City Council Praises Dallas Violent Crime Improvement Plan

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 10/12 1:14P Ken Kalthoff

Dallas City Council members Tuesday praised police for improvements in combatting violent crime and for a new plan to fight domestic violence announced Monday . But Monday’s homicides and assaults show there is still a crime challenge. Two people...

Celebration of Life: Services announced for J.E.R. ‘Bob’ Chilton

Blue Ribbon News 10/6 6:39A Editor

ROCKWALL, TX (Oct. 6, 2021) Celebration of Life Memorial Services for James Edward Robert Bob Chilton III will be 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home, 7405 W. Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX 75225. Chilton was 88 years...

Northwest ISD Superintendent to Retire After 2021-22 School Year

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/29 5:12A

Northwest ISD will soon start searching for a new district leader. Current superintendent Dr. Ryder Warren, has submitted his retirement notice, effective June 30, 2022. Warren has been the superintendent of Northwest ISD since 2016. According to...

State Trooper Who Was Shot Says He Was Trying to Stop Reckless Driver

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/15 10:45A Scott Gordon

A state trooper who was shot in North Fort Worth in April says he started chasing a man because he was driving recklessly, speeding, and weaving in and out of traffic, according to a Texas Rangers...

Big Rig Plunged Off Fort Worth Overpass Early Monday Morning

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/13 12:21P

A big rig plunged off a Fort Worth overpass closing down parts of Highway 287 early Monday morning. The Fort Worth Police department said northbound and southbound sides of northwest Highway 287 at Bonds Ranch Road were closed after an 18-wheeler...

Two Dallas Police Squad Cars Struck; No Injuries Reported

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/11 2:12P

A driver struck two parked Dallas squad cars with their emergency lights on early Saturday morning in the city s Highland Meadows neighborhood, police say. The cars were protecting the scene of a crash in the 11100 block of E. Northwest Highway at...

VA of North Texas Presents a Free Documentary Helping Us Understand PTSD

Haslet BubbleLife iReporter 9/10 9:00A Diane Feffer

Walk With Frank  tells the inspiring story of Frank Romeo ,  who has been working for over 30 years to change the conversation surrounding mental health and PTSD. For his 70th birthday, he decided it...

North Texas Giving Day - Be a WILD CHILD & MAKE a DIFFERENCE for Wildlife On The Move

Haslet BubbleLife iReporter 9/10 8:00A Eric Brittingham

North Texas Giving Day is back this year on September 23rd, however EARLY GIVING is underway through September 22nd   and we are spotlighting one of the more than 3,500 nonprofits participating this...

Epicenter for the Arts New Season for Dance & Music Classes

Haslet BubbleLife iReporter 9/10 1:56A Devin Ziemba

As school goes back in session so do all the other extracurricular things and that is certainly the case for Epicenter for the Arts! Their 2021-22 season is in full swing offering many different dance styles and music classes at their studio in...

Dallas Police Substation Evacuated After ‘Suspicious Package' Found

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/9 9:50A

A Dallas Police Department explosive ordinance team is investigating a suspicious package found at a police substation Thursday afternoon. Dallas police said a member of a cleaning crew found what police described as a suspicious package in a...

Giddens Gallery of Fine Art in Grapevine Featured Artist, Rosemary Riddle-Achelpohl

Haslet BubbleLife iReporter 9/9 8:00A Giddens Gallery of Fine Art in G

Joined Together by Rosemary Riddle-Achelpohl Framed 47 x 33 Acrylic Reminders of wedding bouquets, a future together. See additional info on painting...

Manufacturing and packaging services firm signs 350,000-square-foot lease in Haslet

Dallas Business Journal 9/9 3:30A Spencer Brewer

The new facility brings over 150 jobs to the area with plans to expand to more than 500 workers in the next 36 months.

CPSH: A Small But Mighty Charity Tackles Homelessness

Haslet BubbleLife iReporter 9/8 5:27A Cynthia Smoot

COMMUNITY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING (CPSH) is dedicated to finding supportive community-based housing for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of...

COVID-19 Testing Sites Busy Near Start of Fall

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/7 4:52P Candace Sweat

All day Tuesday, people lined up for rapid COVID-19 testing, often spilling into traffic, at a site in Dallas at the corner of Northwest Highway and Abrams Road. The manager at the site tells us some 250 cars passed through between the hours of 8...

Fort Worth Man Who Shot State Trooper Faces No Charges

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth (Local Beat) 9/7 4:09P Scott Gordon

A grand jury declined to indict a Fort Worth man who shot a state trooper but claimed he never knew he was a police officer because he was in plainclothes and driving an unmarked pickup. In an interview, Russell King said he and his wife Myra...