Dallas news

• EA Sets Up GoFundMe, Donates $1 Million To Shooting Victims

  31-08-2018 23:48
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Video game company Electronic Arts has donated $1 million to the victims of a shooting at a Florida video game tournament.
  GoFundMe announced in a news release Friday that EA’s Jacksonville Tribute Fund has a goal of $2 million.
  Authorities say 28-year-old Taylor Robertson and 22-year-old Elijah Clayton were killed at a Jacksonville mall Sunday when a fellow gamer opened fire at the Madden NFL 19 tournament. Eleven others were injured.
  EA says they’ve
  
  Read more

• Lone Star Politics: Can U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) Hold Onto His Seat?

  31-08-2018 23:44
  
  This week on Lone Star Politics, can U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Dallas) hold on to his seat in the 32nd Congressional District?
  
  Read more

• Lone Star Politics: Can U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke Win the Senate Race?

  31-08-2018 23:36
  
  Coming up this week on Lone Star Politics, is Ted Cruz in trouble and can Beto O’Rourke win the senate race in Texas?Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Community Mourns Granbury Skating Rink Owner Killed In Accident

  31-08-2018 23:34
  GRANBURY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – For the first time in 40 years, a Granbury skating rink will open Friday without the man who put it there.
  The owner of the town’s skating rink died suddenly in an accident this week. Condolences are coming in from across the country to remember Buddy Wisdom.
  Buddy Wisdom
  People set up a memorial at the doors of the skating rink and have been adding to it throughout Friday. People who went to the rink as kids are even bringing their own kids to remember
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Lone Star Politics: Sunday, September 2, 2018

  31-08-2018 23:31
  
  Labor Day Weekend marks the official start of election season. Former Dallas Republican Party Chair Wade Emmert and Political Consultant J.D. Angle join our round-table discussion on some of the races that...
  
  Read more

• Groundbreaking Alternative Paper Village Voice Shuts Down

  31-08-2018 23:25
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Village Voice, the Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly known for its muckraking investigations, exhaustive arts criticism, naughty personal ads and neurosis-laden cartoons, is going out of business after 63 years.
  Its publisher, Peter Barbey, announced Friday that the paper is ceasing publication altogether because of financial problems, a year after it stopped circulating in print and went to digital-only.
  Eight of the Voice’s 18 remaining staffers were lai
  
  Read more

• Hospital Patients March To Erase Cancer

  31-08-2018 23:15
  
  Young cancer patients have more hope than ever as an annual campaign to raise money for research kicks off in Fort Worth.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Court Declines Review In Texas Cheerleaders Banner Lawsuit

  31-08-2018 23:06
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has declined to review an appeal of a lower court’s decision that said cheerleaders’ banners with Bible verses at football games are protected private speech.
  The Kountze School District had appealed last year’s ruling by the 9th Court of Appeals in Beaumont that had said the Bible verses on the banners were not government speech that could be regulated by school officials.
  David Starnes, an attorney for the cheerleaders, tells KFDM-T
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Keep an Eye on the Tropics, Atlantic This Weekend

  31-08-2018 22:52
  
  No hurricanes have been active in the Atlantic Basin since July 12, but September is the peak month for Atlantic hurricanes, and right on cue, the Atlantic is getting busy.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Video Shows Explosion That Killed Austin Bombing Suspect

  31-08-2018 22:48
  AUSTIN (AP) — The first publicly released video of Texas police closing in on the suspect in a series of deadly Austin package bombings shows officers approaching his SUV before the vehicle explodes.
  Aerial footage released Friday by the Texas Department of Public Safety comes five months after police say 23-year-old Mark Conditt blew himself up inside the SUV along an interstate highway. The package bombings terrorized Austin for three weeks in March, killing two people and badly wounding
  
  Read more

• Trout Dropped From Plane To Restock Lake

  31-08-2018 22:13
  UTAH (CBSDFW.COM) – A mountain lake was restocked with trout via airplane by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources in a method Utah officials call “extreme fish stocking.”
  This mode of transportation is supposedly less stressful for the fish than previous methods, with 95 percent of the fish surviving the fall.
  trout drop (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)
  Each year, tens of thousands of baby fish are loaded into planes and dropped into remote lakes.
  This video was taken w
  
  Read more

• Esports Shooting Survivor Files Lawsuit Against Gaming Company, Venue

  31-08-2018 22:12
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Jacob Mitich had made it to Round Two of the Madden NFL 19 tournament in Jacksonville, and had almost scored a touchdown when the shots rang out.
  Vaulting over a table, he scrambled to exit the crowded room. At first he ran outside to the waterfront where he and friends had watched dolphins the day before. Thinking the shooter might follow, he sprinted for a few more minutes while operating on pure adrenaline.
  “That’s when my leg started t
  
