, Chicago-based Mesirow Financial brought out the whiskey and vodka shots on Wednesday to celebrate the deal.For one of the managing directors leading the deal, Garry Cohen, he couldn't pass on a shot of Irish whiskey even though he typically prefers some nice wine. This was a big deal."We try to acquire properties all over the country, but that Las Colinas campus is the nicest campus we've ever&
  • Texas Average Gasoline Prices Steady At Average $1.97

    Texas Average Gasoline Prices Steady At Average $1.97
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    COPPELL (AP) — Retail average gasoline prices in Texas are holding steady this week at $1.97 per gallon.
    AAA Texas, in its weekly report Thursday, found Fort Worth and El Paso, averaging $2.03, have the most expensive fuel among major Texas cities. San Antonio has the cheapest, at $1.91.
    The statewide average is 40 cents less than a year ago.
    The national average this week for unleaded regular fuel also is unchanged, at $2.13.
    The auto c
  • Plano Police Looking for Man Who Used Stolen Credit Card

    Plano Police Looking for Man Who Used Stolen Credit Card
    Plano police are asking for help identifying a man they say used a credit card belonging to a victim of theft.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Man Gets 20 Years in Southlake Drug Cartel Murder

    Man Gets 20 Years in Southlake Drug Cartel Murder
    A man who pleaded guilty in the 2013 murder of a one-time drug cartel leader in Southlake was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  • Dallas Police Search for Critical Missing 85-Year-Old Woman

    Dallas Police Search for Critical Missing 85-Year-Old Woman
    Police ask for the public's help finding an 85-year-old woman who went missing in Dallas.Photo Credit: Dallas Police Department NBC 5 News
  • T-Mobile offers unlimited data to all customers

    In T-Mobile's latest move to upend wireless competitors, the company on Thursday announced plans to give customers unlimited access to talk, text and stream data.Through the new T-Mobile One plan, all T-Mobile US (Nasdaq: TMUS) customers will be able to use the internet and stream music and video as much as they want – and AT&T and Verizon could have no choice but to follow. The plan will cost $40 per line for a family of four.“The era of the data plan is over,” T-Mobile CE
  • Man Arrested in Carrollton Rideshare Passenger Killing

    Man Arrested in Carrollton Rideshare Passenger Killing
    Carrollton police say they arrested a person in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man who thought the attacker was a rideshare driver.Photo Credit: Carrollton Police Department
  • “Home for Hounds” Program To Benefit Shelter Dogs & Inmates

    “Home for Hounds” Program To Benefit Shelter Dogs & Inmates
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    DALLAS (1080 KRLD) – The goal of a new pilot program in Dallas County is to make shelter dogs more adoptable and jail inmates more employable.
    The program called “Home for Hounds” is starting off at the Dallas County Jail. Sheriff Lupe Valdez and her staff came up with the idea, and worked out the plan that has low-risk inmates training dogs in basic commands — like sit, stay, walking on a leash, etc.
    “T
  • Brazil Police Official: Ryan Lochte Made Up Story About Robbery

    Brazil Police Official: Ryan Lochte Made Up Story About Robbery
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    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro.
    The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about an ongoing probe.
    He said that around 6 a.m. on Sunday, Lochte, along with fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Ben
  • T-Mobile Axes Data Limits, But Low-Data Users Might Pay More

    T-Mobile Axes Data Limits, But Low-Data Users Might Pay More
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    NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile is getting rid of data limits for new customers, while making unlimited data plans cheaper.
    People will no longer need to hold back on using data on smartphones, but those who haven’t been using that much data could wind up paying more for unlimited data they don’t need. This comes as AT&T and Verizon have recently raised the prices on some plans while giving customers more data.
    Existing customer
  • Students Returning To Shields Elementary After Devastating Twister

    Students Returning To Shields Elementary After Devastating Twister
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    ELLIS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – The tornado outbreak in December of 2015 left damage across North Texas, including in the Red Oak Independent School District at Shields Elementary School. The school was ripped apart by an EF-1 twister that touched down in the Dallas-area on the day after Christmas.
    That was then…
    (credit: Red Oak Independent School District)
    This week teachers are officially back at the school on West Ovilla
  • Weekend Projects Could Impact North Texas Roadways

    Weekend Projects Could Impact North Texas Roadways
    Several big construction projects are scheduled to take place during the coming weekend, resulting in closures across North Texas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News

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