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Corruption cases like the ones against John Wiley Price, Kathy Nealy and others, aren’t new. Seventeen years ago, Dallas city council man Paul Fielding went to jail. Two years after that, council member Al Lipscomb was tried. And four years ago, council man Don Hill was convicted. Attorney Mike Uhl helped prosecute Lipscomb, then defended clients in the Hill case. He talks to KERA’s Bill Zeeble and offers some insights

So far, most of the debate over the immigrant children who have crossed the Texas border has been political. First Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins offered to take in 2,000 of the kids. Then, Kaufman and Collin County commissioners discussed barring them. On Monday, an event of religious and community leaders supporting those children put a spotlight on a girl in the middle of that debate. She told her story with the help of a translator.

A doctor trained in Fort Worth is now fighting for his life in a Liberian hospital -- a victim of the Ebola outbreak he was trying to battle. 

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:

We check in on a doctor trained in Fort Worth who is a victim of the Ebola outbreak he was trying to battle. And an event supporting the immigrant children who have crossed the Texas border put a spotlight on a 13 year-old girl in the middle of that debate.

One of the most difficult things for many of us to do is to forgive. Today on Think, a psychologist who studies people’s ability to heal after a trauma told Krys Boyd that forgiveness is a key to moving on.

Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center says its shelter is full and officials are encouraging North Texans to adopt.

A herd of Texas Longhorns, a cow chip throwing contest, and cowboy karaoke attracted some 12,000 people on Saturday during Fort Worth's National Day of the American Cowboy. 

No doubt about it: North Texas is car country. The League of American Bicyclists ranked the 70 biggest U.S. cities in share of bike commuters, and four of the bottom 12 were in North Texas. Dallas came in at No. 65, and the city's new bike czar. Ashley Haire, is determined to change that. She sits down with KERA's vice president of news, Rick Holter, in this week's Friday Conversation.

At Lake Cliff Park in southwest Dallas, across from the home of John Wiley Price, a man pulled up in his white SUV, got out of his vehicle, and raised his fists in the air, yelling “victory.”  

Five stories that have North Texas talking: Fort Worth prays for Kent Brantly, who has Ebola; immigrant children won’t arrive in Dallas County by the end of July; Eric Nadel is honored for his Texas Rangers announcing; and more: