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• NBC 5 Forecast: Spotty Weekend Storms

  17-08-2018 23:56
  
  More heat and humidity with low storm chances through the weekendPhoto Credit: NBC 5 NewsThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Jury finds Toyota liable, awards family $242 million

  17-08-2018 23:50
  Toyota Motor Corp. manufactured a Lexus with defective seatback failure that caused permanent brain damage to two small children during a 2016 crash on North Central Expressway, a Dallas jury ruled Friday.After about eight hours of deliberation over two days, nine men and three women ordered Toyota to pay $242 million – $144 million of it in punitive damages – to Benjamin and Kristi Reavis, the parents of 7-year-old Emily and 5-year-old Owen.Jurors ruled that despite widespread knowl
  
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• Man With Gold Teeth Lures Woman To Car, Exposes Himself

  17-08-2018 23:40
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas are looking for a man who lured a woman to his car then exposed himself.
  She was walking alone near the 2900 block of Live Oak Street at Liberty Street when the suspect’s newer model, gray, 4-door Hyundai pulled up.
  He lured the woman to his car with a question and exposed himself.
  Police described the driver as a black male with gold teeth wearing a light-colored long sleeve shirt, dark baseball cap and sunglasses at the time.
  The rig
  
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• Day 2: Emotional Testimony in Roy Oliver Murder Trial

  17-08-2018 23:37
  
  On day two of the Roy Oliver murder trial, jurors heard emotional testimony from a friend of victim who saw him get shot by police.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Beltre Still Out of Texas' Lineup Because of Left Hamstring

  17-08-2018 23:13
  
  Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is still out of the lineup because of his troublesome left hamstring, but still on the active roster and hoping to avoid a third trip to the disabled list this season.Photo Credit: Rick Yeatts/Getty Images
  
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• Texan Sentenced For Trying To Blow Up Confederate Statue

  17-08-2018 22:51
  HOUSTON (AP) — A 26-year-old man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for attempting to blow up a Confederate statue last summer at a Houston park.
  A federal judge on Friday also imposed a $10,000 fine against Andrew Schneck, who pleaded guilty in March to attempting to maliciously damage property receiving federal financial assistance.
  Schneck was caught last August near a statue of Richard Dowling, a lieutenant in the Confederate army whose unit defeated a Union invasion force
  
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• Man Who Died In Plane Crash Was Experienced Pilot, Ran Skydiving Business

  17-08-2018 22:51
  WISE COUNTY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The man who died in a small plane crash Thursday evening in Wise County was an experienced pilot and ran his own skydiving business, friends say.
  Family and friends are mourning the loss of Curtis “Scotty” Moore. There’s now an empty space in the hangar where he kept his plane.
  Moore died after the single-engine Cessna 172 he was piloting crashed in a field Thursday evening, just east of Highway 287. One other adult passenger was transpor
  
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• GPISD Superintendent Owes Thousands In Utility Bills

  17-08-2018 22:49
  GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Dr. Susan Hull is set to move out of the home she rents from Grand Prairie ISD, but newly-released records show she hasn’t paid months’ worth of utility bills.
  Susan Hull – Grand Prairie ISD Superintendent (CBS11)
  Consumer Justice obtained records of electric and water bills at the Carrier Parkway property, along with payments from Hull to the district. Hull wrote her first rent check in November 2016 less expenses but did not write a c
  
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• Texas Unemployment Rate for July Holds

  17-08-2018 22:38
  
  The Texas unemployment rate stood at 4 percent for the second consecutive month, just a tick below the national jobless figure of 4.1 percent.
  
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• Police Dog Vs. Jack-In-The-Box Puppet: Dog Wins!

  17-08-2018 22:21
  REDONDO BEACH, California (CBSDFW.COM) – A police dog named Ammo, hit social media with its takedown of a jack-in-the-box puppet in Redondo Beach, California.
  A video posted online shows the German Shepherd, who is one of four dogs serving in Redondo Beach K9 team, watching officer Kyle Lofstrom turning the toy’s handle before pouncing when the puppet springs from the lid and ripping the box from his hands.
  Lofstrom, who filmed the video, wrote on Instagram: “I can’t tell
  
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• JJT: Dak Prescott, Passing Game Will Determine Cowboys' Fate

  17-08-2018 22:10
  
  Dak Prescott said he feels good about the Cowboys’ passing game, and we’ll get another glimpse at it Saturday night when the Cowboys play the Cincinnati Bengals at 6 o’clock at AT&T Stadium.Photo Credit: Jae S. Lee The Dallas Morning News
  
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• On Saturday We Clear the Shelters!

  17-08-2018 22:03
  
  On Saturday, August 18, NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 team up to Clear the Shelters in North Texas. Corey Price, Animal Services manager for the City of Irving discusses the annual national event that started in North...
  
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• Dallas, Austin finishing strong in Amazon HQ2 countdown

  17-08-2018 21:59
  As the clock counts down to Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, Dallas and Austin have a strong shot at the $5 billion second headquarters, data from CNBC's latest study on competitiveness suggests.Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) could narrow the finalists as soon as this month for the new headquarters and the 50,000 jobs the company says will go with it. Or, Amazon could wait until November or December, although most involved in the process doubt that because the announcement could complicate the h
  
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• ‘Seedless Tragedy’: Watermelons Fall Off Truck On North Texas Highway

  17-08-2018 21:44
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Three lanes of Highway 175 at Masters in Southeast Dallas were shut down for a while Friday afternoon due to a watermelon spill.
  Boxes of watermelons fell out of a truck carrying them down the road.
  Chopper11 showed an officer kicking large chunks of watermelon off the highway and into the grass.
  watermelon spill (Chopper11)
  There were no reports of injuries, but at least one report of sticky shoes.
  Some drivers didn’t see what was happening until they got a lit
  
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• Houston investment firm acquires Fort Worth marketing sevices company, sees growth

  17-08-2018 21:33
  A local digital and direct marketing services firm has a new owner, again.Houston's Falcata Capital has acquired Xpressdocs, a Fort Worth company with more than 250 workers, said Trey Hiers, a partner at the private equity firm, in an interview. The change comes just a year after the company had been acquired by Dayton, Ohio-based Reynolds and Reynolds, a provider of auto dealership software, services and forms.
  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
  Xpressdocs provides services for a variety&hel
  
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• Retired Officer Rescues Baby Raccoon

  17-08-2018 21:23
  TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CBSDFW.COM) – Retired Tallahassee Police Sergeant Dave Ferrell saved a baby raccoon that got separated from its mother.
  Ferrell said he came across the raccoon while riding on a bike trail.
  The baby raccoon was said to be screaming out but its mom was nowhere to be found.
  Lieutenant Mike Abbey was working during this time and gave the animal a ride in his police car to St. Francis Wildlife Sanctuary.
  The baby raccoon was cleaned up because it was filled with bots and
  
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• Business Journal hires real estate reporter

  17-08-2018 21:20
  Experienced breaking news journalist Claire Ballor will join the Dallas Business Journal as its real estate reporter next month.Since being hired by the Dallas Morning News in January 2016 as a breaking news reporter, Ballor has covered a variety of topics, including local politics and major news events. She currently serves as the newspaper’s city hall reporter.Some of her notable coverage includes stories on gender inequity in the workplace, Fair Park’s revitalization plan and, mos
  
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• Canadian window maker expanding to Garland with over 300 jobs

  17-08-2018 20:52
  Garland has approved a deal with Canada’s Quest Window Systems to open the company’s first U.S. manufacturing and distribution facility in the city’s newest business park.The expansion will add 320 jobs and a $12 million initial investment in machinery and equipment. Quest USA Inc. will occupy 329,000 square feet of industrial flex space under construction at the city’s new Jupiter Miller Business Park at 1720 S. Jupiter Road.
  The facility is projected to operate with a $
  
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• This former entrepreneur is helping DFW startups become the next big thing in technology