  Read more

• Ken Foote’s End Of Summer Songs: Summer Of ’69

  31-08-2018 21:29
  (CBS11) – Well, the unofficial end of summer historically ends around the Labor Day weekend (even though we actually have a couple of more weeks as of this writing). As we draw near, I was looking for an appropriate song and found it.
  Bryan Adams is a Canadian rock singer/songwriter/guitarist. Born November 5, 1959 in Kingston ON Canada, he was the lead singer of the group, Sweeney Todd in 1976. He later teamed up with Jim Vallance in 1977 in a songwriting partnership. From 1983-1996, he c
  
  Read more

• Outdoor Watering Prohibited In Richardson During Water Main Repair; Other Cities Conserving

  31-08-2018 21:05
  RICHARDSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The City of Richardson is prohibiting all outdoor irrigation for Richardson utility water customers until further notice.
  The need comes as access to water is limited due to a North Texas Municipal Water District water transmission line that broke Thursday afternoon in the 4500 block of Crystal Mountain Drive.
  Here’s video shot by Pamela Thompson of the water sweeping through her parents’ neighborhood after the water main break yesterday. @CBSDF
  
  Read more

• Eminem Drops New Album ‘Kamikaze’

  31-08-2018 20:50
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eminem picked a busy day to surprise the world his new album — “Kamikaze” was released only hours before the funerals of Aretha Franklin and the Washington tribute to the late Sen. John McCain.
  The 13-track CD includes the song “Venom,” which will feature in the upcoming film of the same name. The disc also includes two songs featuring Jessie Reyez.The cover shows the rear end of a fighter plane — recalling a similar cover of the Beastie
  
  Read more

• Cute Alert: Boy Loves His New Rescue Puppy

  31-08-2018 20:48
  
  NBC 5 viewers are the best at sharing news with us, but a recent submission is pulling at our heart strings. It's the story of Charlie and his brand new puppy.Photo Credit: Tiffany Fitzgibbons
  
  Read more

• Texas Won’t Pay For Educating Kids In Migrant Shelters

  31-08-2018 20:45
  AUSTIN (AP) — Texas won’t use state funding to educate immigrant children housed in federal detention, which one shelter operator says is jeopardizing partnerships with school districts along the U.S.-Mexico border and will come at the expense of the kids in custody.
  The Texas Education Agency told a charter school group that local schools that want to serve migrant students in federal custody can’t do so with state education funding, according to a letter obtained by the Houst
  
  Read more

• Trump To Stump For One-Time Rival Cruz In Texas In October

  31-08-2018 20:15
  AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Coming to the aid of one-time rival, Sen. Ted Cruz,  President Donald Trump has suggested Cruz is facing a tougher than expected re-election fight.
  Trump tweeted Friday that he will headline “a major rally” for Cruz in October and is “picking the biggest stadium in Texas we can find.”
  I will be doing a major rally for Senator Ted Cruz in October. I’m picking the biggest stadium in Texas we can find. As you know, Ted has my complet
  
  Read more

• Houston METRO Halts Harvey Ads That Feature Wrong Hurricane

  31-08-2018 20:01
  HOUSTON (AP) — Transit officials in Houston have halted a TV commercial praising the agency’s response to last year’s Harvey flooding because the spot wrongly showed 2005 video from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
  The Houston Chronicle reports Metropolitan Transit Authority officials Thursday pulled the commercial made by South Coast Film and Video.
  METRO spokesman Jerome Gray says agency officials believe the company used stock footage thought to be from Hurricane Harvey. Gr
  
  Read more

• Richardson Water Shortage Requires Immediate Conservation

  31-08-2018 19:55
  
  Residents in Richardson are being told to conserve water until a water main break is repaired in the city.
  
  Read more

• Dog Found with Chain Embedded in Neck Rescued

  31-08-2018 19:50
  
  “This is the worst case I’ve ever seen. You could smell his infection from 10 feet away.”Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
  Read more

• Fort Worth Football Team Breaks 77-Game Losing Streak

  31-08-2018 19:30
  
  A Fort Worth high school football team that hadn’t won a game in eight years snapped its 77-game losing streak Thursday night by beating a Dallas team 40-12.Photo Credit: Oscar Castillo
  
  Read more

• Dog Days of Summer - Aug. 31, 2018

  31-08-2018 19:08
  
  Mambo and Roxy were featured during the Dog Days of Summer segment on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018
  
  Read more

• El Paso Officer Who Pointed Gun At Kids Cleared Of Wrongdoing

  31-08-2018 19:06
  EL PASO (AP) — A Texas police officer who was captured on video pointing a firearm at children is back on duty after a disciplinary review board cleared him of wrongdoing.
  El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen announced the decision Thursday. Allen says the 13-member board of civilians and police officers found El Paso Officer Jose Rios did not wrongfully draw and point his weapon. He says Rios only pointed his gun at one boy who he thought was a “deadly threat.”
  A video viewed milli
  
  Read more

• Student Hired as Full-Time City Employee After Internship

  31-08-2018 19:01
  
  A Wylie student was hired full-time after succeeding in an internship between the school and the city, the district said in a Facebook post Thursday.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Dove Hunting Season Opens Saturday in North Texas

  31-08-2018 18:41
  
  The unmistakable booms from shotguns will be heard Saturday with the annual opening of dove hunting season in Texas.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• Hurst Police Investigating Assault Along Cottonbelt Trail

  31-08-2018 18:40
  HURST (CBSDFW.COM) – Hurst police are investigating an assault, after a woman says a man came up behind her and groped her.
  According to police, the incident happened on August 29 in the 7300 block of Precinct Line Road, on the popular Cottonbelt Trail.
  Police say the woman was walking on the trail alone, just after 8 p.m., and had stopped to change the music playing on her phone. The woman told investigators a man approached her from behind and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. She said s
  
  Read more

• Cook Children’s Kicks Off Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

  31-08-2018 18:32
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Cook Children’s Medical Center kicked off ‘Childhood Cancer Awareness Month’ with a pep rally for patients and their families.
  With 148 cancer research studies ongoing at Cook Children’s, the rally is just one of the ways the medical center is focusing on making the community more aware of how pediatric cancer affects families in North Texas.
  “By bringing more clinical trials, more investigational drugs, more targeted therapy so
  
  Read more

• Driver Injured After Rear-Ending Dallas Police Vehicle

  31-08-2018 17:54
  
  A Dallas police vehicle carrying an officer was rear-ended by another vehicle early Friday morning on N. Central Expressway, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
  Read more

• WATCH LIVE: Funeral Service For Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin

  31-08-2018 17:06
  DETROIT (AP) — Pink Cadillacs filled the street early Friday outside Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple, and hundreds of fans lined up as they awaited the funeral of Aretha Franklin, who was dressed in a sparkling gold dress for her final outfit.WATCH THE FUNERAL LIVEDignitaries attending Friday’s service include Clive Davis, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jennifer Holliday.
  Franklin’s body arrived, in a 1940 Cadillac LaSalle hearse, more than two hours before the
  
  Read more

• Texas Man Indicted In ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Theft

  31-08-2018 16:39
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A grand jury in Texas has indicted a 30-year-old man on a felony theft charge after he was accused of throwing a drink at a supporter of President Donald Trump before walking off with the teenager’s “Make America Great Again” hat at a fast food restaurant.
  Kino Jimenez (Bexar County via Newspath)
  San Antonio TV station KSAT reports that a grand jury on Wednesday indicted Kino Jimenez on a charge of theft of person, which is punishable by up to two years
  
  Read more

• Cooper Rush Struggles Again, Can't Solidify Backup Job: JJT

  31-08-2018 16:28
  
  Cooper Rush did not look good. Too many high throws and too many inaccurate throws overall. He completed 14 of 25 passes for 83 yards with two interceptionsPhoto Credit: NBC 5 Sports
  
  Read more

• Motorcyclist Dead After Falling Off Bike, Trying to Run: PD

  31-08-2018 16:19
  
  A motorcyclist who fell off his bike and tried to run off the road was fatally hit by another car in DeSoto Friday morning, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
  Read more

• People Pay Tribute to Broken Traffic Cone in Southlake

  31-08-2018 16:00
  
  The Southlake Department of Public Safety is once again going viral after paying tribute to a fallen traffic cone.Photo Credit: Southlake DPS
  
  Read more

• High Price of Lumber Tariffs Hammer Builders and Buyers

  31-08-2018 14:55
  
  Last year's 20 percent lumber tariff turned into a 60 percent price hike on lumber across the country. Builders in Dallas Forth Worth say the tariffs are a burden on the industry and for potential home buyers.Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
  Read more

• TMSG: Couple Tying the Knot

  31-08-2018 14:49
  
  Jim Spell and Pam Davidson never expected they'd date in their retirement years, much less fall in love. But after meeting at Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, the happy couple will officially tie the...Photo Credit: Lauren Witt
  
  Read more

• Meteorological Fall Begins, But What Is It?

  31-08-2018 14:36
  
  Friday is the last day of meteorological summer, with meteorological fall beginning Saturday, Sept. 1.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.
  
  Read more

• New Dynamic Pricing Parking Meters Around West 7th In Fort Worth

  31-08-2018 14:28
  FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – If your Friday night plans take you to Fort Worth’s West 7th District you may be paying more to park. That’s because new parking meters have been installed.
  Anyone driving around 7th Street on a Friday or Saturday — especially in the evening – has probably done laps trying to find free parking on the street.
  This is the first weekend taht drivers will have to pay to park in about 250 spaces that until now didn’t cost a thing.
  Par
  
  Read more

• Researchers Feed Seaweed To Cows To Reduce Their, Uh, Emissions

  31-08-2018 13:50
  DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — University of California researchers are feeding seaweed to dairy cows in an attempt to make cattle more climate-friendly.
  UC Davis is studying whether adding small amounts of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce their emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that’s released when cattle burp, pass gas or make manure.
  In a study this past spring, researchers found methane emissions were reduced by more than 30 percent in a dozen Holstein cows that ate the o
  
  Read more

• Dallas Bishop Calls for Meeting on Sex Abuse Scandal

  31-08-2018 13:45
  
  Bishop Edward Burns, of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, is leading an almost unprecedented effort to urge Pope Francis to call for a worldwide gathering of clergy to address the ongoing child sex abuse...Photo Credit: Catholic Diocese of Dallas
  
  Read more

• Lewisville ISD Teens Fight Bullying With Kindness Campaign

  31-08-2018 13:43
  
  Kindness is contagious and it’s needed more than ever in schools -- that's why a movement led by students at Lewisville ISD is spreading throughout campuses and inspiring other districts to do the same.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Couple Ordered To Turn Over Money Raised For Homeless Man

  31-08-2018 13:24
  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A woman and her boyfriend who raised more than $400,000 for a homeless man after he used his last $20 to fill up her gas tank when she became stranded must now turn over what’s left of the cash.
  Kate McClure and “Johnny” are seen in a photo posted on the GoFundMe page she started for him. (credit: GoFundMe)
  A New Jersey judge issued the order Thursday during a hearing on the lawsuit brought by Johnny Bobbitt , who worries Mark D’A
  
  Read more

• Washington Prepares To Say Goodbye To Late Sen. John McCain

  31-08-2018 13:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Washington’s turn to say goodbye to the late Sen. John McCain. And McCain is saying farewell — his way.
  The six-term Republican senator, who lived and worked in nation’s capital over four decades, will lie in state under the U.S. Capitol rotunda Friday for a ceremony and public visitation. On Saturday, McCain’s procession pauses by the Vietnam Memorial and heads for Washington National Cathedral for a formal funeral service. At McCain&rs
  
  Read more

• More Students Embrace Peer-Led Kindness Initiative at LISD

  31-08-2018 13:04
  
  Kindness is contagious and it’s needed more than ever in schools -- that's why a movement led by students at Lewisville ISD is spreading throughout campuses and inspiring other districts to do the same.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Garbage Truck Shortage Leading to Delays Around Dallas

  31-08-2018 12:58
  
  Some people in Dallas will start to see delays for trash and recycling pickups due to a shortage of garbage trucks, city officials said.Photo Credit: NBC 5 News
  
  Read more

• 8 Dead, Dozens Injured After Semitruck Collides Head-On With Greyhound Bus In New Mexico

  31-08-2018 12:58
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three children, including two infants, were among the dozens of passengers seriously injured when the commercial bus they were riding in was hit head-on by a semitruck on a New Mexico highway, killing eight people, hospital officials said Friday.
  Officials at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque said 10 patients are hospitalized there, including three adults who are in intensive care, one of whom is in critical condition.
  Some patients were expected to
  
  Read more

• Tips for Dealing With Damaged Deliveries

  31-08-2018 12:39
  
  You may have experienced buying an item and receiving it damaged. A consumer we spoke with says that when it happened to him, he thought it would be easy to get a replacement or a refund.
  
  Read more

• Photos: Murakami's Bold and Colorful FW Art Exhibit

  31-08-2018 12:28
  
  The Museum of Modern Art of Fort Worth, or The Modern as it's known, currently has an exhibit called "The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg" by the artist Murakami, who is known for his colorful art and anime-inspired...Photo Credit: NBC 5
  
  Read more

• Must See & Do: Murakami's Bold and Colorful FW Art Exhibit

  31-08-2018 12:26
  
  The Museum of Modern Art of Fort Worth, or The Modern as it's known, currently has an exhibit called "The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg" by the artist Murakami.Photo Credit: NBC 5This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
  Read more

• Man Who Survives Motorcycle Crash Killed By Passing SUV

  31-08-2018 11:25
  DESOTO (CBSDFW.COM) – A man riding a motorcycle survived a crash early today on I-35 only to be killed moments later after he was struck by an SUV while he was trying to get off the freeway.
  DeSoto Police said it happened just before 1 a.m. in in the southbound lanes of I-35 near Parkerville Road.
  Investigators said the man was riding a motorcycle in a group of other motorcycle drivers, lost control and flew off his bike.
  As he got up and tried to get out of the roadway, he was struck
  
  Read more

Follow @DallasNews4u on Twitter!