Susan Darwin

Mayor Eric Johnson announced Wednesday morning to appoint Mag Gabbert, Ph.D. as the new Poet Laureate for the City of Dallas. She would work with the Dallas Public Library and the city’s Office of Arts and Culture to bring initiatives to life.

Kristen Fenrick of Dallas is one of more than 900,000 Texans who applied for a PPP loan, the COVID-era program designed to help small businesses stay in business during the pandemic. But it was bogus.

Laura Jordan is now serving 6 years for bribery, tax fraud, and conspiracy, she’s at a medium-security prison near Tallahassee Florida. She was known as Laura Maczka when she was Mayor of Richardson.

The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation names a Fort Worth ISD school with Best Communities for Music Education. This would be the 11th year in a row that the Fort Worth School District has won this award.

Texas oilman Herbert Hunt has died. He was 95 years old. The Oil wildcatter left a massive business and philanthropic footprint in Dallas and Texas.

In Dallas, a high school student continues to recover after being shot last week while police try to figure out how someone got a gun into the school.

Police say the crash happened around one this morning. A woman was driving eastbound on 635 when she crashed into a construction barrier near the Skillman exit. Her car then veered back onto the highway where it came to a stop.

There are too many animals coming in and not enough animals going out for adoption at the Dallas Animal Services. The shelter is over capacity it is in desperate need of good homes for large breed dogs and adult cats.

Early voting for the May 4th election starts today across Texas and run’s through Tuesday, April 30th. If you’re planning to vote early remember to bring your ID to the polls.

31-year-old Trace Hemphill shot and killed 51-year-old Byron Blackwell, his mother’s boyfriend on Saturday night. According to investigators, Hemphill showed up at his mother’s home on North Fork Road to do laundry.