  17-08-2018 20:51
  Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech Titans Awards. The Dallas Business Journal is profiling the finalists ahead of the Tech Titans Awards Gala, which will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.David Sym-Smith recognizes that North Texas doesn’t have the same population of experienced workers and startups as a technology hub like
  
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• Mormon Church Leader Wants People To Stop Calling Them “Mormons”

  17-08-2018 20:39
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses “Mormon” in its official website addresses.
  But on Thursday Mormon church President Russell M. Nelson said he wants people to stop using “Mormon,” or “LDS” as substitutes for the full name of the religion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  Nelson said in a statement that the &l
  
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• US Judge Extends Halt On Deportations Of Separated Families

  17-08-2018 20:21
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has extended a freeze on deporting families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, giving a reprieve to hundreds of children and their parents to remain in the United States.
  U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said in his order Thursday that “hasty” deportation of children after reunification with their parents would deprive them of their right to seek asylum.
  The American Civil Liberties Union had requested families be given at least a week. The jud
  
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• TDMN Critic Chris Vognar Reviews 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'

  17-08-2018 20:11
  
  The Dallas Morning News Culture Critic Chris Vognar reviews the new film "The Miseducation of Cameron Post."Photo Credit: FilmRise
  
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• Selena Gomez lowers asking price for her Fort Worth mansion (Photos)

  17-08-2018 20:05
  Six months after putting her Fort Worth mansion back on the market, pop singer and actress Selena Gomez has lowered the asking price.The property, which includes a 10,016-square-foot home on 1.5 acres, was previously priced at nearly $3 million. Now, a buyer can purchase the estate at 4649 St. Laurent Court in the gated Montserrat neighborhood for $2.7 million, according to the Houston Chronicle.Built by the Morrison Group, the five-bedroom home features a tennis-sport court, resort-style saltwa
  
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• The Foote Files: CBS-FM’s Scott Shannon And His 1000th Show

  17-08-2018 20:01
  (CBS 11 NEWS) – As someone used to tell me, radio is a “P.T. Barnum” media to an extent, meaning “put on a big show.” And that’s what WCBS-FM/New York’s Scott Shannon does Monday-Friday, 6-10 a.m., appropriately named “The Big Show With Scott Shannon.”
  I have written a blog about Shannon before. I first heard him in 1981 on Q105, WRBQ-FM/Tampa when I was with WTSP-TV there. Shortly thereafter, he moved to New York where he was at Z100 (WHTZ-F
  
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• Person Killed; Dallas Officer Released From Hospital

  17-08-2018 20:00
  
  One person is in custody after an undercover, plain-clothed Dallas police officer was shot in the leg during a gun battle that left another person dead Friday morning, police say.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Fort Worth Officer Returns to Patrol 2 Years After Shooting

  17-08-2018 19:56
  
  A Fort Worth police officer who was shot five times two years ago returned to patrol this week, thanked the community for its support, and shared details of the night it happened.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Form D Friday: Truck Yard creators raising $4M to take beer garden spot to The Colony

  17-08-2018 19:49
  The creators behind the Greenville hangout spot Truck Yard are raising up to $4.2 million from investors to open a spot in The Colony this fall, a major hedge fund in Dallas is raising more capital to bet in Argentina, and a Plano startup helping guard seniors from telemarketers is on a capital raise.
  
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• Stormy Daniels Drops Out Of UK Reality Show At Last Minute

  17-08-2018 19:25
  LONDON (AP) — Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress and nemesis of U.S. President Donald Trump, has pulled out of a British reality-TV show at the last minute after a dispute with producers.
  Daniels was due to take part in “Celebrity Big Brother,” which locks contestants in a house under constant surveillance. But she failed to join housemates including actress Kirstie Alley and psychic Sally Morgan for Thursday’s first episode.
  Lawyer Michael Avenatti said Friday that D
  
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• Texas Unemployment Rate For July Remains At 4 Percent

  17-08-2018 18:41
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas unemployment rate stood at 4 percent for the second consecutive month, just a tick below the national jobless figure of 4.1 percent.
  The Texas Workforce Commission on Friday said the state unemployment rate for July was unchanged from June.
  The commission says Texas added about 23,500 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in July, marking 25 consecutive months of employment growth. Officials say Texas for the year has added 377,100 jobs for an annual employment growth ra
  
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• FDA Clears Generic Rival To High-Priced EpiPen

  17-08-2018 18:28
  NORTH WALES, Penn. (CBSNEWS.COM) – Mylan’s EpiPen, the life-saving and costly allergy treatment, will soon face a generic rival, a first in more than two decades on the market. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cleared Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to start selling generic versions EpiPen and EpiPen Jr., years after the Israeli drugmaker requested it.
  (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
  The products are the first generic treatments that compete directly with EpiPen, wh
  
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• This Nokia executive is working to make your calls more clear

  17-08-2018 17:54
  Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, has announced its 2018 finalists for the Tech Titans Awards. The Dallas Business Journal is profiling the finalists ahead of the Tech Titans Awards Gala, which will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 at Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West. The reception kicks the event off at 5:30, with the awards portion of the program beginning at 7 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.Nokia’s Kodanda Engala is working t
  
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• See Inside: Selena Gomez's Luxurious Mansion Drops to $2.7M

  17-08-2018 17:37
  
  Pop star Selena Gomez has dropped the asking price of her luxurious mansion in Fort Worth, Texas, from $2.99 million to $2.7 million.
  
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• Trump Help For Cruz Could Spell New Twist For Odd Couple

  17-08-2018 16:54
  TEMPLE, Texas (AP) — Gary Malcik wore a Trump T-shirt as he waited in a long, post-rally line to pose for pictures with Ted Cruz.
  It was a far cry from the waning weeks of the 2016 GOP presidential primary, when Donald Trump supporters repeatedly heckled the Texas senator at campaign events, and from that year’s Republican National Convention when Cruz was booed for refusing to endorse the party’s nominee. But Malcik, 69 and self-employed, said he’s glad to no longer have
  
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• The Best Sunburn Remedies That You May Already Have at Home

  17-08-2018 16:29
  
  NBC 5’s Samantha Chatman reveals natural sunburn remedies that you can find right at home.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
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• Contractor Makes Progress On New Border Wall In New Mexico

  17-08-2018 16:07
  SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) — Construction workers have completed more than half of a new barrier along a desolate stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico as part of President Donald Trump’s fight against drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials confirmed this week that more than 8,100 panels spanning more than 11 miles had been constructed as of August 8.
  Work on the $73 million project west of Santa Teresa, near New Mexico&
  
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• New Jersey State police: Whale capsizes Boat; No Injuries Reported

  17-08-2018 15:56
  DEAL, N.J. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police say a whale caused a 20-foot boat to capsize in waters off the New Jersey coast.
  No injuries were reported in the capsizing, which happened about a mile off of Deal, in Monmouth County.
  State officials say it appears the whale breached beneath the boat, causing it to capsize and knocking two people overboard. The names of those people, who were fishing at the time, were not released.In a social media post, state police jokingly stated that they were cond
  
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• Dallas Police Shooting Leaves Officer Injured & 1 Suspect Dead

  17-08-2018 15:37
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An officer involved shooting in Dallas, near North Jim Miller Road, has left a policeman injured and one suspect dead.
  Dallas police officials say a plainclothes officer was nearby when the emergency call came in just before 5:30 a.m.
  (credit: CBSDFW.COM)
  The undercover officer went to the scene, encountered two suspects, and there was an exchange of gunfire. The officer was shot in the leg. He was taken to Baylor Hospital, treated for his injuries and relea
  
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• Bodies Of Missing Pregnant Mom, Daughters Found In Colorado

  17-08-2018 15:01
  FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — After his pregnant wife and two daughters disappeared, Christopher Watts stood on his porch in Colorado and lamented to reporters how much he missed them.
  He longed for the simple things, he said, like telling his girls to eat their dinner and gazing at them as they curled up to watch cartoons.
  “Last night, I had every light in the house on. I was hoping that I would just get ran over by the kids running in the door, just barrel-rushing me, but it didn’t
  
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• Trump Cancels Military Parade, ‘Maybe Next Year’

  17-08-2018 14:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is canceling his plans for a military parade through the streets of Washington because the price was “ridiculously high.”
  On Twitter, Trump accused local politicians of price gouging, although the projected $92 million cost was largely attributed to Pentagon costs for aircraft, equipment and personnel.
  The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holdi
  
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• Dallas Taxpayers To Vote On Property Tax Increase For School Funding

  17-08-2018 14:23
  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Thursday night to ask voters for the district’s first tax rate increase in more than a decade.
  The ballot measure voters will weigh in on this November would raise the district’s maintenance and operation tax by 13 cents — from $1.04 to $1.17, the highest rate the state allows.
  The average home in the district, worth an estimated $263,000, would be taxed an extra $264 a year.
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• Next Mission For Women With Military Service: Run For Office

  17-08-2018 14:12
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A dragon winds around a cherry tree in the tattoo across MJ Hegar’s arm and back, over the shrapnel wounds she had, at one point, not wanted to see with her young children around.
  But nine years after being shot down in Afghanistan, then winning a lawsuit against the federal government, writing a book and now running for a Texas congressional seat, Hegar isn’t hiding much anymore.
  “I carry my service with me wherever I go,” Hegar said in a telephon
  
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• Unrest Reported At Immigration Detention Center In Texas

  17-08-2018 13:49
  KARNES CITY, Texas (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities say about 40 men at a family detention center in Texas were involved in a “disturbance.”
  The Justice Department says the incident happened Wednesday at the Karnes County Family Resident Center. The agency did not say what caused the unrest.
  Officials say it resulted in 16 men being moved out of the facility overnight. They were expected to return Thursday night.
  Authorities say no one was injured. Children were attending sc
  
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• School Bus Drivers Making “Dry Runs” Before Students Head Back To Class

  17-08-2018 13:33
  NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s the last weekend of summer for thousands of North Texas kids.
  Some of the biggest school districts in the metroplex are going back to school on Monday — including Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving and Richardson.
  This morning some students in Fort Worth will be boarding school buses, as drivers leave the depot to practice their routes.
  Those drivers are not only charting their exact course, but are also giving kids and parents an op
  
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• Roy Oliver's Testimony in Murder Trial: An Expert Opinion

  17-08-2018 12:32
  
  It is still not out of the realm of possibility for Roy Oliver to take the stand in his own defense.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Bizspace Property Spotlight: 202-204 N Dooley Street

  17-08-2018 09:51
  By Stephen LaMure, PresidentBizspace Property Spotlight is presented by the Dallas Business Journal with Dominus Commercial. This is your invitation to view some of Dallas's best available commercial spaces. Whether you're looking to relocate your company, make an investment, or just curious about the space, come take a look around. Click on the gallery image to view today's featured space.202-204 N Dooley Street202-204 N Dooley Street, Grapevine, TX 76051 | $5,200,000Beautiful Community Buildin
  
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• Dallas ISD Trustees Approve Tax Hike, Now Goes Before Voters

  17-08-2018 06:40
  
  Years of debate over increasing Dallas Independent School District taxes came to a head Thursday night as trustee approved a measure that will put the question before voters in November.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Billion Dollar TXDOT Project Set to Remake FW's SE Connector

  17-08-2018 06:39
  
  A billion dollar project is on the way to rework the "Southeast Connector" in Fort Worth where I-20, I-820 and US 287 all come together. TXDOT is trying to relieve a bottleneck.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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• Breakthrough Therapy Brings New Hope To Patients

  17-08-2018 05:46
  
  Groundbreaking new studies at a North Texas hospital are bringing new hope to families with little left. The studies are aimed at helping children battling ultra-rare, deadly illnesses, like the one 6-year-old...Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
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